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Saltwater Fishing Report

SABINE LAKE: 85 degrees. Speckled trout are good on points, drops and inlets, and in the surf, on live shrimp under a popping cork and 5-inch soft plastics. Redfish are good on mullet and shrimp in cuts into marshes.

BOLIVAR: 82 degrees. Redfish are fair on the grass lines by Goat Island on shrimp and mullet.

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TRINITY BAY: 88 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastic lures and live shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 89 degrees. Speckled trout are fair over open bay reefs on artificials and shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 89 degrees. Speckled trout are fair in the guts of San Luis Pass and drifting deep shell reefs on live croaker.

TEXAS CITY: 86 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good off the South Galveston jetty on live shrimp. FREEPORT: 86 degrees. Redfish, speckled trout and flounder are good free-lining live shrimp and artificials in the river, and in the surf free-lining croaker.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 86 degrees. Redfish are good on cut mullet. Speckled trout are fair but small on croaker.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 86 degrees. Redfish are good in the Colorado River and mud flats on cut mullet. Flounder gigging at night is excellent.

PORT O’CONNOR: 91 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live croaker in the surf. Redfish and black drum are good on dead shrimp and sardines.

ROCKPORT: 87 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good in the early morning on live bait and plastics and later on croaker. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: 87 degrees. Speckled trout are good on croaker. Black drum and redfish are good on dead shrimp and cut mullet.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on croaker and live shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: 85 degrees. Speckled trout are good on croaker along grass lines, with a few redfish mixed in.

PORT MANSFIELD: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are good in deeper water on soft plastics. Redfish are fair on soft plastics.

SOUTH PADRE: 87 degrees. Redfish are fair in the shallows on shrimp and soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.

PORT ISABEL: 87 degrees. Speckled trout are slow to fair along the ICW on shrimp. Redfish are fair on shrimp and soft plastics.

—TPWD

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