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WEST GALVESTON BAY: 87 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp under popping corks and croaker rigs. Redfish are good in schools on gold spoons and soft plastics. TEXAS CITY: 87 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on live bait. EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 85 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good in the surf on live shrimp under a popping cork. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 85 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good in the surf and over reefs on live
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When they started getting bites, they had let the fish take the bait. “Sometimes we would give the fish 10 to 15 minutes to run with the bait before we set the hook, and even then, there were times where the hookset ended up pulling the bait and hook from the gar’s mouth,” she said. “They’re definitely a tricky species to catch.” Todd landed a 6.5foot, 127-pound alligator Stacy Todd and Chris Saunders caught several alligator gar on the Trinity gar, as well as three oth- River while fishing with Capt. Cody Cryer of Garzilla Guide Service. Photo by Cody Cryer. ers in the 4-5 foot range during the trip. game. Sometimes they’ll eat the bait, and “I even got into the water to release the other times you’ll think that they’ve got biggest one,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it and you go to set the hook, and there’s how docile the beast was after the fight. It nothing there. You just have to give them was a thrilling, bucket list experience for the opportunity to take the bait and hope me.” you can get a good hookset.” Gar fishing guide, Capt. Mark Malfa, said Capt. Kirk Kirkland targets gar in the he’s been finding consistent action for gar Trinity River around Lake Livingston. The anywhere from 25-150 pounds on Choke largest gar one of his anglers has landed reCanyon Reservoir, as well as along the cently tipped the scales at 226 pounds. stretch of the Trinity River that lies below “We landed a fish just shy of 200 pounds the dam near Lake Livingston. a few days before we caught the 226-pound“The fish have been a little heavier per er,” Kirkland said. “Gar fishing has just inch of length in Choke compared to the been fantastic lately.” Trinity,” Malfa said. Kirkland said his customers have been In the Trinity River, Malfa has been fo- landing anywhere from 7-10 gar per day cusing on deeper pools with water depths using fresh cut carp along the bottom with of 10-15 feet adjacent to long stretches that a slip float, in water depths anywhere from are 6-8 feet deep. 7-12 feet. “On Choke Canyon Reservoir, deeper “Most of these fish have ranged anyflats have been the hostpots,” Malfa said. where from 35-120 pounds on average,” he “Flats in 10-15 feet of water have been con- said. “We have just been moving around, centrating good numbers of gar.” targeting deep pools until we get bit.” The guide uses fresh cut carp rigged on Once a fish picks up a bait and starts runa traditional bottom rig, without any type ning with it, Kirkland will follow the fish of cork. with the boat until it stops running. “The key to catching gar is knowing when “That’s usually the signal to set the to set the hook,” Malfa said. “It’s a numbers hook,” he said.
shrimp under a popping cork. PORT O’CONNOR: 85 degrees. Speckled trout, black drum and redfish are fair on croaker, dead shrimp and Spanish sardines.
ROCKPORT: 85 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on cut mullet and cut ladyfish. Speckled trout are good on shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are good on mud minnows. PORT ARANSAS: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on shrimp. CORPUS CHRISTI: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp and croaker. Redfish are good off of the Portland shoreline on cut perch, ladyfish and croaker. BAFFIN BAY: 88 degrees. Redfish are good on soft plastics along the grass lines. Black drum are good on mullet and shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: 86 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on ball tails. Redfish are good on paddle tails and top-waters. SOUTH PADRE: 80 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on shrimp. PORT ISABEL: 82 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on shrimp and soft plastics. —TPWD
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 86 degrees. Redfish are good on gold spoons, glow jigs with a chartreuse tails, and silver lipless crankbaits. Speckled trout are good on hogy lures and glow jigs with chartreuse tails. BOLIVAR: 87 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp and artificials. Redfish are fair on finger mullet and squid. Flounder are good on live finger mullet and mud minnows. TRINITY BAY: 86 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and croaker. Redfish are good on mullet and shrimp. Flounder are fair around rocks using mullet and mud minnows. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 87 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good along the shorelines and near the jetties on live shrimp and croaker. Redfish are good in schools on gold spoons and soft plastics.
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