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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT
SABINE LAKE: 66 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good near mullet on a paddle tail under a popping cork. Redfish and black drum are good on shrimp.
BOLIVAR: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on shrimp. Black drum are good on crab or shrimp. Flounder are fair around the rocks on mud minnows.
TRINITY BAY: 68 degrees. Speckled trout are fair over scattered shell and mud on shrimp or mullet. Redfish are good on shrimp. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees. Speckled trout are good on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp under a cork. Black drum are good near San Luis Pass on shrimp or crab.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: 68 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair over shell on shrimp or plastics. Black drum are good on shrimp and crab.
TEXAS CITY: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on soft plastics and shrimp. Black drum are excellent on shrimp.
FREEPORT: 67 degrees. Speckled trout are fair near the ICW on live bait. Redfish are fair along banks on soft plastics. Black drum are excellent on dead shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 68 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair around the ICW on top-waters. Black drum are good on shrimp.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 68 degrees. Redfish and black drum are fair over the deep rocks on live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on shrimp or top-waters.
PORT O’CONNOR: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp. Flounder are good around the rocks on shrimp.
ROCKPORT: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are on shrimp and will be in the deep cuts, drop-offs, and near the flats and reefs. Catch and release encouraged for speckled trout. Black drum are good on shrimp and crab.
PORT ARANSAS: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on live bait near the jetty. Black drum are good on shrimp and crab.
CORPUS CHRISTI: 66 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around Bob Hall pier on shrimp.
BAFFIN BAY: 70 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair shallow on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around structure or vegetation on crab or shrimp.
PORT MANSFIELD: 67 degrees. Redfish are good on paddle tails in red and white. Speckled trout are slow.
SOUTH PADRE: 69 degrees. Black drum are fair on shrimp. Speckled trout and redfish are fair in the Laguna Madre flats on shrimp.
PORT ISABEL: 68 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on live bait. Black drum are good in the Land Cut on crab and shrimp.
—TPWD
Chasing crappie
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seem to pull out away from the docks.”
Rollins said there are a lot of large crappie to be caught on Cedar Creek Lake. Most of the fish he’s seeing are topping 1 pound, with many pushing 1.5 pounds, and each trip is bringing a few crappie right at or just over 2 pounds.
“The fish are feeding so good right now, that a jig’s color pattern really hasn’t been an issue,” he said. “They’ll eat just about any color of jig, as long as an angler can get it in the strike zone.”
On Lake Granger, the crappie are beginning to move all over the lake.
“There’s been a lot of crappie holding in about 10 feet of water over brush piles, and we are starting to see more and more moving up shallow along the banks with the continued warming trend,” said guide Justin Newsom.
Over brush piles, Newsom said various jigs have been producing strikes. Along the bank, minnows or jigs rigged about 2 feet under a bobber are working well.
“Anywhere there’s brush and flooded timber along the bank on Granger can be pretty good right now,” he said. “There’s plenty of 10 to 14 inch fish out there, you just have to find them. They are really on the move with the current springtime transition.”
Brayden Rotherham, 10, left, and Brynli Rotherham, 6, landed these crappie while fishing with their dad, Jess Rotherham on Lake Buchanan. Photo by Jess Rotherham.
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