Saltwater Fishing Report

SABINE LAKE: 73 degrees. Redfish are fair on Rat-L-Traps in muddy water. Speckled trout are good on jigs along the shoreline over mud bottom. Black drum are good on shrimp around vegetation.

BOLIVAR: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp or cut mullet when wading shallow reefs and shorelines. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp. Flounder are fair around the rocks on shrimp.

TRINITY BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good over shell reefs on artificials. Black drum are good on crab and shrimp.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on shrimp and artificials. Black drum are good near San Luis Pass on shrimp and crab.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: 73 degrees. Overall poor fishing lately. Speckled trout and redfish are slow. Flounder are good on shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are fair on shrimp and crab.

TEXAS CITY: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good working the drop-offs around the dike on top-waters and shrimp. Flounder and black drum are good on shrimp and mullet.

FREEPORT: 73 degrees. Speckled trout are fair near the ICW on live shrimp. Black drum are good on shrimp. Redfish are fair in back lakes and marshes on shrimp under a popping cork.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair in grassy flats on shrimp.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 74 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair over the rocks on live shrimp under a popping cork and cut mullet.

PORT O’CONNOR: 73 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on sandy flats with scattered grass beds on top-waters and soft plastics. Black drum are good on shrimp. Flounder are good around the rocks on shrimp.

ROCKPORT: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and

redfish are good on shrimp and top-waters. Black drum are good on shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: 74 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on soft plastics, shrimp and top-waters. Black drum are good on Bass Assassins around vegetation or structure.

CORPUS CHRISTI: 74 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair to good in the shallows in the morning on flats with lots of grass on shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good around Bob Hall Pier on shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: 81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on shrimp and soft plastics over potholes. Black drum are good around structures or vegetation on shrimp.

PORT MANSFIELD: 76 degrees. Redfish are good on willow tails and shrimp under a popping cork. Speckled trout are slow.

SOUTH PADRE: 75 degrees. Speckled trout are good along the shorelines on soft plastics. Redfish are good over grassy bottoms on shrimp. Black drum are fair to good around structures on shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: 74 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on live shrimp or top-waters. Redfish are good on shrimp.

—TPWD

Jack crevalle have been hitting spoons, top-waters and even flies. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.

wild fishing. The water at the jetties is fairly deep, so after you hook up with a big jack on top they will go deep and get in that strong current. They can put up a pretty good fight,” he said.

Another fun option is to get into the back bays south of Port O’Connor and fly-fish for jacks. That’s what Randazzo will do, especially when schools of jacks can be seen on the surface chasing baitfish.

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