PLEASE NOTE: TPWD has discontinued fishing reports. These reports appeared in the July 24 issue of Lone Star Outdoor News by Chuck Uzzle.
Sabine Lake
- Fishing for both speckled trout and redfish remain good
- The east shoreline is producing plenty of trout around the mouths of the bayous as the shrimp numbers continue to grow
- Better quality trout and redfish are shadowing schools of pogies in the mid-lake area
- The jetties are producing good numbers of redfish and black drum
- Live bait under Coastal Pro Rattling corks working well
- Tripletail numbers are good for the anglers running the beachfront
Galveston / Trinity bays
- Speckled trout are good on the beachfront early
- Use top-water plugs when the water clears
- East Galveston Bay has been consistent
- Fishing has been best on open bay reefs and channel spoils
- Deeper structure around the channel is also holding good numbers of fish
- Best lures have been brighter-colored soft plastics on 3/16- or ¼-oz jigs
- Trinity Bay has been slow due to run off from recent rains
East Matagorda Bay
- Trout are fair while drifting
- Depths around 5 feet of water over shell and mud are best
- Tides are 2 feet below normal
- water is stained due to high southwest winds
- Redfish action is fair around the jetty on mullet and crabs
- Wade fishermen are taking trout on top-waters and soft plastics over mid-bay reefs on tidal changes
West Matagorda Bay
- Deeper water options are paying off for speckled trout and redfish
- Fishing deep structure like reefs, gas wells and other structure in the middle of the bay have been the best patterns
- Soft plastics and live bait fished deep has been the most consistent bite
- Some nice tripletails are being caught working channel markers and other structure with live shrimp under corks
Rockport
- Redfish are consistent in deeper water locations as the temps heat up
- Good bites early in 1- to 3-feet, then moving to deeper, cooler water as the sun gets up and water starts to heat up
- Trout fishing continues to be outstanding
- Target most of the shell in the middle of the bays for best action
- Live croaker has been producing both limits and quality trout
Baffin Bay
- Fishing for both trout and redfish has slowed as a result of some heavy rains and warmer temps
- Water clarity has suffered somewhat after the recent rains making for more challenging conditions
- Water levels are 1 to 1.5 feet low, so many fish have pulled off the shallow structure
- Look for fishing to rebound with the coming high tides
- Best baits have been soft plastics with paddle tails and shallow-running twitch or wake baits
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