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Saltwater Weekly Fishing Report Week of August 28, 2024

Redfish Bay

GOOD. 86 degrees. Tides have risen, but the bite is good. Black drums are on fire hitting freelined dead shrimp. Trout are good on piggy perch, with the occasional bite on croaker. Redfish are good on cut mullet or live finger mullet with a slice �¾ down the body to create a scent trail. Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

San Antonio Bay

GOOD. 88 degrees. Trout and redfish are good in the surf on live shrimp or live croaker. Tarpon 3-6 feet in length are being caught in the surf and jetties. Winds are low so the water so surf fishing has been excellent. Report Captain Lynn Smith, Back Bay Guide Service.

Sabine Lake

GOOD. 88 degrees. Starting at 6:00 a.m. at the jetties for trout, redfish and drum with live shrimp under a popping cork. When the sun rises the sharks show up. Move to the channel for catches of trout and redfish during outgoing tides using salt and pepper with a chartreuse tail artificials on rock piles and shell flats. There is finally some bull redfish schooling on the south end of the lake. Threadfin shad are coming out of the marshes, this is usually a sign the bull redfish are coming. The best bite has been during the incoming tide. Report by Captain Randy Foreman, Captain Randy’s Guide Service Sabine Lake.

Bolivar

EXCELLENT. 85 degrees. Black drums are feeding off the surf and jetty. Lots of speckled trout, redfish, croakers, sand trout, a few flounder, black drum, speckled trout, and crabs caught along the jetty plus lots of stingrays and sharks. The shark tournament this past week produced some almost 10 foot sharks. The surf is still producing limits of speckled trout, lots of bull reds and black drum, lots of stingrays, and bigger sharks along the whole peninsula. People are using all kinds of different things for bait with awesome results. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Trinity Bay

SLOW. 88 degrees. Fish are moving up the channel, and the best bite is on the spoil islands lining the Houston ship channel. A few speckled trout showing, but a good number of black drum and redfish on live shrimp under popping corks. Those throwing soft plastics over shells near the channel are picking up fair numbers of speckled trout. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Trout are on structure in the shallows early especially around rocks being caught on live shrimp and artificial shrimp rigged weedless. Redfish are in the shallows in a high tide moving to current and cooler waters when the water heats up hitting live shrimp and artificial shrimp. Drum and sheepshead are right to rock groins and reefs in both the middle of the bay and right to the bank being caught on live shrimp. Report by Captain Zackary Scott, Zack Attack Fishing.

East Galveston Bay

GOOD. 88 degrees. Water conditions only fair with scattered trout and a few redfish being caught over open bay reefs. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Surface water temperature 87 degrees. The water clarity is improving slightly for the majority of East Galveston Bay, with clearer and saltier water as you get over towards Elm Grove Basin, and beautiful water the closer you venture over towards Galveston. We are spending more and more time locating trout, redfish and flounder in the intracoastal relating to structure, in areas closer to deep water with active bait in the area. We are starting out on the jetties, to find a solid early morning trout bite with artificials on most outings when the wind cooperates. We are still having good success on MirrOdines, rattle traps, �¼ ounce soft body swimbaits, and tails with 1/8 ounce heads in light colors on the shallower ends and �¼ ounce when we are fishing in deeper water. Our clients are still enjoying solid success using Fish Smack Popping corks with a 1-2 foot leader above shrimp imitation lures, as well as salt and pepper tails by WacAttack and blue moon rat tails by Deadly Dudley. After the sun rises, we are venturing over to the reefs and that bite has started to heat up for us, as the water continues to improve. We found a few birds working this week on a couple reefs, but had to weed through a good number of Gafftop to find the better trout. The Topwater bite has still been strong when utilized on our early morning and late afternoon trips, so if you like throwing walking baits, now is a great time to get on the water and make it happen, with bone being one of our favorite colors we have the most confidence in. The crowds are starting to slack up now that summer is winding down, so now is the perfect time to get out on the water and make some memories. Until Next Time Report by Captain Jeff Brandon, Get the Net Guide Service, LLC.

Galveston Bay

SLOW. 87 degrees. Scattered good catches of trout, along with a few sheepshead, and black drum from the gas wells in the middle of Galveston bay. Best bite on live shrimp. Rock spoil islands are still producing speckled trout, black drum and a few sheepshead, along with the occasional upper slot redfish. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

West Galveston Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Live croakers and live shrimp have been the ticket to good catches of speckled trout and redfish, along shoreline guts and over deep shell reefs. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing.

Texas City

GOOD. 87 degrees. Galveston jetties are still fair for speckled trout, but bull redfish catches have improved. Surf still coughing up good catches of trout, best along beachfront rock groins. Plenty of big sharks being caught just outside the Galveston jetties. Report by Captain David Dillman, Galveston Bay Charter Fishing. Anglers are catching plenty of speckled trout, more redfish, and a few flounder every day with some occasional black drum, sheepshead, sand trout, and gafftop. Live shrimp and finger mullet have been the best baits. Report by Captain Shane Rilat, North Jetty Bait Camp.

Freeport

GOOD. 89 degrees. Fishing been steady for trout, redfish, and flounder around the San Luis Pass, Bastrop Bay, Christmas Bay, Chocolate Bay and the west end of Galveston Bay. Wade fishing has been good in the guts at the pass and in west Galveston bay with croaker and shrimp for trout and redfish with a few flounder mixed in. The Freeport Harbor is steady for sheepshead, drum, redfish and mangrove snapper free lining shrimp with a split shot. Report by Captain Jake Brown, Flattie Daddy Fishing Adventures

East Matagorda Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. The trout and redfish bite is good after the recent rains cooled the water. As small fronts roll through the bite will only continue to improve. Drifting for catches of trout, redfish and drum with live shrimp under a popping cork and artificial lures. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

West Matagorda Bay

FAIR. 90 degrees. The trout and redfish bite is good after the recent rains cooled the water. As small fronts roll through the bite will only continue to improve. Wade anglers are producing catches off mid bay reefs with croaker. Drifting for catches of trout, redfish and drum with live shrimp under a popping cork and artificial lures. Report by Captain Charlie Paradoski, Captain Charlie Paradoski’s Guide Service.

Port O’Connor

GOOD. 85 degrees. Fishing patterns are holding steady. Oversized black drum outside of the south jetty at the end on live crab and dead shrimp. Trout are biting in the surf on live croaker. Slot redfish are good at the end of the north jetty with live crab and Spanish sardines. Keeper drums are biting in the flare of the jetties. Tarpon are good, drifting the ship channel with large croakers on the bottom. Bull redfish continue to good in the morning in incoming tides at the back of the jetties to Bird Island. Report by Captain Marty Medford, Captain Marty’s Fish of a Lifetime Guide Service.

Rockport

GOOD. 84 degrees. Trout are great on croaker along grass and shell in 3-4 feet of water. popping cork and shrimp have been produced in flats while drifting Reds have been great on shrimp piggy’s and cut skipjack or mullet in flats fishing sand pockets. Black drum are good on live or dead shrimp and fish bites in drains, sand pockets and along oyster beds. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Port Aransas

GOOD. 84 degrees. Redfish are good on shrimp and cut bait. A few pompano are starting to show up. Trout are good with croaker or shrimp free lined along rocks. Black drum have been good on shrimp. Surf fishing has been producing good redfish and trout in first and second gut with an occasional shark king fish are good drifting ribbon fish around first rigs and sips. Report by Captain Kenny Kramer, Kramer Fishing Charters.

Corpus Christi

GOOD. 81 degrees. Tides have risen, but the bite is good. Black drums are on fire hitting freelined dead shrimp. Trout are good on piggy perch, with the occasional bite on croaker. Redfish are good on cut mullet or live finger mullet with a slice �¾ down the body to create a scent trail. Report by Captain Aerich Oliver, Rockport Paradise Outfitters.

Baffin Bay

GOOD. 90 degrees. Late summer fishing can be touch and go. There is so much food in the system, and no real reason for the fish to worry, so, it can get interesting! If there is no tide, Baffin has no tide, and no wind to move the water, the fish do not actively feed. It seems they do not know what to do with water that is not moving, either tidal or wind driven. Sometimes waiting them out is the answer. The wind is usually going to blow in the afternoon, so drop off of the edges and catch fish.

Port Mansfield

FAIR. 90 degrees. Water levels remain low as of this writing and water temperatures are still very hot. Our temperatures start out around 87 degrees and end around 92 degrees toward the end of the day. Best bite has been early morning and most fish are coming in shallow water close to deep water access. Still finding good pods of redfish and have even found some bigger schools along the flats. We are catching a lot of smaller trout and the occasional big trout just about each day. Flounder are still good near the pass. Report by Captain Wayne Davis, Hook Down Charters.

South Padre

GOOD. 85 degrees. Very light southwest winds and the water temperature is holding at 85 degrees .Water temperature holding at 85 degrees. Trout are still holding on edges of deeper water. Redfish are good on the Gas Well Flats drifting with live shrimp under popping cork. Still a few small schools of black drum near the causeway. A few bull redfish at jetties. Mangrove snapper excellent at end of Brownsville Channel. Stay safe out there. Report by Captain Lou Austin, Austin Fishing South Padre.

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