Fishing Report - Coastal

Written by Texas Parks and Wildlife

Thursday, 03 April 2008

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good while wading the Louisiana shoreline on She Dogs and red shad soft plastics. Redfish and flounder are good on live bait in the marsh. SOUTH SABINE: Trout are good at the Causeway Reef on plum, fire tiger and glow/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Sand Eels, Red Killers and live shrimp. Black drum and sheepshead are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good at Rollover Pass on Little Fishies, DOA Shrimp and Bass Assassins. Redfish, black drum, and whiting are good on the beachfront on fresh dead shrimp and crabs. TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair to good on the east shoreline on She Dogs, Super Spooks and glow plastics. Redfish, black drum and sheepshead are fair to good at the Spillway on shrimp. EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on protected shorelines in the evening on topwaters and Corkies. Redfish are good in the Intracoastal on shrimp. Black drum are good in the channel on crabs. WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair over shell on live shrimp and red shad and plum Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Red Killers. Redfish, whiting and sheepshead are good on cut-bait from the beachfront. TEXAS CITY: Black drum are good on cracked crabs and shrimp off the piers on the dike and at the Drum Hole. Trout and flounder are fair to good at Dollar Reef and April Fool's Reef on live shrimp. FREEPORT: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at San Luis Pass, Cold Pass and Christmas Bay on live shrimp. Sheepshead and redfish are fair to good along the jetties on live shrimp. EAST MATAGORDA: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on red shad, plum and fire tiger Bass Assassins, Red Killers, Sand Eel Jr's and topwaters. Redfish are fair on the shorelines on spoons and topwaters. MATAGORDA: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline on pepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Red Killers. Best bite has been in the afternoon. Redfish and black drum are fair to good in Oyster Lake and at Shell Island on shrimp under a popping cork in the evening. PORT O'CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair to good at the mouths of the back bays and bayous on small topwaters and soft plastics. Redfish, black drum and sheepshead are fair to good on shrimp at the jetty. PORT ARANSAS: Sheepshead and black drum are fair to good at the North Jetty on live shrimp. Redfish and sheepshead are good on crabs and shrimp around Hog Island and off the beachfront piers. CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout, black drum, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good on live shrimp off the piers. Redfish and black drum are fair to good on shrimp and crabs in the channel near the causeway. BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair on plum and glow Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Sand Eels and Corkies around the rocks and at the Meadows. Black drum and redfish are good on crabs at the Land Cut. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on live shrimp in the Intracoastal. Trout and redfish are fair to good on live shrimp around the Land Cut. Black drum are good on crabs in the channels. SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good at Laguna Vista on live shrimp and plum plastics. Trout, redfish and black drum are fair to good on live mullet and shrimp in South Bay. Redfish are good on topwaters and live shrimp in Airport Cove. PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good on live shrimp under a popping cork at the Gas Well Flats. Trout, black drum and flounder are good in the Intracoastal on live shrimp. Sheepshead and black drum are good on shrimp at the jetty.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 April 2008 )