Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Week of May 14, 2008
| Water Body | Report |
|---|---|
| NORTH SABINE | Flounder are fair to good in the guts and bayous on mud minnows and jigs tipped with shrimp. Redfish are good for sight-casters in the marsh on small topwaters. |
| SOUTH SABINE | Trout are fair to good on the Reef on live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are fair to good on the shorelines and in the guts on live bait. Redfish are fair to good at the jetty on finger mullet and crabs. |
| BOLIVAR | Trout are fair near Big Pasture Bayou on chartreuse and pearl Corkies. Trout and redfish are fair while drifting deep shell on live shrimp under a popping cork and glow/chartreuse and black Bass Assassins, Stanley Wedgetails, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Winds have hampered drifting the middle of the bay. |
| TRINITY BAY | Redfish are fair to good on the shell and in the grass on live shrimp under a popping cork. Croaker, whiting and sand trout are good at the Spillway on shrimp. |
| EAST GALVESTON BAY | Trout are fair at Dollar Point on live shrimp and croaker when the wind allows. Redfish are fair to good in the back lakes on live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are good on the reefs, but stiff winds have hampered that pattern. |
| WEST GALVESTON BAY | Trout are good on the south shoreline on She Pups and Super Spooks. Redfish and black drum are fair around the railroad and causeway bridge on live shrimp under a popping cork. Flounder are fair to good in the same areas. |
| TEXAS CITY | Trout and redfish are fair at night off the piers on live shrimp under a popping cork. Croakers, sand trout, gafftop, whiting and sheepshead are fair on fresh dead shrimp. |
| FREEPORT | Trout are beginning to show along the beachfront and at San Luis Pass. Trout and redfish are fair at Cold Pass on live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout, flounder and redfish are fair in Christmas Bay on live shrimp under a popping cork. |
| EAST MATAGORDA | Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp and Gulps. Redfish are fair to good in the grass on pumpkinseed Trout Killers, Hogies and Sand Eels. Flounder are good for giggers on the south shoreline. |
| MATAGORDA | Trout are fair on the south shoreline on topwaters and red shad, morning glory and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Stanley Wedgetails, Trout Killers and Norton Sand Eels. Redfish are fair to good on live shrimp under a popping cork around Shell Island and in Oyster Lake. |
| PORT O'CONNOR | Trout are good on live shrimp under a popping cork on the grass flats. Redfish, sharks and black drum are good on live bait at the jetty. Trout are fair to good in the back lakes on live shrimp under a popping cork, gold spoons and topwaters. |
| ROCKPORT | Trout are fair to good around Traylor and Mud Island on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish are fair to good on the Estes Flats and around Hog Island on live shrimp and finger mullet. Trout are fair on topwaters and live shrimp on the St. Joe shoreline. |
| PORT ARANSAS | Trout and redfish are fair in Shamrock Cove live shrimp, Gulps and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Stanley Wedgetails and Norton Sand Eels. Trout are fair at the jetty on live shrimp and finger mullet. |
| CORPUS CHRISTI | Trout and redfish are fair around the causeway and on the reefs in Nueces Bay on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good on topwaters and live shrimp around Pelican Island. |
| BAFFIN BAY | Trout, redfish and black drum are fair to good at the Land Cut on live shrimp under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are fair to good around the rocks on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish are good around the spoil islands on Gulps. |
| PORT MANSFIELD | Trout are fair to good on the grass beds adjacent to the Intracoastal on live shrimp and black Trout Killers, Sand Eels and Bass Assassins. Trout, redfish and black drum are fair to good on live mullet and shrimp around the Land Cut. Redfish are good on the sand. |
| SOUTH PADRE | Trout, redfish and black drum are fair to good on gold spoons around Airport Cove. Trout and redfish are fair to good on topwaters, gold spoons and live shrimp at Holly Beach. Jack crevalle, trout and gafftop are good at the jetty on live shrimp. |
| PORT ISABEL | Trout and redfish are fair to good in Cullen Bay on topwaters, black/chartreuse and plum/white Trout Killers, Sand Eels and Bass Assassins. Trout are good for waders working the flats on Super Spooks and She Pups. |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744
Toll Free: (800) 792-1112, Austin: (512) 389-4800
