Gulf Coast Region Week of January 23, 2019


North Sabine
Redfish are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains. Trout are slow due to freshwater.

South Sabine
Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good for waders on south end.

Bolivar
Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

Trinity Bay
Redfish are fair at the spillway on shrimp. Catfish are good in the marsh.

East Galveston Bay
Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on Soft–Dines, MirrOlures and topwaters. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

West Galveston Bay
Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout are fair in the mud and shell on topwaters and Corkies in the afternoon. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

Texas City
Black drum are good in the channel on crabs. Sand trout and whiting are good from the piers on fresh shrimp.

Freeport
Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Black drum are good at the jetties on cracked blue crabs.

East Matagorda Bay
Trout are fair to good for drifters on soft plastics over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

West Matagorda Bay
Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake and at Shell Island on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on shell and grass on soft plastics.

Port O’connor
Trout and redfish are good on Corkies over soft mud in waist–deep water in San Antonio Bay. Redfish are fair for drifters working the mouths of lakes on falling tide.

Rockport
Trout are fair to good in Morris–Cummings Cut on free–lined shrimp. Black drum are good in the Lydia Ann Channel on crabs.

Port Aransas
Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Black drum are good in the Shrimpboat Channel on crabs and finger mullet. Redfish, black drum and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp.

Corpus Christi
Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Black drum are good in the Humble Channel at night on crabs and table shrimp.

Baffin Bay
Trout are fair while wading mud and grass on Corkies and Gamblers. Black drum are good in the Land Cut on crabs. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on DOA Shrimp.

Port Mansfield
Trout are fair to good on Sift Dines around sand and grass at Green Island. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on Gulps and shrimp.

South Padre
Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp. Black drum and redfish have been taken at the jetty.

Port Isabel
Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on soft plastics. Redfish are fair at Three Island on small topwaters and soft plastics under rattling corks.