Texas Fishing Reports - Gulf Coast
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February 14, 2008 03:11 PM
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COLETO CREEK Water lightly stained; 63 degrees (71 degrees at discharge); 0.40' low. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are fair on minnows and red tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on perch, stinkbait, and frozen shrimp in 18 - 25 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch in 18 - 25 feet.
NORTH SABINE Trout are fair while drifting deep shell in the middle of the lake on black/chartreuse and red shad Trout Killers, Bass Assassins, Hogies and Norton Sand Eels. Redfish are fair on the shorelines on gold spoons and chartreuse plastics.
SOUTH SABINE Trout and redfish are fair plum plastics and live shrimp off the reef on the south end of the lake. Flounder are fair on mud minnows and chartreuse and white jigs tipped with shrimp around the Causeway Bridge. Sheepshead are good at the jetty on shrimp.
BOLIVAR Redfish and black drum are fair in the surf on cut-bait. Flounder are fair at Rollover Pass on mud minnows.
TRINITY BAY Sheepshead, sand trout and croaker are fair on shrimp at the Spillway. Trout are fair on the shorelines.
EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are fair to good for waders around Big Pasture on suspending plugs. Black drum and sheepshead are fair to good on fresh dead shrimp over deep shell. Redfish are fair on the shorelines on mud minnows and gold spoons.
WEST GALVESTON BAY Trout are fair for waders working the muddy shorelines. Trout and redfish are fair on Confederate Reef on red shad and black Trout Killers, Bass Assassins, Hogies and Norton Sand Eels. Black drum and sheepshead are fair to good on live shrimp or fresh dead at the jetty.
TEXAS CITY Sheepshead, croaker, black drum, redfish and sand trout are fair from the pier at the end of the dike on fresh dead shrimp. Sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on fresh dead shrimp and crabs.
FREEPORT Redfish and black drum are fair at East Union on shrimp. Black drum, whiting and sand trout are fair to good in the afternoon at Oyster Creek Park. Trout and reds are fair in Christmas Bay on live shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA Trout are fair on the deep shell on red shad, morning glory and glow/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers. Redfish are fair on the south shoreline on gold spoons and Bass Assassins. Long drifts over shell has yielded solid trout on live shrimp.
MATAGORDA Trout are redfish are fair on the south shoreline on limetreuse, black and electric chicken Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish and black drum are fair at the jetty on fresh dead shrimp.
PORT O'CONNOR Trout are fair to good on the edges of the Intracoastal on pumpkinseed/chartreuse and fire tiger Trout Killers, Sand Eels and Bass Assassins. Warm temperatures have allowed for a good topwater bite. Redfish are fair off the reefs of the Intracoastal on plum and fire tiger Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers.
ROCKPORT Trout and redfish are fair on the Estes Flats on live shrimp and red shad Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Sheepshead are fair around the Copano Causeway on fresh dead and live shrimp.
PORT ARANSAS Black drum and sheepshead are fair to good from the jetty on shrimp. Whiting, redfish and black drum are fair from the beachfront piers.
CORPUS CHRISTI Trout are fair around the Causeway and in the Humble Channel on plum/white and glow/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Hogies, Trout Killers and Norton Sand Eels. Black drum and sheepshead are fair from the piers on sea lice and crab.
BAFFIN BAY Trout are good on mud and grass on pink Corkies and suspending plugs. Redfish and black drum are fair in the Humble Channel in the evening on dead shrimp. Trout are good for waders working the rocks.
PORT MANSFIELD Trout, redfish, and sheepshead are fair in the Ship Channel on live shrimp. Mangrove snapper, sheepshead, croaker and flounder are fair on live bait at the jetty. Trout and redfish are fair on the flats on plum, black and glow Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Hogies and Sand Eels. Trout are good on topwaters on the flats in the afternoon.
SOUTH PADRE Black drum and redfish are fair to good off the Intracoastal on live shrimp. Trout are fair on live mullet and plum/chartreuse Trout Killers and Bass Assassins on the flats. Sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on live shrimp.
PORT ISABEL Sheepshead are fair to good around rock groins and piers on live shrimp. Trout are fair at Holly Beach and Airport Cove on Corkies and Crazy Croakers. Redfish, black drum and sheepshead are fair in the channels on live shrimp under a popping cork.
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