Coastal Fishing Forecast July 3-6

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Coastal Fishing Forecast July 3-6

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good on She Dogs and Super Spooks around Stewts and Sydney Island. Trout and redfish are good under birds in the afternoon on topwaters, Bass Assassins and Sand Eels.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are good from the Causeway Pier at night under the lights on live shrimp and tandem-rigged Bass Assassins, Little Fishies and DOA Shrimp. Redfish are good at the jetty and in the middle of the lake on live shad and shrimp.

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good in the surf and at Rollover Pass on Little Fishies and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the surf on cut-bait. Gafftop, sand trout and flounder are good at the Pass on live bait.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair while drifting deeper shell reefs and slicks on glow/chartreuse, pumpkinseed/chartreuse and plum shrimptails, Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout, sand trout, redfish and croaker are fair on live bait at the Spillway.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and flounder are fair on the shorelines on plastics and shrimp. Trout are fair to good in the Ship Channel on croaker.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair off the spoil banks on croaker. Gafftop, sand trout and whiting are good from the beachfront piers on live bait. Redfish are fair to good on the shell on live shrimp under a popping cork.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on croaker on the Dollar Flats. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on live shrimp.

FREEPORT: Redfish are fair to good at the Boilers on finger mullet and shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair in Christmas Bay while drifting with live shrimp.

EAST MATAGORDA: Redfish and flounder are fair at the Oyster Farm and at Three Mile on live shrimp, Sand Eels, Trout Killers and Bass Assassins. Redfish are fair at Boggy on live shrimp.

MATAGORDA: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on morning glory and pepper/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Sand Eel Jrs and She Dogs. Redfish and black drum are fair in Oyster Lake on live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT O'CONNOR: Trout are fair while drifting the flats on live shrimp under a popping cork and She Dogs. Redfish and sharks are good on live shrimp and mullet at the jetty and in the surf.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair to good on the outside of Traylor Island and on the Estes Flats on croaker and live shrimp. Waders have found refuge on the St. Joe shoreline.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good around Pelican Island on live shrimp. Offshore is good for snapper, ling, wahoo and kingfish for those willing to brave the rough seas.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout and redfish are fair to good on live shrimp and croaker around the reefs in Nueces Bay. Trout and redfish are good around the causeway on live shrimp and pumpkinseed Trout Killers, Bass Assassins and Sand Eels.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good on the King Ranch shoreline and around the rocks on croaker, live shrimp and chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eel Jrs. Trout are fair to good at Rocky Slough on plastics and live shrimp. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on DOA Shrimp and glow plastics.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout and are fair to good on live shrimp and plastics on the grass beds in West Bay. Trout and redfish are good on topwaters while drifting the Saucer and Target Markers.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting the flats and bars on limetreuse and plum Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout are fair to good the Gas-Well Flats on live shrimp under a popping cork.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good at Laguna Vista and Holly Beach on She Dogs, Super Spooks and live shrimp. Tarpon and snook are fair to good at the jetty on DOA Shrimp. Rough seas and winds have made it tough offshore.

-TXFishing.com

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