July 2, 2009

Salt Water Report
NORTH SABINE Trout are good in the river on live shad. Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish are good under rafts of shad on topwaters.
SOUTH SABINE Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and topwaters. Trout are good while drifting scattered shell on plastics.
BOLIVAR Trout are good on the south shoreline on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout are good at Rollover Pass in the afternoon.
TRINITY BAY Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout, redfish and flounder are good at the spillway on live bait. Redfish have been schooling on the surface around midday.
EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Trout are good on the south shoreline on Catch 5s, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s.
WEST GALVESTON BAY Waders have taken good trout on topwaters in the afternoon. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good in the surf on topwaters, MirrOlures and live shrimp.
TEXAS CITY Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp.
FREEPORT Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, MirrOlures and soft plastics. Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Trout are good early in the morning at the jetties on live shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over mid-bay reefs. Redfish are good in the middle of the bay on live shrimp near slicks.
MATAGORDA Trout are good on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on topwaters and live shrimp at the mouth of Oyster Lake. Trout are good in the surf on live bait.
PORT O'CONNOR Trout and redfish are good on topwaters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are at the mouths of the back lakes on the outgoing tide. Trout are good in the surf and at the jetty on live bait.
ROCKPORT Trout are fair to good in the guts and channels on free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in the guts with the low tides.
PORT ARANSAS Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on topwaters and croakers. Offshore is good for red snapper, kingfish and ling.
CORPUS CHRISTI Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp. Trout are fair to good on the edges of the guts near Shamrock Cove.
BAFFIN BAY Trout are good on topwaters around rocks and grass near the Badlands. Trout are fair at night in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good while drifting grass around spoil islands on soft plastics and topwaters.
PORT MANSFIELD Trout are good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes. Offshore is good for red snapper, kingfish and ling.
SOUTH PADRE Tarpon are showing at the pass. Trout are good on shrimp and DOA Shrimp while drifting the grass beds. Spanish mackerel and snook have been taken at the jetty.
PORT ISABEL Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp. Trout are good on the deeper edges and flats on topwaters and live shrimp. Redfish are hanging in the guts with low tides in the morning.

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Water Body Report
BRAUNIG Water stained; 82 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are fair on liver and shad off points near the pier, and down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty and dam. Redfish are excellent on perch, tilapia shad, and silver spoons, and down rigging near the jetty and dam. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the hot water discharge.
CALAVERAS Water stained; 82 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on spoons and striper jigs between the dam and the crappie wall in 15 feet, and on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are excellent down rigging silver and gold spoons and live bait along the crappie wall and the dam in 10 - 20 feet, on live perch and tilapia along the shoreline, and on live bait along the crappie wall. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad trestle. Blue catfish are excellent on liver and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow.
CHOKE CANYON Water clear; 85 degrees; 7.74' low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on deep running crankbaits and white/chartreuse spinnerbaits. Crappie are slow. Drum are fair on nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are fair on cut bait and punchbait. Yellow catfish are good on juglines baited with perch.
FALCON Water stained; 87 degrees. Black bass are fair on shallow running crankbaits on the north end of the lake. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on jigs Channel and blue catfish are good on frozen shrimp under birds. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

-Texas Parks & Wildlife Department