July 9, 2008

NORTH SABINE: Trout are good while drifting slicks and pods of bait on topwaters. Trout and redfish are good under birds on live shad, Trout Killers, Bass Assassins and Sand Eels.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are good on the Reef on soft plastics and live shrimp. 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. Trout are good around the rocks on topwaters.

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

TRINITY BAY: Redfish are good in the grass on the north shoreline. Trout are fair while drifting slicks on 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 are fair while drifting shell in 7 feet of water on plastics and live shrimp. Trout are fair to good on croakers along the Ship Channel.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good in the surf on topwaters, plastics and live shrimp. 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. Trout are fair at night from the beachfront piers on live shrimp.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are good for waders working the reefs on croakers. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on live shrimp. Trout are fair off the end of the dike on DOA Shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good in the surf. Trout are fair at San Luis Pass on shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair in Christmas Bay while drifting with live shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA: Trout are good on the reefs on live bait and topwaters. Trout are fair to good while drifting scattered shell with live shrimp. Redfish are fair in Lake Austin on live shrimp.

MATAGORDA: Trout are good in the surf on topwaters, live bait and soft plastics. Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on Bass Assassins, Sand Eel Jr’s and Trout Killers.

PORT O'CONNOR: Trout are good in the surf and around Pass Cavallo. Trout are fair while drifting the flats on live shrimp under a popping cork. 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. Trout are fair to good around Mud Island and Super Flats on Super Spooks and She Dogs. Trout are good in the surf.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout are good at the jetty on live bait. Sharks are good around the jetty and on the beachfront on finger mullet and shad. Redfish are fair to good around Dagger Island on live shrimp and mullet. Offshore is good for snapper, ling, wahoo and kingfish.

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 for drifters at Rocky Slough on topwaters. Trout are fair to good over sand and grass on plastics and topwaters. Drop-offs around the spoil islands have held trout on topwaters and soft plastics. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on DOA Shrimp and glow plastics.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout and redfish are good while wading flats on Super Spooks and She Pups. 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.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair on the edges of the flats on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. A few tarpon and snook are showing at the jetty. Snook are fair to good on shrimp and DOA Shrimp in South Bay.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are good while drifting sand and grass on soft plastics under rattling corks. Redfish are good on gold spoons on in the grass.