July 17, 2009

SALT WATER REPORT

NORTH SABINE Trout are fair to good on the Louisiana shoreline on topwaters and Corkies. Flounder are fair on jigs tipped with shrimp around marsh drains.
SOUTH SABINE Sheepshead and black drum are good at the jetty on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good around Lighthouse Cove and around the jetty rocks on topwaters.
BOLIVAR Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Croakers are good on dead shrimp in the channel and around the pass.
TRINITY BAY Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Catfish are good in the marsh on shrimp. Redfish and trout are fair to good at the spillway on shrimp.
EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are good on the south shoreline on Catch 5s, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Mid-bay reefs have held trout on plastics and croakers.
WEST GALVESTON BAY Trout are fair to good for drifters working shell on live shrimp. Trout, sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp. Tarpon are showing on the beachfront. Kingfish, ling and red snapper are good offshore.
TEXAS CITY Trout are good on the channel on croakers. Reefs and wells have held good trout on live bait.
FREEPORT Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Trout and sand trout are good at the jetties on shrimp and DOA Shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA Trout are fair to good for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.
MATAGORDA Redfish are fair to good on the edge of Oyster Lake on shrimp and crabs. Trout are fair on sand and grass on soft plastics. Gafftop are good on shrimp under birds.
PORT O'CONNOR Trout and redfish are good on topwaters over soft mud in waist-deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair at the mouths of bayous on the outgoing tide.
ROCKPORT Trout are fair in Big Bayou on free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp. Redfish are good in shallow water on pin perch.
PORT ARANSAS Redfish are fair to good at East Flats on shrimp. Redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp. Offshore is good for red snapper, ling and kingfish.
CORPUS CHRISTI Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on Gulps and live shrimp. Trout are good in the holes around Pita Island on croakers.
BAFFIN BAY Trout are fair in mud and grass on Corkies and topwaters. Trout are fair to good in the Land Cut on live shrimp. Trout are fair to good while drifting with topwaters at Rocky Slough.
PORT MANSFIELD Trout are good on large topwaters around sand and grass. Several trout over 25 inches have been taken. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes and while working shallow water on the sand flats.
SOUTH PADRE Trout are good around the spoil islands, channel edges and color changes on DOA Shrimp. Tarpon, snook, trout and Spanish mackerel have been solid at the jetty on live bait.
PORT ISABEL Snook are fair to good in South Bay on shrimp and DOA Shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair to good at Gas Well Flats on live shrimp.

FRESH WATER REPORT

BRAUNIG Water stained; 84 degrees. Black bass are fair on crankbaits and dark soft plastic worms in reeds and near the jetty and dam. Striped bass are good 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; 84 degrees. Black bass are fair on dark soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits over reed beds and near the dam. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs between the dam and the crappie wall in 15 - 20 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, shrimp, and shad near the railroad trestle and 181 Cove. Blue catfish are excellent on liver and cheesebait. Yellow catfish are slow.
CHOKE CANYON Water clear; 86 degrees; 8.15' low. Black bass are fair on small white/chartreuse spinnerbaits, shallow running crankbaits, and pumpkin Whacky Sticks with chartreuse tails along main lake points in 2 - 6 feet early. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel catfish are very good on live bait in 4 - 15 feet. Yellow and blue catfish are very good on live bait upriver.
FALCON Water stained; 88 degrees. Black bass are good on 6" - 7" soft plastics and brush hogs off points in 10 - 12 feet. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are good on chartreuse jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and cut bait upriver. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.