September 24, 2009

Texas Fishing Report- September 24-27, 2009

Salt Water

NORTH SABINE Redfish are good in the marsh with high tides. Tides are well above normal. Drifters have worked slicks for trout and redfish on plastics and 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. Bull redfish are good at the jetty.
BOLIVAR Trout are good on the south shoreline on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Trout, bull redfish , black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Croaker are good on fresh shrimp.
TRINITY BAY Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish are good on live bait around the reefs. Redfish are good on the north shoreline on gold spoons and small topwaters.
EAST GALVESTON BAY Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp. Trout are good for drifters on plum Bass Assassins, TTF Flats Minnows and Norton Bull Minnows.
WEST GALVESTON BAY Bull redfish are good in the surf and at San Luis Pass on crabs and mullet. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetties on shrimp and crabs.
TEXAS CITY Sand trout and Gulf trout are good in the channel on shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in Moses Lake on crabs and shrimp.
FREEPORT Bull redfish are good on live bait and crabs on the Surfside beach. Black drum and redfish are good on the reefs. Bull redfish are showing at all the jetties.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the shorelines for waders tossing small topwaters and roach plastics.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are good on live shrimp and topwaters in Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Shell Island.
PORT O'CONNOR Bull redfish are good in the surf and at the jetty on natural baits. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.
ROCKPORT Redfish are good on mullet on the Estes Flats and around Mud Island. Redfish are beginning to work in large schools with the rising tides. Trout and redfish are good in the back of Allyn's Bight.
PORT ARANSAS Redfish are fair at East Flats and Shamrock cove on topwaters and plastics under rattling corks. Offshore is good for amberjack, kingfish, tuna and dolphin.
CORPUS CHRISTI Redfish are good on the shallow flats on gold spoons and small topwaters. Sand trout and croakers are good in the channels on fresh shrimp.
BAFFIN BAY Trout are good on topwaters and plum plastics around rocks and grass. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on live bait. Redfish are fair to good in knee-deep water on gold spoons and topwaters.
PORT MANSFIELD Redfish are showing in large schools on the sand. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin.
SOUTH PADRE Trout, redfish and snook are fair to good on the Mexiquita Flats on DOA Lures and live bait.. Tarpon activity has been picking up around the jetties.
PORT ISABEL Redfish are good at Gas Well Flats and in South Bay on TTF Flats Minnows, Red Killers and topwaters. Trout and redfish are fair to good while drifting sand and grass flats on live shrimp, DOA Shrimp and Gulps under popping corks.

Fresh Water

BRAUNIG Water stained; 87 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are excellent on liver and shad off points near the pier and at the north end of the park, and down rigging silver and gold spoons near the jetty and dam. Redfish are fair on perch, shad, and silver spoons, and down rigging spoons near the jetty and dam. Channel catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cut bait, and cheesebait near the dam and the discharge. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.
CALAVERAS Water stained; 87 degrees. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam and the crappie wall in 15 - 20 feet, and on chicken livers and shad along the shoreline. Redfish are good down rigging spoons with green grubs between the crappie wall and the dam in 15 - 20 feet, and on crawfish and tilapia along the shoreline. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on liver, shrimp, cheesebait, and shad near the railroad trestle, 181 Cove, and the discharge. Yellow catfish are slow.
CHOKE CANYON Water clear; 88 degrees; 8.98' low. Black bass are fair on minnows and white spinnerbaits. White bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are very good on frozen shrimp and punchbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.
FALCON Water stained; 85 degrees. Black bass are good on small crankbaits and spinnerbaits in 5 - 7 feet. Striped bass are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on frozen shrimp. Everyone in the boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

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