Fishing Reports

Spring Break anglers along East Galveston Bay had fair numbers of keeper trout and nice redfish. Fish hitting live bait under popping cork.

Strong winds and high tides made fishing early in the week impossible for anglers along the upper Texas coast. Fishing improved later in the week with fair boxes of fish brought in.

As we head into early March, Galveston Bay waters are warming up. Bay reefs are looking promising in weeks to come for Spring Breakers if weather holds.

Last week’s weather did not work with coastal anglers. Monday was wild and crazy with rain and 40+ mph winds. Tuesday and Wednesday the tides were very low from the strong winds out of the northwest and we couldn’t even launch the boats. Thursday we were finally able to get out on the water and found good numbers of trout along the south shoreline between Fat Rat Pass and Siever’s Cut.

This is my favorite time of year to wade, using soft plastics, in deeper areas along the south shoreline of East Galveston Bay where bay marshes drain and on scattered, muddy shell bottoms along the shoreline.