Below is an updated Texas saltwater fishing report which includes: water temps, species and suggested bait.
SABINE LAKE: 57 degrees. Speckled trout are good on suspended baits and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on live shrimp under a popping cork. Black drum are good on Carolina-rigged live shrimp.
BOLIVAR: 60 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on suspending baits and soft plastics. Sand trout, sheepshead and black drum are fair on live and dead shrimp. Oversized black drum are good on halved fresh crab.
TRINITY BAY: 66 degrees. Redfish are fair on shrimp and soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics, suspending baits and top-waters.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: 67 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are good on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits. Black drum are good on live shrimp.
GALVESTON BAY: 62 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on live shrimp and soft plastics. Black drum are good on live shrimp. Oversized black drum are good on live crab.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: 62 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics, live shrimp and suspending twitch baits. Black drum are good on live shrimp.
TEXAS CITY: 66 degrees. Speckled trout, redfish and black drum are good on live shrimp and finger mullet. Oversized drum and bull reds are good on fresh crab.
FREEPORT: 67 degrees. Speckled trout, redfish,and flounder are good on soft plastics. Black drum and sheepshead are good on live shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 64 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics, top-waters and suspending baits. Black drum are good on live shrimp.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 64 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum are good on live shrimp.
PORT O’CONNOR: 68 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics or live shrimp. Oversized drum are fair on blue crab. Redfish are fair on Spanish sardines and blue crab.
SAN ANTONIO BAY: 65 degrees. Redfish are fair on Spanish sardines and cut bait. Speckled trout are fair on live piggy perch.
ROCKPORT: 62 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp and soft plastics. Redfish are good on shrimp and cut mullet. Black drum are good on live and dead shrimp.
REDFISH BAY: 70 degrees. Redfish and black drum are good on dead shrimp and mud minnows. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.
PORT ARANSAS: 62 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp. Bull redfish are good on cut crab and mullet. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp.
CORPUS CHRISTI: 70 degrees. Redfish and black drum are good on dead shrimp and mud minnows. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.
BAFFIN BAY: 55 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on suspending twitch baits, soft plastics and top-waters. Black drum are good on live shrimp.
PORT MANSFIELD: 60 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are good on top-waters and soft plastics.
SOUTH PADRE: 67 degrees. Speckled trout are good on soft plastics and live shrimp. Bull redfish and oversized black drum are fair on cut bait or fresh crab. Mangrove snapper are good on live and dead shrimp.
Updated 3/21/2025.