Below is an updated Texas saltwater fishing report which includes: water temps, species and suggested bait.
SABINE LAKE: 55 degrees. Black drum and redfish are good on live shrimp on a Carolina rig. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.
BOLIVAR: 60 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits. Sand trout, black drum, redfish, and sheepshead are fair on live and dead shrimp. Flounder are fair on scented soft plastics and live mullet.
TRINITY BAY: 52 degrees. Redfish are good on scented soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits. Black drum are good on live and dead shrimp.
EAST GALVESTON BAY: 51 degrees. Oversized black drum are fair on halved crab. Bull redfish are fair on halved crab and cut mullet. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits.
GALVESTON BAY: 52 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics. Redfish are fair on live shrimp.
WEST GALVESTON BAY: 52 degrees. Black drum and redfish are fair on live shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics.
TEXAS CITY: 52 degrees. Black drum, sheepshead and redfish are fair on live shrimp. Bull redfish are fair on halved crab and cut mullet. Speckled trout are slow.
FREEPORT: 50 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics. Black drum are fair on shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 44 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits. Flounder are fair on soft plastics.
WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 44 degrees. Redfish are fair on soft plastics and shrimp. Speckled trout are fair on soft plastics and suspending twitch baits.
PORT O’CONNOR: 55 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp. Redfish are fair on blue crab and Spanish sardines. Black drum are fair on dead shrimp.
SAN ANTONIO BAY: 52 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on live shrimp. Sheepshead are good on dead shrimp.
ROCKPORT: 55 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: 55 degrees. Redfish and black drum are good on dead shrimp.
PORT ARANSAS: 55 degrees. Redfish are good on live shrimp and cut mulletSpeckled trout are good on shrimp. Black drum are fair on shrimp.
CORPUS CHRISTI: 55 degrees. Redfish and black drum are good on dead shrimp.
BAFFIN BAY: 55 degrees. Speckled trout are good on suspending twitch baits and soft plastics. Redfish are fair on soft plastics.
PORT MANSFIELD: 55 degrees. Speckled trout are good on soft plastics. Redfish are fair on soft plastics and spoons.
SOUTH PADRE: 53 degrees. Speckled trout are good on live shrimp. Redfish are fair on cut mullet. Mangrove snapper are fair on live shrimp.
Updated 1/17/2025.