Galveston Island Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Galveston Island

Sid Halliday
Matagorda, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Redfish have been most productive on a falling tide. We're finding them coming out of the back marsh. When we're able to get out to the surf it has be lights out. Been using a mix of artificial and live bait.

Sid Halliday Matagorda, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

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Michael Meza
Houston, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Reds and trout are good on live shrimp and popping corks over shell and reds along shorelines..

Michael Meza Houston, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Reds and trout are good on live shrimp and popping corks over shell and reds along shorelines..

Black Drum, Mangrove Snapper, Redfish, Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Galveston, Texas

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Shane Day
League City, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Tarpon fishing has been on fire on Upper Texas Coast this week.

Shane Day League City, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Tarpon fishing has been on fire on Upper Texas Coast this week.

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Mike Short with Get Hooked Charters Galveston
Galveston, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The Trophy Bull Reds have been off the chain the last couple of weeks!!

Mike Short with Get Hooked Charters Galveston Galveston, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

The Trophy Bull Reds have been off the chain the last couple of weeks!!

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Richard Cabrera
Pasadena, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been ok, using shrimp under a popping corks and super high tides early morning

Richard Cabrera Pasadena, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been ok, using shrimp under a popping corks and super high tides early morning

Redfish, Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Galveston, Texas

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Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Tuna just now showing up, but it's still hard to predict, same as sails and dorado, we focus on the amberjack, and other target species that are still in season, such as swordfish, and Mangrove, vermillion snapper, always hope for the fish of a lifetime! Looking to book for some...

Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

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Chad Kraft
Matagorda, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Chad Kraft Matagorda, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Great week. September fishing is notorious for being challenging. During the peak of summer the water temperature is at its hottest, lately I have been seeing water temps around 84. Boat traffic is at an all time high, especially on weekends which can also be detrimental to the bite. Hot water & boat traffic are not appealing to trout, they would prefer cooler temps. Due to this then move out deep seeking cooler water. While this may all sound like doom and gloom, fear not!
Redfish, Black Drum, Sheephead, Flounder, & Catfish...
They still have to eat!

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Jordan Machacek
Matagorda, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The bait of choice is live shrimp and topwaters

Jordan Machacek Matagorda, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

The bait of choice is live shrimp and topwaters

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★★★★★
We enjoyed the fishing trip with Ralph. He tried really hard to get us to where the fish were biting.
Mark G. | November 9, 2025

Trip: Galveston Inshore Trip
★★★★★
We had a great fishing trip with Ryan in the Intracoastal near the San Bernard River. Caught 8 keepers but had lots of action that we caught and released. Very knowledgeable. Our grandson had a ball!
Susan/Mike P. | November 4, 2025

Trip: Freeport Bay Fishing Trip
★★★★★
Ralph was awesome with us. Making sure we on the fish the whole time. Easily we all caught 15-20 fish a piece. Three big reds were caught along with tons of sand trout. We also all caught 30 or so gafftop catfish as well.
Brandon B. | October 18, 2025

Trip: Galveston Inshore Trip
★★★★★
Mike was a great guide and cool guy to be around. He knows a ton about fishing in the area and it was a pleasure spending time with him! We caught quite a variety of different species of fish! ¡Gracias!
Mitch I. | October 16, 2025

Trip: Galveston Jetty Trips
★★★★★
5 star operation. Highly recommended.
Daniel D. | October 12, 2025

Trip: Galveston Nearshore Hunt
★★★★★
Hey folks, I wanted to give a review for my time fishing with Captain Chris in Galveston West Bay. Fishing overall was tough due to some wicked calm conditions during the October Super Moon. Capt. Chris went above and beyond to put us on fish. He is truly a gifted guide, who balances fishing conditions and personalities together, a rare find indeed.
Gordon D. | October 8, 2025

Trip: Galveston Inshore Fishing
★★★★★
Amazing Trip, Bob was the absolute best guide I could have asked for. I recommend using Bob 1000%
Zakkery B. | September 30, 2025

Trip: Galveston Jetty Trip
★★★★★
Shawn did a great job. None of us had been tarpon fishing before. We saw several schools and ended up catching 2 nice ones between 110 and 140 lbs. I would fish with Shawn again.
Wade M. | September 9, 2025

Trip: 8 Hour Tarpon Trip
★★★★★
Capt. Bob was amazing!! 10/10 would recommend!!
Anthony W. | August 31, 2025

Trip: Ultimate Combo Trip
★★★★★
We had a great day with Robert. We would definitely do it again with him.
Deborah S. | August 30, 2025

Trip: Galveston Jetty Trip

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