Matagorda Island Fishing Reports (December 2025)

Kerri Chatham
Port O'Connor, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Summer has officially started in Port O’ Connor. There are 3 major bay systems in Port O’Connor, west matagorda bay, Espiritu Bay, and San Antonio Bay. Each one has its own characteristics and each present a challenge on finding good fish. Espiritu Bay has been producing solid trout on top...

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Kerri Chatham Port O'Connor, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Summer has officially started in Port O’ Connor. There are 3 major bay systems in Port O’Connor, west matagorda bay, Espiritu Bay, and San Antonio Bay. Each one has its own characteristics and each present a challenge on finding good fish. Espiritu Bay has been producing solid trout on top water baits in the early morning and plastics such as down south lures. The trout have moved from the mud from the back lakes and sloughs to the sand of the south shore lines and sand bars, as the day gets warmer they move from the flats to the deeper guts and then back to the flats as the evening arrives and the bait moves back onto the flats. The redfish have also been producing very well this summer and can be caught on top water and plastics as well.
West matagorda bay has been on fire as of late and the trout have been in an abundance on the sandbars and flats. The bull reds have been epic this year in deeper waters from bird island all the way into the jetties early in the morning and have been caught on jigs.
San Antonio Bay has been a little slower on producing fish but they are starting to turn on too. Each bay has oyster reefs, sand, and grass pockets which all present a different challenge on how to fish and be successful on getting a limit of trout and reds.
As the we get into July and august the fish are going to move into deeper water to stay cool so we always have to be aware of water temperature and tidal movement. Also the months of July and august are great for going to the surf because we hardly get any wind in those months which keeps the surf calm and there are some big trout and reds that hang out on the gulf side of the barrier islands.

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Toby Smith
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been okay this week dodging the rain

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Toby Smith Rockport, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been okay this week dodging the rain

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Jim Garrison
Seadrift, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Young man today

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Jim Garrison Seadrift, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Young man today

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Randy Seidel
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The winds are not the problem, it is the salinity in the water that is causing it to be difficult to find fish, salinity is 3 x's what it should be due to the lack of fresh water.

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Randy Seidel Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

The winds are not the problem, it is the salinity in the water that is causing it to be difficult to find fish, salinity is 3 x's what it should be due to the lack of fresh water.

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Andrew Craig
Inez, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Rockport has been steady with good trout holding in the deeper water in late morning. Red fish are still hit or miss. Still having best results on wade trips. Lower Laguana: nice trout being caught on croaker and artificial up and down the king ranch shore line. Best bite is...

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Andrew Craig Inez, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Rockport has been steady with good trout holding in the deeper water in late morning. Red fish are still hit or miss. Still having best results on wade trips.
Lower Laguana: nice trout being caught on croaker and artificial up and down the king ranch shore line. Best bite is early morning. Once the winds pick up, bite is dying off quickly.

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Doug Hollister
Port Lavaca, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

It's been hit and miss in back lakes. Our big jetties have been on fire earlier in the mornings with schools of bull reds jacks big drum.

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Doug Hollister Port Lavaca, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

It's been hit and miss in back lakes. Our big jetties have been on fire earlier in the mornings with schools of bull reds jacks big drum.

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Brody Jones
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been on fire

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Brody Jones Rockport, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing has been on fire

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Bryce Wickliffe
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

This was this morning

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Bryce Wickliffe Rockport, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

This was this morning

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