Mesquite Bay Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Started snapper season off with a bang today!!!

Brad Buell with Come and Take It Sportfishing Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

Started snapper season off with a bang today!!!

Blacktip Shark, Red Snapper Fishing in Port Aransas, Texas

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Kenneth Gregory
Port O'Connor, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Summer's here. Big trout, oversized reds, slot reds, and drum. Sharks are in from the gulf. Saw a Tarpon today. It's on.

Kenneth Gregory Port O'Connor, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

Summer's here. Big trout, oversized reds, slot reds, and drum. Sharks are in from the gulf. Saw a Tarpon today. It's on.

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Travis Glidden
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

The sun finally came out and the wind stopped blowing. Tides are coming up and putting lots of feeding fish in very shallow, clear water. They have been a little picky about what flies they want, but they are aggressively chasing shrimp

Travis Glidden Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

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Toby Smith
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Reds have been good lately

Toby Smith Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

Reds have been good lately

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Randy Laurrell
Port Aransas, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Randy Laurrell Port Aransas, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been great over the last 7 days, but totally different this year than previous years. Usually by now the sheepshead have started moving out and the reds are gettin full on hungry and bitin, but we are still catching some sheeps as of yesterday along with more keeper reds, some trout, flounder and even some bull reds. Wind has been pretty brutal, so jetty fishing is hard this time of year, but we are seeing some bull reds move into the jetty along with jack crevalle. The flats have been hit or miss and you just have to really know fish patterns to stay on top of finding them. There are bull reds bitin in spots I haven’t seen before, and the trout seem to be much more active, but we are catchin lots of shorts. It’s not hard to find fish, but it is fun this time of year to figure out what the fish are bitin on and when they are the hungriest. They might love some soft plastics one day, then hate them the next and want some live bait. That might even be the same scenario from morning to afternoon and since I am on the water almost every day, I see the changes. Yesterday was a slam of a great morning with my two customers, but by my afternoon trip with only one customer on the boat, even though we caught 8 different species of fish, all but two were short of being keepers. We did come home with fish for him to take home for dinner, but we fought hard for it!

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Greg Hodsdon
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

With temperatures on the rise the reds have been moving into the back lakes. Perfect for chasing them with the airboat where outboards can't go.

Greg Hodsdon Rockport, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

With temperatures on the rise the reds have been moving into the back lakes. Perfect for chasing them with the airboat where outboards can't go.

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Joe Clouse
Aransas Pass, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Floundering is in spring mode! High tides are normal. Flounder are 16-19" and sitting very shallow.

Joe Clouse Aransas Pass, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

Floundering is in spring mode! High tides are normal.
Flounder are 16-19" and sitting very shallow.

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Doug Hollister
Port Lavaca, Texas
Reported: 2 years ago

Fishing has been hit and miss with all the different wind directions, super high then super low tides and the swing in temps and cold fronts that seem to be hanging around. Once we have normal temps,wind directions and keep normal tides the fishing should really turn on here in...

Doug Hollister Port Lavaca, Texas Reported: 2 years ago

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Chase was great! We had so much fun and caught our limit of big redfish, then gigged 4 nice flounder before the weather rolled in. We caught about 8 additionall redfish that we threw back…along with the huge tarpon my husband caught. And the area we fished was absolutely gorgeous. A dream fishing trip!!! Thanks a million again to Chase!
Sharon D. | November 3, 2025

Trip: Evening Fish & Flounder Gig Wade
★★★★★
My party had a terrific time! James is one of the best guides I’ve had the pleasure to meet and fish with. I recommend him without any reservation, and confident that regardless of your skills and abilities, James can and will help you and your group have the best trip possible.
Joseph P. | September 4, 2025

Trip: Tortuga Flats Fishing
★★★★★
A little bit of a tough day. Saw lots of fish but they just were not biting, but Travis went above and beyond and found a pocket of tailing Red. He found fish and put me on them and that is exactly what you pay a guid to do. Great job!!!
Mark G. | September 3, 2025

Trip: Wade Fishing Artificial ONLY Trip
★★★★★
Had a great time. Slow start but s great finish. Probably the weather. But was the most fish we have caught in a long time. Hit the grand slam. We really enjoyed the trip Travis. Thank you so much. We will be back!!! And don't forget, if you find that cork let me know what it was and how big. Trey, thanks for your help in getting everything worked out on the booking. You got us a great guide. 👍👍👍
Michael W. | August 25, 2025

Trip: Inshore/Flats Fishing Trip
★★★★★
Chase and Marshall were awesome. They took a boat of 3 13 yr olds and an 11 yr old and the dads on separate boat. Everyone had a great time and we landed 2 huge 40” bulls!!
Brian A. | August 5, 2025

Trip: 1/2 Day From The Boat
★★★★★
We had a great time out on the water with Captain Larry! He was very knowledgeable and helpful. We wanted to find where the trout were and he got us to the places to make that happen. I had never wade-fished, but he got me comfortable and now I may never go back to fishing from a boat (and getting sea sick). Definitely will look at booking with Captain Larry again in the future.
Brian G. | July 26, 2025

Trip: Flats And Backwaters On Artificials
★★★★★
We had a great trip with Captain Travis
Sherri M. | July 25, 2025

Trip: Inshore/Flats Fishing Trip
★★★★★
James is a professional fishing guide and not only put us right on the fishe everywhere we went but also made it fun. My 3 daughters and I were all novice fishermen but he had us reeling in fish like we were naturals. Highly recommend!
Tom W. | July 23, 2025

Trip: Tortuga Flats Fishing
★★★★★
There is no such thing as a guaranteed day of good fishing. You have to have the right tackle, patience, spot and timing. Capt James has everything listed with experience to boot! Had an amazing time in fairly tough fishing conditions but Capt James persisted till we found the fish, can’t recommend enough!
Ryan B. | July 20, 2025

Trip: Tortuga Flats Fishing
★★★★★
Travis did as good a job as any guide can do. He put us fish. We limited out on one species and found another but didn’t get any keepers.
Brian A. | July 18, 2025

Trip: Inshore/Flats Fishing Trip

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