Port Isabel Side Channel Fishing Reports (May 2026)

Fred Rodriguez
McAllen, Texas
Reported: 16 hours ago

Water is up , tide levels are high and fish are scattered. Cut bait fresh mullet or ballyhoo are working best. Lures are also catching redfish and trout. Live shrimp with a popping cork is also good. Live croaker is now an option for the summer. Awesome bait for speckled...

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Fred Rodriguez McAllen, Texas Reported: 16 hours ago

Water is up , tide levels are high and fish are scattered. Cut bait fresh mullet or ballyhoo are working best. Lures are also catching redfish and trout. Live shrimp with a popping cork is also good. Live croaker is now an option for the summer. Awesome bait for speckled trout. Live shrimp and live croaker cost to the guest. Cut bait mullet and ballyhoo also cost a few dollars. Let's go fishing and book a trip with Captain Fred Rodriguez

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Heath Schley
Harlingen, Texas
Reported: 2 days ago

Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.

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Heath Schley Harlingen, Texas Reported: 2 days ago

Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.

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Glenn Harrison
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

Been doing lots of fishing but been bad at the picture taking! Spring fishing is solid. Starting to be fish under birds, mudding pods of reds and large trout on shoreline pockets. Fly fishing has been great for reds, drum and Snook along with shots at some giant trout. As...

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Glenn Harrison South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week ago

Been doing lots of fishing but been bad at the picture taking! Spring fishing is solid. Starting to be fish under birds, mudding pods of reds and large trout on shoreline pockets. Fly fishing has been great for reds, drum and Snook along with shots at some giant trout. As soon as the wind drops, it will be Tarpon time off the jetties and beach front.

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Michael Knox
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

The bay fishing has remained good throughout the past couple weeks. Catching some nice boxes of fish on artificial lures and fresh cut bait. The windier spring weather has created some good fishing conditions for redfish out on our grass flats. Actually have had a lot of productive days targeting...

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Michael Knox South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week ago

The bay fishing has remained good throughout the past couple weeks. Catching some nice boxes of fish on artificial lures and fresh cut bait. The windier spring weather has created some good fishing conditions for redfish out on our grass flats. Actually have had a lot of productive days targeting redfish because of the warmer windier weather patterns. Gold spoons, soft plastics mimicking shrimp or mullet, and fresh cut mullet have been slamming the reds. The speckled trout bite has been a little slower but still catching some solid specks of soft plastics. Once the wind dies the speckled trout bite will come back to life. Probably be real good towards the end of May. Some schools of drum are popping up for those who like to target them. Should be another good month of fishing. My schedule is filling up quickly...

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Todd Lohry
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 2 weeks ago

Starting to see some cobia, jacks and barracuda showing up as the water gets warmer.

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Todd Lohry South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 2 weeks ago

Starting to see some cobia, jacks and barracuda showing up as the water gets warmer.

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Heath Schley
Harlingen, Texas
Reported: 3 weeks ago

Fishing has been great even with the wind blowing! The bite has continued to be good, even though the wind has been blowing. Soft plastics have been producing nice trout and up shallow gold spoons have been what the reds have been wanting!

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Heath Schley Harlingen, Texas Reported: 3 weeks ago

Fishing has been great even with the wind blowing!
The bite has continued to be good, even though the wind has been blowing. Soft plastics have been producing nice trout and up shallow gold spoons have been what the reds have been wanting!

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Glenn Harrison
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 3 weeks ago

Spring is in full swing!

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Glenn Harrison South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 3 weeks ago

Spring is in full swing!

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Michael Knox
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 4 weeks ago

The bay fishing has been good for redfish throughout the past couple of weeks. Catching lots of reds on soft plastics up on the shallow grass flats around South Padre. It's been windy which makes conditions favorable for hooking into some good redfish. I've also been catching some very solid...

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Michael Knox South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 4 weeks ago

The bay fishing has been good for redfish throughout the past couple of weeks. Catching lots of reds on soft plastics up on the shallow grass flats around South Padre. It's been windy which makes conditions favorable for hooking into some good redfish. I've also been catching some very solid speckled trout. Several have been over 26 inches. All in all it's a good time to get out on the bay and stretch a line. My schedule is filling up so let's go fishing at South Padre.

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