Port Isabel Turning Basin Weather Forecast

Fishing reports straight from our guides in Port Isabel Turning Basin

Zach Dagel
Zach D.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
duck hunting in South Padre Island is heating up the season just opened again and the ducks are showing up. January is gonna bring outstanding shooting if you're looking for a great time and lodging please check out my page on Captain Experience
Zach Dagel
Zach D. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
duck hunting in South Padre Island is heating up the season just opened again and the ducks are showing up. January is gonna bring outstanding shooting if you're looking for a great time and lodging please check out my page on Captain Experience
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Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G.
Port Isabel, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
It's been slow as far as customers, but when we are out there fishing has been great! We are catching reds, black drum and big trout. Popping cork fishing has tested us well on the drift 🎣🎣
Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G. Port Isabel, Texas Reported 1 year ago
It's been slow as far as customers, but when we are out there fishing has been great! We are catching reds, black drum and big trout. Popping cork fishing has tested us well on the drift 🎣🎣
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Zach Dagel
Zach D.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
the season just opened up down here in South Padre Island, and we had a fantastic day. We did an afternoon hunt. I had three hunters we shot our limit of redheads limit of blue bills and a couple buffalo head. I didn't take a lot of pictures today because we were a little busy, but I did get a bunch of GoPro footage that I'm still trying to download but we seen a ton of docs today. Weather was beautiful. It was 70° a little overcast and we had a nice light wind. The birds decoyed really well if...
Zach Dagel
Zach D. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
the season just opened up down here in South Padre Island, and we had a fantastic day. We did an afternoon hunt. I had three hunters we shot our limit of redheads limit of blue bills and a couple buffalo head. I didn't take a lot of pictures today because we were a little busy, but I did get a bunch of GoPro footage that I'm still trying to download but we seen a ton of docs today. Weather was beautiful. It was 70° a little overcast and we had a nice light wind. The birds decoyed really well if you're interested in coming down to South Padre Island
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Todd Lohry
Todd L.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
Got out to do some federal water Red snapper fishing dec. 07-24. plenty of good Red Snapper around as well as Cobia. Red snapper is open in Federal water till Dec. 31st 2024.
Todd Lohry
Todd L. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
Got out to do some federal water Red snapper fishing dec. 07-24. plenty of good Red Snapper around as well as Cobia. Red snapper is open in Federal water till Dec. 31st 2024.
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Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G.
Port Isabel, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
Fishing has been great! We've been experiencing upper slot and oversized red fish and trout! Throwing popping cork and shrimp/artificial shrimp has proved to be the key. Fishing conditions have been nice with 65-80 degrees. And okay winds 👍🏽 We are drift fishing for the reds and trout and channel fishing anchored down for the black drum
Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G. Port Isabel, Texas Reported 1 year ago
Fishing has been great! We've been experiencing upper slot and oversized red fish and trout! Throwing popping cork and shrimp/artificial shrimp has proved to be the key. Fishing conditions have been nice with 65-80 degrees. And okay winds 👍🏽 We are drift fishing for the reds and trout and channel fishing anchored down for the black drum
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G.
Port Isabel, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
Reds and black drum have been biting and coming ok good slot sizes! Using dead shrimp onto the bottom for drum and live shrimp and popping cork for the red fish. 🎣🎣💪🏽💪🏽
Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G. Port Isabel, Texas Reported 1 year ago
Reds and black drum have been biting and coming ok good slot sizes! Using dead shrimp onto the bottom for drum and live shrimp and popping cork for the red fish. 🎣🎣💪🏽💪🏽
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Zach Dagel
Zach D.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
My neighbor Mike and I got them pretty good today. Really nice grade of red snapper and a bonus grouper that was just a little short had to release him weather was fantastic. It's nice when we get some calm seas and we can sneak out and catch some awesome snapper seen a few cobia today. Couldn't get them to go, but they're always fun to see swimming around the boat.
Zach Dagel
Zach D. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
My neighbor Mike and I got them pretty good today. Really nice grade of red snapper and a bonus grouper that was just a little short had to release him weather was fantastic. It's nice when we get some calm seas and we can sneak out and catch some awesome snapper seen a few cobia today. Couldn't get them to go, but they're always fun to see swimming around the boat.
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Michael Knox
Mike K.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
The bay fishing has been decent throughout the past couple of weeks and the weather has been great. Catching limits of speckled trout on soft plastic artificial baits. The color changes around South Padre are holding speckled trout and redfish. Try finding some baitfish in an area and the gamefish will be nearby. Redfishing has been better on those high wind days. Have spotted several schools of redfish on certain days. I would expect the bite to remain decent as long as the warmer weather conditions remain good.
Michael Knox
Mike K. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
The bay fishing has been decent throughout the past couple of weeks and the weather has been great. Catching limits of speckled trout on soft plastic artificial baits. The color changes around South Padre are holding speckled trout and redfish. Try finding some baitfish in an area and the gamefish will be nearby. Redfishing has been better on those high wind days. Have spotted several schools of redfish on certain days. I would expect the bite to remain decent as long as the warmer weather conditions remain good.
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Fred Rodriguez
Fred R.
McAllen, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
Catching good size redfish, south of the Drum boat , cut mullet and ballyhoo working good. Trout being caught with Down South Lures, with and without a popping cork saucer area.
Fred Rodriguez
Fred R. McAllen, Texas Reported 1 year ago
Catching good size redfish, south of the Drum boat , cut mullet and ballyhoo working good. Trout being caught with Down South Lures, with and without a popping cork saucer area.
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Zach Dagel
Zach D.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 1 year ago
I put the boat back in the water this morning and took my wife Jill and her good friend April out fishing didn't have to go very far. We were fishing live shrimp under a popping cork with an 1/8 ounce jig. We fished for a couple hours. The wind started blowing pretty hard but we caught three really nice red fish, a bunch of nice keeper trout and a big girl. She was 26 or 27 inches. we took a couple pictures of her and released her right back in to the lower Laguna Madre so somebody else can...
Zach Dagel
Zach D. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 1 year ago
I put the boat back in the water this morning and took my wife Jill and her good friend April out fishing didn't have to go very far. We were fishing live shrimp under a popping cork with an 1/8 ounce jig. We fished for a couple hours. The wind started blowing pretty hard but we caught three really nice red fish, a bunch of nice keeper trout and a big girl. She was 26 or 27 inches. we took a couple pictures of her and released her right back in to the lower Laguna Madre so somebody else can catch her. The redfish are starting to school up and move into the shallows. If anybody would like to get on some of this action, please get a hold of me.
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Recent Port Isabel Turning Basin Reviews

  • ★★★★★
    We had such an awesome trip with Mike! My boyfriend (who is a lot more advanced) had the best birthday and Mike was kind enough to help me with live bait to make sure I caught a few!

    Bianca D. | March 4, 2026

    Trip: Private Snook Fishing Trip

  • ★★★★★
    Excellent guide; great trip. Perfect pace and timing. Caught our limit of trout—and a red and some sort of cat.

    Charles T. | June 9, 2025

    Trip: Fun Family Fishing At SPI

  • ★★★★★
    Mike was great with our teenage daughters, teaching them, & getting us on fish. We had a great time.

    Barry B. | March 25, 2025

    Trip: Fun Family Fishing At SPI

  • ★★★★★
    Wonderful trip. Mike puts us on the fish in Know time at all. Caught our limits of trout & Redfish. Great guide. Had a blast. See ya next time👍

    George H. | February 16, 2025

    Trip: Fun Family Fishing At SPI

  • ★★★★★
    Mike knew the bay very well and did his best to put us on fish. I only had two issues with the trip. It might just be his personality, but I found him to be condescending when I asked questions. I also think he fishes too much. It was like we paid to take him fishing.

    Rick M. | July 22, 2024

    Trip: Triple Delight - 3 Person Bay Trip

  • ★★★★★
    Great trip we went on an adventure first thing to try something new and caught several fish then finished in the bay and caught a limit of trout Great experience, Mike was very patient and even gave me a ride back to my hotel

    Justin B. | June 15, 2024

    Trip: Private Snook Fishing Trip

  • ★★★★★
    Had a good time, caught some good fish,would definitely recommend,and do it again.Captain Mike, thanks 👍👍

    Jesus P. | June 1, 2024

    Trip: Fun Family Fishing At SPI

  • ★★★★★
    What an outstanding time that we had with Captain Mike. This was our very first time boat fishing and we had done so at the request of my son for his 17th birthday. Captain Mike was incredibly accommodating, very easy to communicate with and more importantly knowledgeable when it comes to fishing. He was incredibly patient, taught each person in our group of four how to properly cast and really made sure that we had a good time (and also made sure we caught our limit, I have no doubt he would have stayed out there all day to make it happen.) I'm new at this but I am sure this is the type of experience you hope for with this sort of activity. Book this gut y'all. I PROMISE you that you will not be disappointed. Thanks again Captain Mike for a memorable experience!!!!!

    Joshua C. | March 21, 2024

    Trip: Fun Family Fishing At SPI

  • ★★★★★
    Excellent time with Captain Mike, a professional from start to finish, great with kids and inexperienced anglers.

    Carson R. | March 12, 2024

    Trip: Triple Delight - 3 Person Bay Trip

  • ★★★★★
    Mike was an awesome captain had a blast he was very knowledgeable and helpful definitely come back and go with him again 😂😂😂🎣🎣🎣

    Scott D. | February 20, 2024

    Trip: Half Day Private Bay Fishing Trip

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