Shoalwater Bay Weather Forecast
Fishing reports straight from our guides in Shoalwater Bay
The big girls are starting to show up in the Upper Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay. We’ve been doing really well on Speckled Trout up to 27" on artificials. Now through March is the time to catch a fish of a lifetime!
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Red fish have been real good in the back lakes
It is Sheephead season at the jetties and they are thick
It is Sheephead season at the jetties and they are thick
It is Sheephead season at the jetties and they are thick
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Reds, Drum, Sheep and quite a few flounder. Have to let them go though. But look forward to keeping them Dec 15th.
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Fishing the bays and back lakes for redfish and a few black drum on cut mullet and sardines. Jetty fishing has been good for bull reds and slots with a few black drum, mangrove snapper, and black drum. Sheepshead should start showing up any time.
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Red October has been good. The back bays and jetties have been producing big boxes of fish. Big schools of slot reds are ganging up at the jetties making for some crazy mornings. On the other hand, Flounder gigging has been challenging. Water conditions have been tough, with low tide and crazy high tides and cloudy water, but we are still producing good numbers of fish. No two nights are the same!
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Redfish still have been taking the spotlight.
Sand, grass, mud or shell it doesn't matter. Water temps are dropping at night and these fish are eating like crazy.
Sand, grass, mud or shell it doesn't matter. Water temps are dropping at night and these fish are eating like crazy.
Sand, grass, mud or shell it doesn't matter. Water temps are dropping at night and these fish are eating like crazy.
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Redfish and sharks have been great, trout fishing has been tougher lately.
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Lots of redfish still in our muddier lakes. We're still catching them 90+ degree, 2-3 ft water. Cracked crab and mullet is the bait of choice.
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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...
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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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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