South Bay Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Augustin Perez Jr
Mercedes, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and Bull Reds being caught along the Land Cut on croaker. Red fish being caught in Shillong water using a 212 rig, Shallow water.

Augustin Perez Jr Mercedes, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and Bull Reds being caught along the Land Cut on croaker. Red fish being caught in Shillong water using a 212 rig, Shallow water.

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Augustin Perez Jr
Mercedes, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and Bull Reds being caught along the Land Cut on croaker. Red fish being caught in Shillong water using a 212 rig, , Shallow water.

Augustin Perez Jr Mercedes, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and Bull Reds being caught along the Land Cut on croaker. Red fish being caught in Shillong water using a 212 rig, , Shallow water.

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Heath Schley
Harlingen, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing continues to be good. Redfish are starting to show up on the flats in herds. Trout continue to be biting well. If you can get out on a day that the wind is light they fishing has been awesome.

Heath Schley Harlingen, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

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

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

The bay fishing throughout the past week has been a little tougher due to the heavy rains. Still catching speckled trout on both live and artificial baits. Larger soft plastics in natural mullet colors have been more productive. Try to find some baitfish and the larger fish should be in close proximity. Deeper water has also been yielding some larger redfish. The shallow grass flats are active towards the north end of the bay. Seeing some black drum on the calmer days. Should get better as the fresh water works its way out of the bay.

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Brent Hopkins
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and redfish have been good up until mid morning while drifting using live bait. Anchor fishing the potholes while using fresh cut mullet has also been producing when we have some wind.

Brent Hopkins Rockport, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

Trout and redfish have been good up until mid morning while drifting using live bait. Anchor fishing the potholes while using fresh cut mullet has also been producing when we have some wind.

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Brody Jones
Rockport, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

The redfish and drum have been awesome and still been catchin some trout too flounder here and there All in all been a great time on the water been catchin fish and havin a great time

Brody Jones Rockport, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

The redfish and drum have been awesome and still been catchin some trout too flounder here and there All in all been a great time on the water been catchin fish and havin a great time

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

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

The bay has recently been flooded with rainfall recently. The fishing has remained stable. Catching speckled trout on both live baits and soft plastic artificial worms. Larger swim baits have seemed to be the ticket in darker colors. Redfishing has been more spotty. There are some schools if you can locate them. Black drum are cruising deeper water in schools. Been catching a few flounder along drop offs and shorelines. Expect the bite to get better as weather stabilizes.

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Aaron Wittreich
Brownsville, Texas
Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been great. Nice calm weather.

Aaron Wittreich Brownsville, Texas Reported: 1 year ago

Fishing has been great. Nice calm weather.

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My husband and I are seniors and Jodie and Justin took very good care of us. The boat was clean and spacious for the 4 of us and Jodie handled the travel portion well, no bucking in wakes. We each had a guide to bait, cast, and net our catch. They also cleaned our fish and bagged for freezing. Caught our limits and had a very good morning. Jodie went above and beyond to make our experience good. We will definitely be calling Jodie again. 5 star Captain.
Leah H. | November 8, 2025

Trip: Half Day Trip Port A Bay
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Mark A. | October 14, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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We had a great time, Corey was excellent and took us to various areas to catch. Reggie Peña
Reggie P. | August 16, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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Corey was great! We had three girls that fished and he was very good with them. We will use Corey again!
Bobby W. | August 6, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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Corey was a great guy to fish with for the morning! He brought us to where the speckled trout were and we were able to catch our limit of keepers and with several too large/small ones having to be thrown back. My teen son loves to fish and Corey did not disappoint! Will definitely call him if we’re ever back in the area!
Dawn L. | July 26, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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We enjoyed our trip with Tommy. First time we have used him. Polite, friendly and knowledgeable. We will be booking him next year when we return to Rockport.
James N. | June 22, 2025

Trip: Relax In Rockport
★★★★★
Even with the wind and bipolar weather, Corey still managed to get us to a spot where we caught some dinner! Good conversations and banter when things got competitive. Would recommend.
Kara K. | June 15, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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Captain Corey is a true fisherman’s guide who enjoys fishing as much as we do. He has a strong desire to succeed! I would recommend him to everyone.
Greg T. | May 28, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure
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What an excellent experience would recommend using him as a Guide,well organized, very knowledgeable in the surrounding area. Put us on the fish !!!!!!!! Definitely a rebook with him when back in the area. 10 out of 10
Jimmy B. | May 18, 2025

Trip: Relax In Rockport
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He is the best in the area plus we limited out on Redfish. He is a blast , and I would recommend Corey. He put us on the fish and was so much fun!!
Tim R. | May 1, 2025

Trip: Port Aransas Inshore Adventure

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