Bay City Fishing Reports (December 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Bay City

Robert McCormick
West Columbia, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Speckled trout have been great around the San Luis pass/West Galveston Bay Area on live shrine and soft plastic artificial lures.

Robert McCormick West Columbia, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Speckled trout have been great around the San Luis pass/West Galveston Bay Area on live shrine and soft plastic artificial lures.

Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Freeport, Texas

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Tyler Carter
Brazoria, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Upper slot Reds have been good on top waters in the morning and floundering has been good at night in Freeport Tx!

Tyler Carter Brazoria, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Upper slot Reds have been good on top waters in the morning and floundering has been good at night in Freeport Tx!

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Chad Kraft
Matagorda, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

With temperatures cooling down, fishing is heating up

Chad Kraft Matagorda, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

With temperatures cooling down, fishing is heating up

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Robert McCormick
West Columbia, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Fishing in the Freeport/West Galveston Bay area has been great! Redfish and flounder can be caught along the grass lines with live shrimp and a popping cork. Trout have been good along the guts and sand flats using artificial and live bait

Robert McCormick West Columbia, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Flounder, Redfish, Speckled Trout / Spotted Seatrout fishing in Freeport, Texas

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Steve Howard
El Lago, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Still catching big snapper along with Mahi-mahi, kingfish and tuna. Last couple days of snapper season left then will be chasing Amberjack starting Sept. 1st.

Steve Howard El Lago, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Still catching big snapper along with Mahi-mahi, kingfish and tuna. Last couple days of snapper season left then will be chasing Amberjack starting Sept. 1st.

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Cory Frankum
Freeport, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

The fishing has been good. Catching lots of nice trout on finger mullet in the bays. Early morning top water bite has been excellent for big redfish and trout. Flounder gigging trips have also had good success.

Cory Frankum Freeport, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

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Alan Manica
Freeport, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Showing off his red snapper catch

Alan Manica Freeport, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Showing off his red snapper catch

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Sid Halliday
Matagorda, Texas
Reported: 3 years ago

Had my Oilmans group take 1st in the red fish division with a 8.4 pounds and 1st in the triple tail with 24.5 pounder My other groups have been catching steady on shrimp under a popping cork. But the big bites have been coming from wading throwing top waters in...

Sid Halliday Matagorda, Texas Reported: 3 years ago

Had my Oilmans group take 1st in the red fish division with a 8.4 pounds and 1st in the triple tail with 24.5 pounder
My other groups have been catching steady on shrimp under a popping cork. But the big bites have been coming from wading throwing top waters in the morning and moving out to deeper water in the afternoons

Black Drum, Flounder, Redfish fishing in Matagorda, Texas

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★★★★★
Amazing experience! Jeff was beyond great! My kids and I will definitely book with him again.
Marisa M. | July 6, 2025

Trip: Matagorda E/W Bay Half Day
★★★★★
Great time. Would go again
Michael R. | June 30, 2025

Trip: Half-Day Trip (Matagorda TX)
★★★★★
We enjoyed the trip with Jeff and crew. His communication was on point and the trip was of the highest quality. Thank s Captain Jeff!!
Stefan C. | June 3, 2025

Trip: Matagorda E/W Bay Half Day
★★★★★
Highly recommend Ron. Great captain, very knowledgeable. Took the time to work with me on my casting. I had a great day fishing!
Leslie B. | April 12, 2025

Trip: Matagorda Bay Fly Fishing
★★★★★
Great day of fishing with Steven! Very kind and worked his butt off to land us on the fish. Used drone with fly the bait out 500 yard from beach and drop in the sand bar.
Stephen R. | January 2, 2025

Trip: Beach Shark Fishing
★★★★★
Capt. Jeff put us on some fish!! Took us to a few places that each produced. I’d definitely go fishing with Jeff in the future.
Saul M. | October 28, 2024

Trip: Matagorda E/W Bay Half Day
★★★★★
Captain Scott is absolutely Bbbaadd to the bone, in a great way. He was very attentive, super clean boat, very helpful on how to real in Amber Jack's, which helped a lot because that fish will fight you every second. He took outstanding videos and pictures. He took me to great spots to catch mahi mahi and amber Jack's. I couldn't have asked for a better trip or captain. The mahi mahi fish tacos are absolutely fire as well.
Scott S. | October 28, 2024

Trip: Bad To The Bone Offshore
★★★★★
We had a great time!! Our captain was great!! We will absolutely do this again!!
Linda B. | October 13, 2024

Trip: Half-Day Trip (Matagorda TX)
★★★★★
Joe was extremely knowledgeable about spots to hit. Even when other captains weren’t catching anything, he found a way to get us to spots where we, not only caught 3 large redfish, but quite a bit of other fish. The tour was extremely enjoyable and a lot of fun. I would highly recommend Joe. A Great a time!!
Marche W. | August 28, 2024

Trip: Half Day Trip - Bay
★★★★★
Captain Ron was very pleasant and worked hard to put us on fish. Unfortunately, the fish were hard to come by today. Tough weather conditions made for a challenging day. I would like to go out with him again.
Tom W. | March 31, 2024

Trip: Matagorda Bay Fly Fishing