Laguna Vista Fishing Reports (May 2026)

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Glenn Harrison
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 12 hours 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...

Glenn Harrison South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 12 hours ago

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

Michael Knox South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 day 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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Gus Mcgarraugh
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 day ago

Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday Fishing is awesome right Now

Gus Mcgarraugh South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 day ago

Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday
Fishing is awesome right Now

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Todd Lohry
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 week ago

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

Todd Lohry South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 week 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: 2 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!

Heath Schley Harlingen, Texas Reported: 2 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: 2 weeks ago

Spring is in full swing!

Glenn Harrison South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 2 weeks ago

Spring is in full swing!

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Michael Knox
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 3 weeks ago

Michael Knox South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 3 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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Todd Lohry
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported: 1 month ago

State water snapper 6hr trips have been good.

Todd Lohry South Padre Island, Texas Reported: 1 month ago

State water snapper 6hr trips have been good.

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Great time! Put us on fish , will use again!
Jj G. | May 1, 2026

Trip: 1/2 Day Fishing Adventure
★★★★★
This one of the greatest fishing trips we have ever been on!!!
Jennifer F. | April 29, 2026

Trip: Play Tug War With Big Fish
★★★★★
He arrived on time. Was very friendly. Knowledgeable about fishing. Great tips and advice about fishing with a pleasant attitude.. I would book another's trip with him.p
Ronald W. | April 23, 2026

Trip: Inshore: 3 Hour Trip
★★★★★
Great time, Captain Todd dropped us right on the fish. His 1st Mate Fernando is a great hand.
Leslie S. | April 16, 2026

Trip: 1/2 Day Fishing Adventure
★★★★★
My Dad and I had a great day of fishing. Although there was rain around Captain Romey was able to put us on some fish while avoiding the rain. We were fortunate enough to land a 40 inch Red on light tackle which was the CHERRY on top of this day.
Todd G. | April 10, 2026

Trip: Inshore Fishing Trip
★★★★★
Rey was an absolute great captain, very knowledgeable, very confident, professional, allowed us to have an awesome time. Knew his was around the boat and water. Helped us catch some great fish. I had my 4 year old along, who loves to fish and Rey was great with him as well. I would recommend anyone to go with him.
Jacob K. | April 5, 2026

Trip: 5hr Power Fishing Trip
★★★★★
All I can say is this was a great trip. Alfonso worked his tail off trying to find some clear water in 20 to 25 mph winds but we managed to get 3 fish. Even with all the winds my wife and I loved the experience with Alfonso. You can tell his passion is fishing and teaching you all he knows about Flounder gigging. We will be using Alfonso again and hopefully less winds next time.
Frankie M. | March 31, 2026

Trip: Flounder Gigging Trip
★★★★★
We had an absolutely great time with Capt Kevin on our trip. We pulled in more speckled trout than we ever have, including a personal best! Definitely recommend going out in the water with him!
James P. | March 28, 2026

Trip: Laguna Madre Hookfest
★★★★★
Ive been out fishing with many fishing guides from Destin, Fl to Venice, La to now South padre and every where in between. Fred took his time, confident in his technique, experienced in his teachings and didn’t seem to care of the clock regardless of how many fish were in the cooler. If you want to go fishing in south padre book anyone, if you want to go fishing and learn a thing or two, have good conversation and leave with something gained, book with Fred.
Cole H. | March 16, 2026

Trip: South Padre Island Bay Fishing
★★★★★
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

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