South Padre Island Weather Forecast

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Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G.
Port Isabel, Texas
Reported 4 months ago
Some big fish have been being caught!
Jonathan Garza
Jonathan G. Port Isabel, Texas Reported 4 months ago
Some big fish have been being caught!
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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Heath Schley
Heath S.
Harlingen, Texas
Reported 5 months ago
Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.
Heath Schley
Heath S. Harlingen, Texas Reported 5 months ago
Been great redfish and trout bite continue to be good, both on bait and artificial lures.
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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Michael Knox
Mike K.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 5 months 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...
Michael Knox
Mike K. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 5 months 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
Gus M.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 5 months ago
Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday
Fishing is awesome right Now
Gus Mcgarraugh
Gus M. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 5 months ago
Big trout big jacks and big reds everyday
Fishing is awesome right Now
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Todd Lohry
Todd L.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 5 months ago
Starting to see some cobia, jacks and barracuda showing up as the water gets warmer.
Todd Lohry
Todd L. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 5 months ago
Starting to see some cobia, jacks and barracuda showing up as the water gets warmer.
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Heath Schley
Heath S.
Harlingen, Texas
Reported 5 months 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
Heath S. Harlingen, Texas Reported 5 months 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!
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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Glenn Harrison
Glenn H.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 5 months ago
Spring is in full swing!
Glenn Harrison
Glenn H. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 5 months ago
Spring is in full swing!
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Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
Fishing in South Padre Island, Texas
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Michael Knox
Mike K.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 5 months 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.
Michael Knox
Mike K. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 5 months 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
Todd L.
South Padre Island, Texas
Reported 6 months ago
State water snapper 6hr trips have been good.
Todd Lohry
Todd L. South Padre Island, Texas Reported 6 months ago
State water snapper 6hr trips have been good.
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Heath Schley
Heath S.
Harlingen, Texas
Reported 6 months ago
Fishing has been pretty good when wind isn't cranking, just getting back into it, but it's looking like it's gonna be a good season
Heath Schley
Heath S. Harlingen, Texas Reported 6 months ago
Fishing has been pretty good when wind isn't cranking, just getting back into it, but it's looking like it's gonna be a good season
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Recent South Padre Island Reviews

  • ★★★★★
    Went out on a 5 hour bay fishing trip on a weather perfect morning. Nathan put on some nice trout & reds on north side of bridge. When we went to south side of bridge toward SpaceX we had a few bites, but spent too much time anchoring up, so we didn’t catch much. Nathan was a great , knowledgeable Captain & boat was perfect for trip

    Michael B. | October 8, 2026

    Trip: South Padre Island Bay Fishing

  • ★★★★★
    Had a great time with Oscar. Very knowledgeable and easy going. Definitely will hit him up if we make it back down.

    Michael C. | October 6, 2026

    Trip: Sight Casting Adventure

  • ★★★★★
    He tried to get us on the fish. He brought the wrong bait then spend a great deal of time trying to catch bait fish

    Stephen &. | October 1, 2026

    Trip: South Padre Bay Fishing

  • ★★★★★
    Kyle was our captain and he did a great job. He Took us around the whole bay. We came in third place overall in reds.

    Robert S. | September 21, 2026

    Trip: South Padre Island Bay Fishing

  • ★★★★★
    Great trip! 6 hour trip for some red snapper. Captain put us on the fish. Limited out in less than 2 hours. Had time for our party of 4 to troll for kings which we got 2. Then tried cobia fishing. Lots of fun. Definitely booking again. Highly recommend.

    Alberto R. | September 17, 2026

    Trip: 6-8 Hour Red Snapper Trip

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    Great trip Definitely will find him again

    Mark B. | September 10, 2026

    Trip: 1/2 Day Fishing Adventure

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    This trip far exceeded my expectations, will definitely be back for another.

    Andrew D. | September 8, 2026

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    Jeff K. | September 6, 2026

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    He was a great captain! Very knowledgeable,knew exactly where fish were! Deck hand was also amazing!

    Gary L. | September 4, 2026

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    Put us on fish and we limited early. Great trip!

    Tanner E. | September 1, 2026

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