as of 10-01-03
NORTH SABINE Trout and redfish are fair to good under the birds on shrimptails and topwaters. Redfish are good in the river on live shad. Flounder are fair to good on jigs tipped with shrimp around the cuts leading to the marsh.
SOUTH SABINE Bull redfish are good in the surf and at the jetty on finger mullet. Trout are good on tandem-rigged DOA Shrimp and glow Bass Assassins at the causeway at night. Flounder are fair to good on jigs tipped with shrimp at the mouth of the marsh.
BOLIVAR Bull redfish are good on the beachfront on finger mullet. Croaker and flounder are fair to good on fresh dead shrimp at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good in the Pocket on topwaters.
TRINITY BAY Trout are fair to good under the birds and under the slicks on pumpkinseed and glow Bass Assassins, Sand Eels, Hogie's, Kelly Wigglers, Top Dogs, She Dogs and Super Spooks. Trout are fair to good on the reef in front of the Spillway on topwaters, live shrimp and strawberry plastics.
EAST GALVESTON BAY Trout are good under the birds around Frozen Point on Top Dogs, Super Spooks, Corkies and glow soft plastics. Trout and redfish are good at Hannas Reef and Deep Reef on shrimp and plastics.
WEST GALVESTON BAY Trout, redfish and flounder are fair to good around Campbell's Bayou on plum and glow artificials tipped with shrimp and live shrimp under a popping cork. Bull redfish are good on the beachfront on mullet and crabs.
TEXAS CITY Trout and redfish are good at the floodgates in Moses Lake on shrimp, DOA Shrimp and Bass Assassins. Croaker and sand trout are good on peeled shrimp off the dike.
FREEPORT Trout are fair to good in Christmas Bay on topwaters. Bull redfish are fair to good at the Surfside and Quintana jetty on finger mullet, crabs and cut-bait. Flounder are fair to good in Christmas Bay near the cuts leading to the marsh on shrimp and jigs tipped with shrimp.
EAST MATAGORDA Trout are good while drifting scattered shell throughout the bay on plum and glow Trout Killers, Bass Assassins, Sand Eels, Hogie's and She Dogs. Redfish are fair to good on the reefs and at Brown Cedar Flats on live shrimp and topwaters.
MATAGORDA Bull redfish are fair to good at the jetty on finger mullet and crabs. Flounder are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on shrimp. Redfish are good in Crab Lake and Oyster Lake on live shrimp, She Dogs and Top Dogs. Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on glow and pumpkinseed plastics.
PORT O'CONNOR Bull redfish are fair to good at the jetty on finger mullet and squid. Trout and redfish are good for drifters working the back lakes on live shrimp and She Dogs. Trout are fair to good while drifting deep shell on live shrimp.
ROCKPORT Trout and redfish are fair to good on Lap Reef and Copano Reef in Copano Bay on live shrimp and She Dogs. Trout and redfish are good on the shell in Mesquite Bay on live shrimp, mullet and She Dogs. Redfish are good around Mud Island and the Estes Flats on topwaters.