Galveston Bay Fishing Report

SLOW. 68 degrees. Open bay waters are still off-colored. Sheepshead are still active in the gas wells for those fishing live shrimp on the bottom. A few speckled trout showing along shorelines with shell, along with some black drum. Best bite on live shrimp under corks. Upper Galveston bay seeing better numbers of speckled trout…

SLOW. 69 degrees. Eagle Point shorelines seeing some speckled trout, mostly undersized. Gas wells holding good numbers of sheepshead on live shrimp. Kemah, Seabrook, Sylvan Beach shorelines fair for speckled trout, black drum, and a few redfish. Soft plastics and live shrimp are the best baits

SLOW. 69 degrees. Eagle Point area seeing some speckled trout and better numbers of black drum and sheepshead. Best bite on live shrimp under corks or fished on bottom. Water is still a bit off-colored

SLOW. 57 degrees. Clear Lake area producing some speckled trout mostly on hard plastic baits. Low tides and hampered the effort of most anglers. Some fish being caught around the spoil islands on live shrimp

SLOW. 58 degrees. Protected shorelines along the west side of the bay are best for speckled trout, but not in any big numbers. A few redfish, black drum, and sheepshead being caught on live shrimp fished on the bottom near deep shell reefs. Open bay is still off-colored

SLOW. 58 degrees. Protected shorelines along the west side of the bay are best for speckled trout, but not in any big numbers. A few redfish, black drum, and sheepshead being caught on live shrimp fished on the bottom near deep shell reefs. Open bay is still off-colored

SLOW. 58 degrees. Lots of freshwater runoff in the bay. Few catches of black drums and redfish reported from deeper channels on live shrimp

SLOW. 48 degrees. Weather has kept most anglers from trying the open bay. Scattered catches of speckled trout reported along Sylvan Beach

SLOW. 42 degrees. Overall fishing has been slow. A few anglers are finding a mix of trout, redfish, and black drum in the deeper bayous and channels on live shrimp. All this took place prior to the cold front