Galveston Gulf Bites: Reds, Trout, and More in September Fishing Report

Artificial Lure with your Saturday morning fishing report for the Texas Gulf Coast, September 6, 2025.

Sunrise hit the water around 7:00 am and sunset is expected about 7:37 pm, giving anglers a full day to chase the bite. Tidal activity around Galveston Bay and Houston shows a first low tide at 1:49 am and a high at 10:14 am, setting up perfect mid-morning action around drains and flats. Down Padre way, high tide came in before dawn, with water settling throughout the morning—making it ideal to target nearshore structure early.

Weather is warm and stable, with Gulf temps in the upper 80’s to near 90 degrees—Sabine Lake, for instance, is reporting 89 degrees, and Bolivar running a bit cooler at 85. Some scattered sargassum along the surf may tangle lines, but also brings bait and predators closer in. Winds are light, cloud cover light, and conditions are ripe for a strong fall kickoff.

The bite is hot right now—Redfish are schooling everywhere, with anglers on Bolivar and Sabine reporting “plenty of keepers” this week. Speckled trout are running good off the short rigs in 25–35 feet of water; best tactic is three-quarter ounce jigheads with LSU-colored baits. Sand trout & black drum are showing up around jetties and deeper pockets, along with sheepshead; live shrimp on Carolina rigs or free-lined will get the job done right near rocks.

Tripletail and even cobia have been caught on the run out to rigs—look for floating debris or weedlines. Down the surf and jetties, bigger stingrays and sharks are cruising for bait. Gafftop are mixed in, especially in slightly deeper troughs.

Best lures right now? Bring soft plastics—paddle tails and shrimp imitations in natural and chartreuse. For trout and redfish, try popping cork rigs with live shrimp, or toss three-quarter ounce jigheads with bright colors when fishing deeper water. Topwater plugs and jerkbaits are producing in low-light, especially over submerged shell or grass. For tripletail, a free-lined live shrimp or a bright small DOA shrimp lure is golden. Cut bait—think mullet or oily fish—is working to drum up action on triggerfish and croaker, especially if bottom fishing along the rigs or piers.

Live bait is always king near jetties and bridges, with fresh shrimp and small crabs putting sheepshead and drum in the cooler. If you’re after sharks or rays, big chunks of cut mullet or menhaden will get the tap.

This week's HOT SPOTS:
- Sabine Lake short rigs: Trout, tripletail, cobia; fish deep with big jigs and run floating debris lines on the way out.
- Bolivar Peninsula surf and jetties: Redfish, drum, sheepshead, and sand trout; work live shrimp or cut mullet by the rocks and troughs.
- Galveston Bay back lakes and marsh drains during the falling tide—redfish are pushing into shallow grass and against marsh banks.
- Padre Island jetties: Early high tide means best action right after sunup; look for trout and reds stacked on breaks and edges.

Fish amounts have been solid—multiple keeper reds, hefty speckled trout, and mixed coolers of black drum and sheepshead making for busy fillet tables. Expect action to stay strong as water starts cooling. If you’re planning for bass at nearby impoundments, topwaters and crankbaits early, worms or frogs in weed clumps later.

That wraps it up for this morning—remember to get your gear ready before you leave the dock and stay safe out there.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore with your Saturday Morning Fishing report for the
Texas Gulf Coast September sixth, twenty twenty five. Sunrise hit
the water around seven am and sunset is expected about
seven thirty seven pm, giving anglers a full day to
chase the bite. Tidal activity around Galveston Bay and Houston
shows a first low tide at one forty nine am

(00:20):
and a high at ten fourteen am, setting up perfect
mid morning action around drains and flats down Padre Way.
High tide came in before dawn, with water settling throughout
the morning, making it ideal to target nearshore structure. Early
weather is warm and stable, with golf tempts in the
upper eighties to near ninety degrees. Saving Lake, for instance,

(00:41):
is reporting eighty nine degrees and Bolvar running a bit
cooler at eighty five. Some scattered s aar gasom along
the surf may tangle lines, but also brings bait and
predators closer in. Winds are light, cloud cover light, and
conditions are right for a strong fall kickoff. The bite
is hot right now. Redfish are schooling everywhere, with anglers

(01:03):
on Boulevar and Sabine reporting plenty of keepers. This week,
speckled trout are running good off the short rigs in
twenty five to thirty five feet of water. Best tactic
is three quarter ouns jigheads with slu colored baits. Sand
trout and black drummer showing up around jetties and deeper
pockets along with sheep. Said. Live shrimp on Carolina rigs

(01:24):
or freelined will get the job done right. New rocks, tripletail,
and even kobia have been caught on the run out
to rigs. Look for floating debris or weed lines down
the surf and jetties. Bigger stingrays and sharks are cruising
for bait. Gaff topp are mixed in, especially in slightly
deeper troughs. Best lures right now bring soft plastics, paddle tails,

(01:47):
and shrimp imitations in natural and chartreuse. For trout and redfish.
Try popping cork rigs with live shrimp or toss three
quarter ounds jigheads with bright colors. When fishing deeper water.
Top water plugs and dates are producing in low light,
especially over submerged shell or grass. For tripletail, a free
lined live shrimp or a bright small doa shrimp lure

(02:09):
is golden cut bait think mullet or oily fish is
working to drum up action on trigger fish and croker,
especially if bottom fishing along the rigs or piers. Live
bait is always king near jetties and bridges with fresh
shrimp and small crabs, putting sheep's head and drum and
the cooler. If you're after sharks are rays, big junks

(02:31):
of cut mullet or menhaden will get the tap. This
week's hot spots number Sabine Lakes, short rigs, trout, tripletail,
kobier fish deep with big jigs and run floating debris
lines on the way out, Molovar Peninsula, surf and jetties. Redfish, drum,
sheep's head and sand trout work live shrimp or cut

(02:52):
mullet by the rocks and troughs Dallaston Bay, back lakes
and marsh strains. During the falling tide, redfish are put
pushing into shallow grass and against marshbanks now Padre Island jetties.
Early high tide means best action. Right after sun up,
look for trout and reds stacked on brakes and edges.
Fish amounts had been solid. Multiple keeper reds, hefty speckled trout,

(03:17):
and mixed coolers of black drum and sheep's head, making
for busy filet tables. Expect action to stay strong as
water starts cooling. If you're planning for bass at nearby impoundments,
top waters and crankbaits, early worms or frogs and weed
clumps later. That wraps it up for this morning. Remember
to get your gear ready before you leave the dock

(03:38):
and stay safe out there. Thanks for tuning in. Subscribe
for daily updates and fishing tips. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot
ai