Late Summer Bounty on the Texas Coast

Good morning Texas coast anglers, Artificial Lure here with your Sunday, August 31, 2025, fishing report for the Gulf of Mexico and nearby bays.

Right off the bat, the sun’s breaking just after 6:50 AM, promising plenty of daylight until sunset close to 7:40 PM. The weather’s quintessential late summer—warm muggy air, barely a breeze early, then picking up—meaning morning and evening sessions will be your comfort zones. Water temps are running in the mid- to upper 80s, putting fish on the move for cooler zones and deeper ledges, especially around noon.

Tides today are mild—Galveston sees high tide early at 4:19 AM and low around 4:13 PM, with a tidal coefficient dropping all day, so expect weaker currents and less aggressive surf. Those slack tides in the midday hours mean fish will be less spread out, holding near structure, channel drops, oyster reefs, and grassy shoreline pockets.

Now for the action: This week, anglers are pulling solid numbers of **speckled trout** and **redfish** across the bay systems. **Speckled trout** are good on **live croaker**, piggy perch, and **soft plastics**—look for them in Rockport, Port O’Connor, and over shell pads off East Galveston and Trinity Bay. Trout bite picks up right after sunrise and again in the last hour before dark—target them outside major passes or deep grass beds.

**Redfish** have been thick in Redfish Bay, Corpus, and Aransas Pass. **Cut mullet**, shrimp under popping corks, and **silver spoons** are doing real damage. Slot reds get aggressive on windy shorelines mid-morning, especially near flats draining outgoing tide. Oversized reds are running pass edges and jetty channels from Port Aransas to Sabine, with cut crab drawing the bigger bulls.

Mixed in are **black drum**—fair numbers, mostly on dead shrimp and Fish Bites. Sheepshead and some tripletail are working jetties and pilings—use live shrimp on a Carolina rig or a popping cork just outside the structure.

Offshore, reports say **kingfish** and **Spanish mackerel** are coming in strong trolling ribbonfish and shiny lures past the rigs. Look for scattered mahi and even wahoo for those running bluewater out past Port Aransas and Freeport—trolling near floating grass lines is the ticket. Folks are limiting out on **red snapper** quickly, then chasing tuna and wahoo the rest of the trip.

The best lures this week:
- Z-Man Curly TailZ (white and gold) on a Redfish Eye jig for versatile presentations around grass and oyster[Discount Tackle]
- Berkley Gulp! 6-inch grub rigged on a popping cork for both trout and reds
- Chrome and gold spoons for windy shorelines
- Soft plastic paddle tails (electric chicken and new penny)
- Live shrimp and croaker for the catch-and-keep crowd

For bait: **live shrimp** is king for drum, reds, trout, and sheepshead. Cut mullet and crab land the bull reds.

Hot spots right now:
- **East Galveston Bay**—shell reefs and deeper grass beds for trout and reds, plus good black drum numbers
- **Port Aransas jetty**—oversized reds, speckled trout, plus kingfish and Spanish mackerel on the outside run
- **Redfish Bay near Aransas Pass**—excellent slot reds along the interior marsh drains
- **Rockport flats**—morning sessions for trout, reds, and occasional flounder
- **Baffin Bay** back coves—paddle tails and topwaters over potholes for trout early

Fishing’s been steady and the bite’s improving with these lower tides—if you’re kayak fishing, keep a topwater tied on for those back bay slicks right at dawn, and boat anglers should look for birds working nervous bait.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Texas Coast anglers, artificial lure here with your
Sunday August thirty, first, twenty twenty five Fish in report
for the Gulf of Mexico and nearby bays. Right off
the bat The sun's breaking just after six fifty am,
promising plenty of daylight until sunset close to seven forty pm.
The weather's quintessential late summer warm, muggy air, barely a

(00:22):
breeze early then picking up, meaning morning and evening sessions
will be your comfort zones. Water temps are running in
the mid to upper eighties, putting fish on the move
for cooler zones and deeper ledges, especially around noon. Tides
today are mild. Galveston sees high tide early at four
nineteen am and low around four thirteen pm, with a

(00:45):
tidal coefficient dropping all day, so expect weaker currents and
less aggressive surf. Those slack tides in the midday hours
mean fish will be less spread out, holding near structure,
channel drops, oyster reefs, and grassy shorel pockets. Now for
the action. This week, anglers are pulling solid numbers of
speckled trout and redfish across the bay systems Speckled trout

(01:09):
are good on live croaker, piggy perch and off plastic.
Look for them in Rockport, Port O'Connor and over shell
pads off East Galveston and Tinity Bay. Trout bite picks
up right after sunrise and again in the last hour
before dark. Target them outside major passes or deep grass beds.
Redfish have been thick and redfish Bay Corpus and Ransas Pass.

(01:32):
Cut mullet shrimp under popping corks and silver spoons are
doing real damage. Slot reds get aggressive on windy shorelines
mid morning, especially near flats draining out going tide. Oversized
reds are running pass edges and jetty channels from portances
to sabine with cut crab drawing. The bigger bulls. Mixed
in are black drum fair numbers, mostly on dead shrimp

(01:56):
and fish bites. Cheep's head and some triple tail are
working jet and pilings. Use live shrimp on a Carolina
rig or a popping cork just outside the structure. Offshore
reports say kingfish and Spanish mackerel are coming in strong,
trolling ribbonfish and shiny lures past the rigs. Look for
scattered mahe and even wahoo for those running blue water

(02:19):
out past Port Ouransis in Freeport, trolling your floating grass
lines is the ticket. Folks are limiting out on red
snapper quickly, then chasing tuna and wahoo the rest of
the trip. The best lures this week now z Man
curly tail z on a redfish eye jig for versatile
presentations around grass and oyster. Discount tackle, Berkeley gulp six

(02:41):
inch grub rigged on a popping cork for both trout
and reds. Chrome and gold spoons for windy shorelines, soft
plastic paddle tails, electric chicken and new penny, live shrimp
and croaker for the catch and keep crowd for bait.
Live shrimp is king for drum, reds trout, and she
said cup mullet and crab land the bowl reds hot

(03:03):
spots right now East Galveston Bay, shell reefs and deeper
grass beds for trout and reds plus good black drum
numbers port Arrence's jetty oversized reds, speckled trout plus kingfish
and Spanish mackerel on the outside run Redfish Bay near
Arrence's Pass. Excellent slot reds along the interior marsh drains,

(03:26):
Rockport flats, morning sessions for trout, reds and occasional flounder
bath in bay back coves, paddle tails and top waters
over potholes for trout. Early fishing's been steady and the
bites improving with these lower tides. If you're kayak fishing,
keep a top water tied on for those back based
slicks right at dawn, and boat anglers should look for

(03:48):
birds working nervous bait. That's your local Texas Gulf update
from Artificial Lore. Thanks for tuning in and don't forget
to subscribe to catch all our latest reports, tips and
sea grid spots. This has been a quiet please production.
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