September 3, 2025 • 3 mins
Howdy y’all, this is Artificial Lure coming at you with your Gulf of Mexico Texas fishing report for Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025.
We kicked off the morning with a high tide rolling into Texas City at 5:26 AM, and our low tide expected around 8:43 PM tonight. The sun rose over the bay at 6:58 AM and she’ll set at about 7:36 PM, giving us a solid window to cast through the day, especially on that afternoon-moving water. The tidal coefficient is running low today, so currents will be gentle—don’t expect raging torrent but it’s enough to keep the bait moving and the fish awake, especially at sunrise and again through midday transitions, according to Tide-Forecast.com.
Weather’s been classic late Texas summer: hot and humid, but we’ve had a few light breezes off the Gulf, enough to stir things up but not knock you off the jetties. The water clarity’s holding up in most areas with the tide still pushing clean Gulf water inshore. The fish aren’t as deep as August, with water temps mellowing ever so slightly making those reefs and channels prime.
It’s been a steady week on all fronts. Texas Fishing Tips just reported great action around Aransas Pass and the Rockport-Copano area—live shrimp and mullet have been the ticket, but I’ll tell ya, artificials are holding their own too. Folks off the Port Aransas jetties and along Packery Channel have been stacking up slot reds and a healthy number of speckled trout, most running 16-20 inches. Some lucky anglers even pulled in a few big flounder near the channel mouths and the marsh drains.
Over in Galveston, look for mangrove snapper stacking near structure and reefs—freelining live shrimp or using small crabs is your best bet. Cut mullet and squid have been picking up some hefty black drum from the piers, and don’t sleep on those oyster toadfish—they may not win a beauty contest, but they’ll keep your rod bent, as posted on GreatAnglers.com.
Flounder reports have picked up as we move closer to fall—try Gulp! swimming mullet or a white paddle tail dragged slow along drop-offs. For specks and reds, you can’t go wrong with topwater plugs in the early hours or a popping cork with live shrimp when the sun’s up. Soft plastics in chartreuse, new penny, and bone have been hot; Big Bite Baits’ scent-infused paddletails are drawing thumps, especially with a lighter presentation over grass beds and sandy guts.
The hotspots this week:
- Bolivar Pocket is on fire for specks at first light when they’re bunched up chasing shad.
- The south shoreline of East Matagorda Bay has been holding reds and some nice trout, most active around incoming tide.
- Packery Channel flats have been another sleeper—solid reds and the bonus drum thrown in.
From the surf to the back lakes, action has been steady if you’re following the tide and paying attention to that bait movement. Best live bait right now is shrimp, but finger mullet, croaker, and mud minnows are getting hammered. If you’re stubborn (like me) and like to throw artificials, keep a topwater, a gold spoon, and a couple soft plastics handy.
That’s the scoop for September 3rd, folks. Get out early, follow those tides, and fish structure and moving water. As always, thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe so you never miss a report.
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We kicked off the morning with a high tide rolling into Texas City at 5:26 AM, and our low tide expected around 8:43 PM tonight. The sun rose over the bay at 6:58 AM and she’ll set at about 7:36 PM, giving us a solid window to cast through the day, especially on that afternoon-moving water. The tidal coefficient is running low today, so currents will be gentle—don’t expect raging torrent but it’s enough to keep the bait moving and the fish awake, especially at sunrise and again through midday transitions, according to Tide-Forecast.com.
Weather’s been classic late Texas summer: hot and humid, but we’ve had a few light breezes off the Gulf, enough to stir things up but not knock you off the jetties. The water clarity’s holding up in most areas with the tide still pushing clean Gulf water inshore. The fish aren’t as deep as August, with water temps mellowing ever so slightly making those reefs and channels prime.
It’s been a steady week on all fronts. Texas Fishing Tips just reported great action around Aransas Pass and the Rockport-Copano area—live shrimp and mullet have been the ticket, but I’ll tell ya, artificials are holding their own too. Folks off the Port Aransas jetties and along Packery Channel have been stacking up slot reds and a healthy number of speckled trout, most running 16-20 inches. Some lucky anglers even pulled in a few big flounder near the channel mouths and the marsh drains.
Over in Galveston, look for mangrove snapper stacking near structure and reefs—freelining live shrimp or using small crabs is your best bet. Cut mullet and squid have been picking up some hefty black drum from the piers, and don’t sleep on those oyster toadfish—they may not win a beauty contest, but they’ll keep your rod bent, as posted on GreatAnglers.com.
Flounder reports have picked up as we move closer to fall—try Gulp! swimming mullet or a white paddle tail dragged slow along drop-offs. For specks and reds, you can’t go wrong with topwater plugs in the early hours or a popping cork with live shrimp when the sun’s up. Soft plastics in chartreuse, new penny, and bone have been hot; Big Bite Baits’ scent-infused paddletails are drawing thumps, especially with a lighter presentation over grass beds and sandy guts.
The hotspots this week:
- Bolivar Pocket is on fire for specks at first light when they’re bunched up chasing shad.
- The south shoreline of East Matagorda Bay has been holding reds and some nice trout, most active around incoming tide.
- Packery Channel flats have been another sleeper—solid reds and the bonus drum thrown in.
From the surf to the back lakes, action has been steady if you’re following the tide and paying attention to that bait movement. Best live bait right now is shrimp, but finger mullet, croaker, and mud minnows are getting hammered. If you’re stubborn (like me) and like to throw artificials, keep a topwater, a gold spoon, and a couple soft plastics handy.
That’s the scoop for September 3rd, folks. Get out early, follow those tides, and fish structure and moving water. As always, thanks for tuning in—be sure to subscribe so you never miss a report.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Howd y'all, this is artificial lyric coming at you with
your Golf of Mexico. Texas Fishing report for Wednesday, September third,
twenty twenty five. We kicked off the morning with a
high tide rolling into Texas City at five twenty six am,
and are low tide expected around eight forty three pm tonight.
The sun rose over the bay at six point fifty
eight am and she'll set at about seven thirty six pm,
(00:23):
giving us a solid window to cast through the day,
especially on that afternoon moving water. The tidal coefficient is
running load today, so currents will be gentle. Don't expect
raging torrent, but it's enough to keep the bait moving
and the fish awake, especially at sunrise and again through
midday transitions. According to tide forecast dot com, weather's been
(00:46):
classic late Texas summer, hot and humid, but we've had
a few light breezes off the gulf, enough to stir
things up but not knock you off the jetties. The
water clarity's holding up in most areas, with the tide
still pushing clean golf water in shore. The fish arts
as deep as August with water temps mellowing ever so slightly,
making those reefs and channels prime. It's been a steady
(01:09):
week on all fronts. Texas Fishing Tips just reported great
action around the Rams's Pass and the rock Port Capono area.
Live shrimp and mullet have been the ticket, but I'll
tell you artificials are holding their own too. Folks off
the Port of Ransas jetties and a long packery channel
have been stacking up slot reds and a healthy number
of speckled trout, most running sixteen to twenty inches. Some
(01:33):
lucky anglers even pulled in a few big flounder near
the channel mouths and the marsh strains. Over in Galveston,
look for mangrove snappers stacking near structure and reefs. Freelining
live shrimp or using small crabs as your best bet.
Cut mullet and squid have been picking up some hefty
black drum from the piers. And don't sleep on those
(01:54):
oyster toad fish. They may not win a beauty contest,
but they'll keep your rob in. As posted on Great
anglers dot com, flounder reports have picked up as we
move closer to fall. Try gulp swimming mullet or a
white paddle tail dragged slow warm drop offs for specks
and reds. You can't go wrong with topwater plugs in
(02:15):
the early hours or a popping cork with live shrimp
when the sun's up. Soft plastics in Chartreuse, New Penny
and bone have been hot. Big bite baits, scent hyphen
used paddle tails are drawing thumps, especially with a lighter
presentation over grass beds and sandy guts the hotspots. This week,
(02:36):
ballavar pocket is on fire for specks at first light
when they're bunched up chasing shad. The south shoreline of
East matager To Bay has been holding reds and some
nice trout. Most active around incoming tide. Packery channel flats
have been another sleeper, solid reds and the bonus drum
thrown in from the surf to the back lakes. Action
(02:58):
has been steady if you following the tide and paying
attention to that bait movement. Best live bait right now
is shrimp, but finger mullet, croker and mudminnows are getting hammered.
If you're stubborn like me and like to throw artificials,
keep a topwater a gold spoon and a couple soft
plastics handy. That's the scoop for September. Third, folks, get
(03:19):
out early, follow those tides and fish structure and moving water.
As always, thanks for tuning in. Be sure to subscribe
so you never miss a report. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet please dot
ai
Howd y'all, this is artificial lyric coming at you with
your Golf of Mexico. Texas Fishing report for Wednesday, September third,
twenty twenty five. We kicked off the morning with a
high tide rolling into Texas City at five twenty six am,
and are low tide expected around eight forty three pm tonight.
The sun rose over the bay at six point fifty
eight am and she'll set at about seven thirty six pm,
(00:23):
giving us a solid window to cast through the day,
especially on that afternoon moving water. The tidal coefficient is
running load today, so currents will be gentle. Don't expect
raging torrent, but it's enough to keep the bait moving
and the fish awake, especially at sunrise and again through
midday transitions. According to tide forecast dot com, weather's been
(00:46):
classic late Texas summer, hot and humid, but we've had
a few light breezes off the gulf, enough to stir
things up but not knock you off the jetties. The
water clarity's holding up in most areas, with the tide
still pushing clean golf water in shore. The fish arts
as deep as August with water temps mellowing ever so slightly,
making those reefs and channels prime. It's been a steady
(01:09):
week on all fronts. Texas Fishing Tips just reported great
action around the Rams's Pass and the rock Port Capono area.
Live shrimp and mullet have been the ticket, but I'll
tell you artificials are holding their own too. Folks off
the Port of Ransas jetties and a long packery channel
have been stacking up slot reds and a healthy number
of speckled trout, most running sixteen to twenty inches. Some
(01:33):
lucky anglers even pulled in a few big flounder near
the channel mouths and the marsh strains. Over in Galveston,
look for mangrove snappers stacking near structure and reefs. Freelining
live shrimp or using small crabs as your best bet.
Cut mullet and squid have been picking up some hefty
black drum from the piers. And don't sleep on those
(01:54):
oyster toad fish. They may not win a beauty contest,
but they'll keep your rob in. As posted on Great
anglers dot com, flounder reports have picked up as we
move closer to fall. Try gulp swimming mullet or a
white paddle tail dragged slow warm drop offs for specks
and reds. You can't go wrong with topwater plugs in
(02:15):
the early hours or a popping cork with live shrimp
when the sun's up. Soft plastics in Chartreuse, New Penny
and bone have been hot. Big bite baits, scent hyphen
used paddle tails are drawing thumps, especially with a lighter
presentation over grass beds and sandy guts the hotspots. This week,
(02:36):
ballavar pocket is on fire for specks at first light
when they're bunched up chasing shad. The south shoreline of
East matager To Bay has been holding reds and some
nice trout. Most active around incoming tide. Packery channel flats
have been another sleeper, solid reds and the bonus drum
thrown in from the surf to the back lakes. Action
(02:58):
has been steady if you following the tide and paying
attention to that bait movement. Best live bait right now
is shrimp, but finger mullet, croker and mudminnows are getting hammered.
If you're stubborn like me and like to throw artificials,
keep a topwater a gold spoon and a couple soft
plastics handy. That's the scoop for September. Third, folks, get
(03:19):
out early, follow those tides and fish structure and moving water.
As always, thanks for tuning in. Be sure to subscribe
so you never miss a report. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet please dot
ai
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