September 12, 2025 • 3 mins
Good morning from the Texas Gulf Coast—Artificial Lure bringing you the latest on fishing conditions and hot bites around the Gulf of Mexico for Friday, September 12th, 2025.
Sunrise today hit at 7:12 AM, and sundown’s lining up at 7:35 PM, giving anglers a solid 12 hours and change to get after it. For you tide-watchers, Port Aransas reported a low tide peaking at 12:54 PM and a big evening high tide rolling in at 11:02 PM. The tidal coefficient is considered high today, which means stronger currents and bigger water movement—ideal for fired-up game fish. Expect similar big swings along the entire upper coast, including Sabine Pass, where the tidal coefficient pushes up to 90 and higher as the day unfolds, making for lively underwater conditions, especially through the afternoon.
Weather-wise, we’re sitting in classic late-summer pattern: muggy mornings in the mid-70s and warming into the mid-80s by midday, with a light southeast breeze around 10 mph and mostly clear skies. There’s just enough breeze to ripple the surface, but not enough to scatter bait or mud the waters.
Fish are on the chew all over the bays and surf. Matagorda Bay anglers, as Bay Finatic Fishing Guide Service tells us, have enjoyed non-stop action on speckled trout and redfish—limits have been coming easy for those starting before the heat kicks in. Best times for bites right now are dawn and dusk, following that moving water on incoming and outgoing tides. Speckled trout are hitting live shrimp under popping corks, soft plastics in natural colors, and the flash of silver spoons. Early risers have been rewarded with trout averaging 16-20 inches, but some over 25 inches have been landed this week.
Redfish are thick on the shallow flats and around marsh drains—especially where the outgoing tide pulls bait through. Best bets have been cut mullet or live shrimp rigged close to bottom, but Gulp! swimming mullets and paddle-tail plastics in new penny or chartreuse are also drawing big strikes. A couple of bruisers in the slot and a few over-slot fish have bent plenty of rods these last few days. South shoreline spots in East Matagorda Bay and near the Colorado River Mouth are doing the best—expect steady redfish action with bonus flounder and drum.
Flounder are starting to show in better numbers near sandy drop-offs and creek mouths. Gulp! Swimming Mullet and mud minnows on a jig head put several fish in the cooler yesterday, with most flounder running a solid 16-20 inches. Black drum are hanging on channel edges and around deeper structure, and dead shrimp is the ticket. Most fish are in the 14-24 inch range—perfect for a fish fry.
Up toward Freeport, the tides and water movement have made for stellar bites as well. September always marks a shift toward bigger numbers of bull reds at the jetties, and the last few days have seen some folks battling big reds on crabs or cut bait fished deep.
Hot spots today—East Matagorda Bay, especially edges with oyster reefs and grassy banks; the Colorado River Mouth for mixed bags of flounder and black drum; and the Port O’Connor jetties for bull reds. In Galveston, the beachfront and surf between San Luis Pass and the pier have been flush with schooling trout and ladyfish feeding on morning tide.
Best lures right now: soft plastics like Down South Lures or Gulp! in natural shrimp or chartreuse, silver spoons, and topwaters at dawn for exciting strikes. Bring live shrimp or finger mullet if you want consistent bites.
That’s the local scoop—fish are biting, tides are swinging, and the water looks great. As always, thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe for more local fishing intel to help you stay ahead of the bite.
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Sunrise today hit at 7:12 AM, and sundown’s lining up at 7:35 PM, giving anglers a solid 12 hours and change to get after it. For you tide-watchers, Port Aransas reported a low tide peaking at 12:54 PM and a big evening high tide rolling in at 11:02 PM. The tidal coefficient is considered high today, which means stronger currents and bigger water movement—ideal for fired-up game fish. Expect similar big swings along the entire upper coast, including Sabine Pass, where the tidal coefficient pushes up to 90 and higher as the day unfolds, making for lively underwater conditions, especially through the afternoon.
Weather-wise, we’re sitting in classic late-summer pattern: muggy mornings in the mid-70s and warming into the mid-80s by midday, with a light southeast breeze around 10 mph and mostly clear skies. There’s just enough breeze to ripple the surface, but not enough to scatter bait or mud the waters.
Fish are on the chew all over the bays and surf. Matagorda Bay anglers, as Bay Finatic Fishing Guide Service tells us, have enjoyed non-stop action on speckled trout and redfish—limits have been coming easy for those starting before the heat kicks in. Best times for bites right now are dawn and dusk, following that moving water on incoming and outgoing tides. Speckled trout are hitting live shrimp under popping corks, soft plastics in natural colors, and the flash of silver spoons. Early risers have been rewarded with trout averaging 16-20 inches, but some over 25 inches have been landed this week.
Redfish are thick on the shallow flats and around marsh drains—especially where the outgoing tide pulls bait through. Best bets have been cut mullet or live shrimp rigged close to bottom, but Gulp! swimming mullets and paddle-tail plastics in new penny or chartreuse are also drawing big strikes. A couple of bruisers in the slot and a few over-slot fish have bent plenty of rods these last few days. South shoreline spots in East Matagorda Bay and near the Colorado River Mouth are doing the best—expect steady redfish action with bonus flounder and drum.
Flounder are starting to show in better numbers near sandy drop-offs and creek mouths. Gulp! Swimming Mullet and mud minnows on a jig head put several fish in the cooler yesterday, with most flounder running a solid 16-20 inches. Black drum are hanging on channel edges and around deeper structure, and dead shrimp is the ticket. Most fish are in the 14-24 inch range—perfect for a fish fry.
Up toward Freeport, the tides and water movement have made for stellar bites as well. September always marks a shift toward bigger numbers of bull reds at the jetties, and the last few days have seen some folks battling big reds on crabs or cut bait fished deep.
Hot spots today—East Matagorda Bay, especially edges with oyster reefs and grassy banks; the Colorado River Mouth for mixed bags of flounder and black drum; and the Port O’Connor jetties for bull reds. In Galveston, the beachfront and surf between San Luis Pass and the pier have been flush with schooling trout and ladyfish feeding on morning tide.
Best lures right now: soft plastics like Down South Lures or Gulp! in natural shrimp or chartreuse, silver spoons, and topwaters at dawn for exciting strikes. Bring live shrimp or finger mullet if you want consistent bites.
That’s the local scoop—fish are biting, tides are swinging, and the water looks great. As always, thanks for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe for more local fishing intel to help you stay ahead of the bite.
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):
Good morning from the Texas Gulf Coast Artificial Lore bringing
you the latest on fishing conditions and hot bites around
the Gulf of Mexico for Friday, September twelfth, two thousand
twenty five. Sunrise today hit at seven twelve a m.
And sundowns lining up at seven thirty five pm, giving
anglers a solid twelve hours and change to get after it.
For you, tide watchers, Porturansis reported a low tide peaking
(00:23):
at twelve fifty four pm and a big evening high
tide rolling in at eleven zero two pm. The tidle
corefision is considered high today, which means stronger currents and
bigger water movement, a deal for fired up game fish.
Expect similar big swings along the entire upper coast, including
Sabine Pass, where the tidal coefficient pushes up to ninety
(00:44):
and higher as the day unfolds, making for lively underwater conditions,
especially through the afternoon. Weatherwise, we're sitting in classic late
summer pattern, muggy mornings in the mid seventies and warming
into the mid eighties by midday, with the lights south
feast breeze around ten miles per hour and mostly clear skies.
There's just enough breeze to ripple the surface, but not
(01:07):
enough to scatter bait or mug the waters. Fish are
on the chew all over the bays and surf mattagger
to bay anglers, as Bay Fanatic Fishing Guide Service tells us,
have enjoyed non stop action on speckled trout and redfish.
Limits have been coming easy for those starting before the
heat kicks in. Best times for bites right now are
dawn and dusk. Following that moving water on incoming and
(01:30):
outgoing tides. Speckled trout are hitting live shrimp, under popping corks,
soft plastics and natural colors, and the flash of silver spoons.
Early risers have been rewarded with trout averaging sixteen to
twenty inches, but some over twenty five inches have been
landed this week. Redfish are thick on the shallow flats
and around marsh strains, especially where the outgoing tide pulls
(01:52):
bait through. Best bets have been cut mullet where live
shrimp rigged close to bottom, but gulp swimming mullets and
paddle tail plastics and new penny or charouse are also drawn.
Big strikes a couple of boozers in the slot and
a few overslot fish have bent plenty of rods these
last few days. South shoreline spots in east Matagar to
Bay and near the Colorado rivermouth are doing the best
(02:15):
expect steady redfish action with bonus flounder and drum flounder
are starting to show in better numbers near sandy drop
offs and creek mouths. Cope swimming mullet and mudminnows on
a jighead put several fish in the cooler yesterday, with
most flounder running a solid sixteen to twenty inches. Black
drummer hanging on channel ledges and around deeper structure and
(02:37):
dead shrimp is the ticket. Most fisher in the fourteen
to twenty four inch range, perfect for a fish fry
up toward Freeport. The tides and water movement have made
for stellar bites as well. September always marks a shift
toward bigger numbers of bull reds at the jetties. In
the last few days have seen some folks battling big
reds on crabs or cut bait fish. Deep hot spots
(02:59):
today Tideward to Bay, especially edges with oysterifes and grassy banks,
the Colorado River Mouth for mixed bags of flounder and
black drum, and the Port O'Connor Jays for bull reds.
In Galveston, the beachfront and surf between San Luis Pass
and the pier have been flushed with schooling trout and
ladyfish feeding on morning tide. Best lures right now, soft
(03:19):
plastics like down South lures or gulp in natural shrimp
or chartreuse silver spoons and topwaters at dawn for exciting strikes.
Bring live shrimp or finger mullet. If you want consistent
bites that's the local scoop fish or biting. Tides are
swinging and the water looks great as always. Thanks for
tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for more local fishing
(03:41):
intel to help you stay ahead of the bite. This
has been a quiet police production. For more check out Choir.
Please dot ai
Good morning from the Texas Gulf Coast Artificial Lore bringing
you the latest on fishing conditions and hot bites around
the Gulf of Mexico for Friday, September twelfth, two thousand
twenty five. Sunrise today hit at seven twelve a m.
And sundowns lining up at seven thirty five pm, giving
anglers a solid twelve hours and change to get after it.
For you, tide watchers, Porturansis reported a low tide peaking
(00:23):
at twelve fifty four pm and a big evening high
tide rolling in at eleven zero two pm. The tidle
corefision is considered high today, which means stronger currents and
bigger water movement, a deal for fired up game fish.
Expect similar big swings along the entire upper coast, including
Sabine Pass, where the tidal coefficient pushes up to ninety
(00:44):
and higher as the day unfolds, making for lively underwater conditions,
especially through the afternoon. Weatherwise, we're sitting in classic late
summer pattern, muggy mornings in the mid seventies and warming
into the mid eighties by midday, with the lights south
feast breeze around ten miles per hour and mostly clear skies.
There's just enough breeze to ripple the surface, but not
(01:07):
enough to scatter bait or mug the waters. Fish are
on the chew all over the bays and surf mattagger
to bay anglers, as Bay Fanatic Fishing Guide Service tells us,
have enjoyed non stop action on speckled trout and redfish.
Limits have been coming easy for those starting before the
heat kicks in. Best times for bites right now are
dawn and dusk. Following that moving water on incoming and
(01:30):
outgoing tides. Speckled trout are hitting live shrimp, under popping corks,
soft plastics and natural colors, and the flash of silver spoons.
Early risers have been rewarded with trout averaging sixteen to
twenty inches, but some over twenty five inches have been
landed this week. Redfish are thick on the shallow flats
and around marsh strains, especially where the outgoing tide pulls
(01:52):
bait through. Best bets have been cut mullet where live
shrimp rigged close to bottom, but gulp swimming mullets and
paddle tail plastics and new penny or charouse are also drawn.
Big strikes a couple of boozers in the slot and
a few overslot fish have bent plenty of rods these
last few days. South shoreline spots in east Matagar to
Bay and near the Colorado rivermouth are doing the best
(02:15):
expect steady redfish action with bonus flounder and drum flounder
are starting to show in better numbers near sandy drop
offs and creek mouths. Cope swimming mullet and mudminnows on
a jighead put several fish in the cooler yesterday, with
most flounder running a solid sixteen to twenty inches. Black
drummer hanging on channel ledges and around deeper structure and
(02:37):
dead shrimp is the ticket. Most fisher in the fourteen
to twenty four inch range, perfect for a fish fry
up toward Freeport. The tides and water movement have made
for stellar bites as well. September always marks a shift
toward bigger numbers of bull reds at the jetties. In
the last few days have seen some folks battling big
reds on crabs or cut bait fish. Deep hot spots
(02:59):
today Tideward to Bay, especially edges with oysterifes and grassy banks,
the Colorado River Mouth for mixed bags of flounder and
black drum, and the Port O'Connor Jays for bull reds.
In Galveston, the beachfront and surf between San Luis Pass
and the pier have been flushed with schooling trout and
ladyfish feeding on morning tide. Best lures right now, soft
(03:19):
plastics like down South lures or gulp in natural shrimp
or chartreuse silver spoons and topwaters at dawn for exciting strikes.
Bring live shrimp or finger mullet. If you want consistent
bites that's the local scoop fish or biting. Tides are
swinging and the water looks great as always. Thanks for
tuning in. Be sure to subscribe for more local fishing
(03:41):
intel to help you stay ahead of the bite. This
has been a quiet police production. For more check out Choir.
Please dot ai
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