September 14, 2025 • 3 mins
Artificial Lure here with your Gulf of Mexico Texas fishing report for Sunday, September 14, 2025.
We’ve had a steamy mid-September day on the upper Texas Coast, with the **sunrise at 7:03am and sunset at 7:25pm**. Anglers hit the water early to beat the midday heat, running lines from Galveston to Freeport.
**Tide conditions:** Texas City saw a **high tide at 3:30am, dropping all the way to a low at 5:26pm**. Tidal movement was strong with a coefficient above 70 per Tides4Fishing, which primed the bite on both the incoming and outgoing swings. Water clarity remained fair inshore, despite those big flows.
**Weather:** It’s been hot and humid, classic late summer on the Gulf, with southerly winds picking up to 10-15 knots by afternoon and a muggy high near 92°F. Skies started partly cloudy but gave way to a few scattered rain showers after lunch.
**Fish activity and catch report:** Captain Experiences confirms **redfish and speckled trout have been the top catches**. Early bite was best – trout took plastics and live shrimp drifting over shell or grass beds in 4-6 feet of water, while reds hammered cut mullet and crab tight to marsh drains. Flounder have started moving as fall approaches, coming around the passes and jetties. Offshore reports are solid, with snapper and kingfish fired up on reefs and rigs – large snapper continue to bend rods, though the season for red snapper is winding down.
**Amounts and types:** This week, several buster schools of slot reds showed up around Bolivar and West Bay, some limits taken by 9am. Trout runs have been scattered, with most boats reporting 6-10 good keepers for a morning effort. The jetty crowd has seen bull reds and the occasional jack crevalle chasing mullet. Deeper offshore, boats working the platforms landed kingfish to 25 pounds, plus lane snapper and a steady pick of mangrove snapper.
**Best baits and lures:**
- **Inshore:** Top live baits have been **shrimp and finger mullet**. Artificial crews are cleaning up with **soft plastics on 1/4 ounce jigheads**, working morning glory or chartreuse under popping corks. For reds, toss **gold spoons or paddle tails** tight to grass.
- **Offshore:** Cut bait or sardines are killing it on bottom setups for snapper and grouper. Trollers are doing best with **deep-diving plugs in blue/silver** for kings.
According to The Hook Up Tackle, Texas anglers are reaching for **Jackall Live Darters and Lucky Craft Pointers**—these realistic jerkbaits shine in clear water and trigger reaction strikes from finicky trout. Don’t sleep on classic **Gulp! shrimp** for consistent action when the bite is tough.
**Hot spots:**
- The mouth of **Dickinson Bayou** is red hot for slot reds on the outgoing tide.
- **San Luis Pass** is firing for flounder and the occasional big spec – use mud minnows, shrimp, or curly-tailed jigs.
- For offshore, the **Galveston 32-mile rigs** are producing on both live bait and vertical jigs, while Freeport’s closer reefs have held steady numbers of kings and snapper.
Local wisdom: Get out early, target moving water where bait is popping, and keep a variety of presentations ready. The afternoon storm risk means it’s wise to keep an eye on the horizon and have rain gear in the boat.
That wraps today’s boots-on-the-dock Texas Gulf report from your pal Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe for more fishing updates, tips, and local know-how.
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We’ve had a steamy mid-September day on the upper Texas Coast, with the **sunrise at 7:03am and sunset at 7:25pm**. Anglers hit the water early to beat the midday heat, running lines from Galveston to Freeport.
**Tide conditions:** Texas City saw a **high tide at 3:30am, dropping all the way to a low at 5:26pm**. Tidal movement was strong with a coefficient above 70 per Tides4Fishing, which primed the bite on both the incoming and outgoing swings. Water clarity remained fair inshore, despite those big flows.
**Weather:** It’s been hot and humid, classic late summer on the Gulf, with southerly winds picking up to 10-15 knots by afternoon and a muggy high near 92°F. Skies started partly cloudy but gave way to a few scattered rain showers after lunch.
**Fish activity and catch report:** Captain Experiences confirms **redfish and speckled trout have been the top catches**. Early bite was best – trout took plastics and live shrimp drifting over shell or grass beds in 4-6 feet of water, while reds hammered cut mullet and crab tight to marsh drains. Flounder have started moving as fall approaches, coming around the passes and jetties. Offshore reports are solid, with snapper and kingfish fired up on reefs and rigs – large snapper continue to bend rods, though the season for red snapper is winding down.
**Amounts and types:** This week, several buster schools of slot reds showed up around Bolivar and West Bay, some limits taken by 9am. Trout runs have been scattered, with most boats reporting 6-10 good keepers for a morning effort. The jetty crowd has seen bull reds and the occasional jack crevalle chasing mullet. Deeper offshore, boats working the platforms landed kingfish to 25 pounds, plus lane snapper and a steady pick of mangrove snapper.
**Best baits and lures:**
- **Inshore:** Top live baits have been **shrimp and finger mullet**. Artificial crews are cleaning up with **soft plastics on 1/4 ounce jigheads**, working morning glory or chartreuse under popping corks. For reds, toss **gold spoons or paddle tails** tight to grass.
- **Offshore:** Cut bait or sardines are killing it on bottom setups for snapper and grouper. Trollers are doing best with **deep-diving plugs in blue/silver** for kings.
According to The Hook Up Tackle, Texas anglers are reaching for **Jackall Live Darters and Lucky Craft Pointers**—these realistic jerkbaits shine in clear water and trigger reaction strikes from finicky trout. Don’t sleep on classic **Gulp! shrimp** for consistent action when the bite is tough.
**Hot spots:**
- The mouth of **Dickinson Bayou** is red hot for slot reds on the outgoing tide.
- **San Luis Pass** is firing for flounder and the occasional big spec – use mud minnows, shrimp, or curly-tailed jigs.
- For offshore, the **Galveston 32-mile rigs** are producing on both live bait and vertical jigs, while Freeport’s closer reefs have held steady numbers of kings and snapper.
Local wisdom: Get out early, target moving water where bait is popping, and keep a variety of presentations ready. The afternoon storm risk means it’s wise to keep an eye on the horizon and have rain gear in the boat.
That wraps today’s boots-on-the-dock Texas Gulf report from your pal Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe for more fishing updates, tips, and local know-how.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Artificial lore. Here with your Gulf of Mexico, Texas fishing
report for Sunday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty five. We've had
a steamy mid September day on the Upper Texas coast,
with the sunrise at seven zero three am and sunset
at seven to twenty five pm. Non tizer and D
sixteen anglers hit the water early to beat the midday heat,
running lines from Galveston to Freeport. Tide conditions Texas City
(00:23):
saw high tide at three thirty am, dropping all the
way to a low at five twenty six pm. Tidal
movement was strong, with a coefficient above seventy per tide
tides four fishing, which primed the bite on both the
incoming and outgoing swings. Water clarity remained fair and sure
despite those big flows. Rather, it's been hot and humid,
(00:44):
classic late summer on the Gulf, with southerly winds picking
up to ten to fifteen knots by afternoon and a
muggy high near ninety two degrees fairneight sky started partly cloudy,
but gave way to a few scattered rain showers after lunch.
Fish activity and catch report, Captain experiences confirms redfish and
speckled trout have bend the top catches. Early bite was best.
(01:05):
Trout took plastics in live shrimp drifting over shell or
grass beds in four to six feet of water, while
reds hammered cut mullet and crab tight to marshtrains. Flounder
have started moving his fall approaches coming around the passes
and jetties. Offshore reports are solid, with snapper and kingfish
fired up on recent rigs. Large snapper continue to bend
(01:27):
rods go. The season for red snapper is winding down
all mounts and types. This week, several buster schools of
slot reds showed up around Bolivar in West Bay, some
limits taken by nine am. Drought runs have been scattered,
with most boats reporting six to ten good keepers for
a morning effort. The jetti crowd has seen bull reds
(01:48):
and the occasional jack kraval chasing mullet deeper. Offshore boats
working the platforms landed kingfish to twenty five pounds plus
lane snapper and a steady pick of mangrove snap Inshore,
top live baits have been shrimp and finger mullet. Artificial
crews are cleaning up with soft plastics on one quarter.
(02:08):
Ount's jigheads working mortinglory or chartrews under popping corks for reds.
Toss gold spoons or paddle tails tight to grass. Offshore,
cut bait or sardines are killing it on bottom setups
for snapper and grouper. Trollers are doing best with deep
diving plugs in blue silver for kings. According to the
(02:31):
Hookup Tackle, Texas anglers are reaching for jackal, live darters
and lucky craft pointers. These realistic jerk baits shine in
clear water and trigger reaction strikes from finicky trout. Don't
sleep on classic gulp shrimp for consistent action when the
bite is tough hotspots. The mouth of Dickinson Bayu is
(02:55):
red hot for slot reds on the outgoing tide. Doctor
sand Lewis Pass is firing for flounder and the occasional
big spec use mudmnnows, shrimp or curly tailed jigs for
offshore the dolphin. Thirty two mile rigs are producing on
both live bait and vertical jigs. While Freeport's closer reefs
have held steady numbers of kings and snabber. Local wisdom
(03:19):
get out early, target moving water where bait is popping,
and keep a variety of presentations ready. The afternoon storm
risk means it's wise to keep an eye on the
horizon and have rain gear in the boat that wraps
today's boots on the dock. Texas Gulf report from your
pal Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don't forget
to subscribe for more fishing updates, tips and local know how.
(03:53):
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
out quiet Please dot ai
Artificial lore. Here with your Gulf of Mexico, Texas fishing
report for Sunday, September fourteenth, twenty twenty five. We've had
a steamy mid September day on the Upper Texas coast,
with the sunrise at seven zero three am and sunset
at seven to twenty five pm. Non tizer and D
sixteen anglers hit the water early to beat the midday heat,
running lines from Galveston to Freeport. Tide conditions Texas City
(00:23):
saw high tide at three thirty am, dropping all the
way to a low at five twenty six pm. Tidal
movement was strong, with a coefficient above seventy per tide
tides four fishing, which primed the bite on both the
incoming and outgoing swings. Water clarity remained fair and sure
despite those big flows. Rather, it's been hot and humid,
(00:44):
classic late summer on the Gulf, with southerly winds picking
up to ten to fifteen knots by afternoon and a
muggy high near ninety two degrees fairneight sky started partly cloudy,
but gave way to a few scattered rain showers after lunch.
Fish activity and catch report, Captain experiences confirms redfish and
speckled trout have bend the top catches. Early bite was best.
(01:05):
Trout took plastics in live shrimp drifting over shell or
grass beds in four to six feet of water, while
reds hammered cut mullet and crab tight to marshtrains. Flounder
have started moving his fall approaches coming around the passes
and jetties. Offshore reports are solid, with snapper and kingfish
fired up on recent rigs. Large snapper continue to bend
(01:27):
rods go. The season for red snapper is winding down
all mounts and types. This week, several buster schools of
slot reds showed up around Bolivar in West Bay, some
limits taken by nine am. Drought runs have been scattered,
with most boats reporting six to ten good keepers for
a morning effort. The jetti crowd has seen bull reds
(01:48):
and the occasional jack kraval chasing mullet deeper. Offshore boats
working the platforms landed kingfish to twenty five pounds plus
lane snapper and a steady pick of mangrove snap Inshore,
top live baits have been shrimp and finger mullet. Artificial
crews are cleaning up with soft plastics on one quarter.
(02:08):
Ount's jigheads working mortinglory or chartrews under popping corks for reds.
Toss gold spoons or paddle tails tight to grass. Offshore,
cut bait or sardines are killing it on bottom setups
for snapper and grouper. Trollers are doing best with deep
diving plugs in blue silver for kings. According to the
(02:31):
Hookup Tackle, Texas anglers are reaching for jackal, live darters
and lucky craft pointers. These realistic jerk baits shine in
clear water and trigger reaction strikes from finicky trout. Don't
sleep on classic gulp shrimp for consistent action when the
bite is tough hotspots. The mouth of Dickinson Bayu is
(02:55):
red hot for slot reds on the outgoing tide. Doctor
sand Lewis Pass is firing for flounder and the occasional
big spec use mudmnnows, shrimp or curly tailed jigs for
offshore the dolphin. Thirty two mile rigs are producing on
both live bait and vertical jigs. While Freeport's closer reefs
have held steady numbers of kings and snabber. Local wisdom
(03:19):
get out early, target moving water where bait is popping,
and keep a variety of presentations ready. The afternoon storm
risk means it's wise to keep an eye on the
horizon and have rain gear in the boat that wraps
today's boots on the dock. Texas Gulf report from your
pal Artificial Lure. Thanks for tuning in and don't forget
to subscribe for more fishing updates, tips and local know how.
(03:53):
This has been a quiet please production. For more check
out quiet Please dot ai
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