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  • Originally published May 21, 2008 at 3:44 p.m., updated May 21, 2008 at 3:44 p.m.

EAST GALVESTON BAY

Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on She Pups and plum Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers. Trout are fair to good in the Ship Channel on live croaker. Trout, Redfish and black drum are fair to good on live shrimp on the reefs.

WEST GALVESTON BAY

Trout are fair to good off the spoil banks on live croakers and free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair from the beachfront piers on glow plastics at night.

TEXAS CITY

Trout are fair to good on live croaker on the Dollar Flats. Redfish and black drum are good in Moses Lake. Trout, flounder, black drum, redfish and gafftop are fair to good at night from the piers on live shrimp and squid.

FREEPORT

Trout, sand trout and sheepshead are good at the Surfside and Quintana jetty on live shrimp. Trout and redfish are fair to good at San Luis Pass on live shrimp, topwaters, gold spoons and soft plastics.

EAST MATAGORDA

Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on pumpkinseed and plum Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Sand Eels and live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on the shell and near the grass on live shrimp under a popping cork and finger mullet.

MATAGORDA

Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on red shad and black/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Norton Sand Eels and Trout Killers. Redfish are fair to good in Oyster Lake on live shrimp.

PORT O'CONNOR

Trout are fair to good on live croakers in Espiritu Santo Bay. Trout are good on the grass and sand flats on pumpkinseed/chartreuse and pepper/chartreuse Sand Eel Jrs., Trout Killers and Bass Assassins. Trout, black drum, sheepshead and redfish are good at the jetty on live shrimp and mullet.

ROCKPORT

Trout are good on the outside of Traylor Island and on the Estes Flats on live croakers and plum Sand Eels, Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Stanley Wedgetails. Redfish are good around Allyn's Bight on live shrimp and topwaters.

PORT ARANSAS

Trout are good around the North Jetty on croakers and pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Hogies and Norton Sand Eels. Offshore is good for red snapper, dorado, amberjack and kingfish.

CORPUS CHRISTI

Trout and redfish are good on live shrimp and croaker around the spoil banks and on the shell in Nueces Bay. Redfish are good around the shell on live shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY

Trout are fair to good around the rocks and around Rocky Slough on plum, limetreuse and plum Trout Killers, Sand Eels, Bass Assassins and croakers. Trout are fair to good on shrimp and plastics on the grass beds in the Land Cut.

PORT MANSFIELD

Trout, redfish and flounder are fair to good on live bait in the Intracoastal. Redfish are good on bone Top Dogs and She Dogs in West Bay. Trout are good on live shrimp, topwaters and pepper/chartreuse shrimptails on the grass humps and guts.

SOUTH PADRE

Trout and redfish are fair to good on plum plastics and live shrimp at Three Island. Trout, jack crevalle and Spanish mackerel are showing at the jetty. Trout and redfish are good while drifting the flats on pumpkinseed/chartreuse Bass Assassins, Trout Killers, Hogies and Super Spook Jrs.

PORT ISABEL

Trout are fair to good on DOA Shrimp, Trout Killers, Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and live shrimp under a popping cork while drifting sand and grass. Trout and redfish are fair to good at Holly Beach on plum Bass Assassins, Sand Eels and Trout Killers.



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