LOCATION: East Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Hanna’s Reef
GPS: N 29 28.471, W 94 43.251
(29.4745, -94.7209)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOlure Lil John
CONTACT: Capt. Mike Losoya
409-939-8311
captainmike@getbitgalveston.com
getbitgalveson.com
TIPS: Captain Losoya will be fishing over shallow dark mud close to deeper shell pads, reefs, and the north shore line if the wind comes up. They are usually holding up on mud early in the morning. Look for bait action.
LOCATION: East Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Deep Reef
GPS: N 29 30.802, W 94 40.581
(29.5134, -94.6764)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOlure Lil John
CONTACT: Capt. Mike Losoya
409-939-8311
captainmike@getbitgalveston.com
getbitgalveson.com
TIPS: Favorite baits: 3- 3 1/2 inch, MirrOlure Lil John in Golden Bream and Water Melon Red Sparkle with 1/8 oz. jig head…They make an XL that is four or five inches, but I usually have problems with short strikes.
LOCATION: East Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: North Shoreline
GPS: N 29 33.144, W 94 37.785
(29.5524, -94.6298)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: MirrOlure Lil John and Paul Brown Soft Dog
CONTACT: Capt. Mike Losoya
409-939-8311
captainmike@getbitgalveston.com
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TIPS: For the redfish I work the shoreline, grasslines throwing the Paul Brown Soft Dog topwater.
LOCATION: East Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Anahuac Shoreline
GPS: N 29 33.573, W 94 32.266
(29.5596, -94.5378)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: MirrOlure Lil John and Paul Brown Soft Dog
CONTACT: Capt. Mike Losoya
409-939-8311
captainmike@getbitgalveston.com
getbitgalveson.com
TIPS: I usually just bump a soft plastic along the bottom. They are still pretty lethargic in March.
LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Tide Gauge
GPS: N 29 28.179, W 94 41.941
(29.4697, -94.6990)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOdine XL soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Paul Marcaccio
281-788-4041
captainmike@getbitgalveston.com
getbitgalveson.com
TIPS: Favorite colors in soft plastics are Texas Chicken…any of the natural colors.
LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Tire and Tong Reef
GPS: N 29 32.232, W 94 30.351
(29.5372, -94.5059)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOdine XL soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Paul Marcaccio
281-788-4041
captainpaul@gofishgalveston.com
TIPS: Capt. Marcaccio likes a larger soft plastic when fishing for big trout. His choice is the Big Minnow XL by Texas Tackle Factory.
LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Frozen Point
GPS: N 29 32.42, W 94 31.361
(29.5403, -94.5227)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwater baits
CONTACT: Capt. Paul Marcaccio
281-788-4041
captainpaul@gofishgalveston.com
TIPS: I always downside my topwater baits in March, but in rougher water conditions I would suggest a bigger bait, such as a Super Spook…a little bigger rattle which might help the trout find the bait.
LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: Starvation Cove
GPS: N 29 14.221, W 94 56.409
(29.2370, -94.9402)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOdine XL soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Paul Marcaccio
281-788-4041
captainpaul@gofishgalveston.com
TIPS: Capt. Marcaccio advises to fish any of the coves in West Bay. Fish drains, north or south shoreline, where ever you see bait movement.
LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: Snake Island Cove
GPS: N 29 9.565, W 95 2.215
(29.1594, -95.0369)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: MirrOdine XL soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Paul Marcaccio
281-788-4041
captainpaul@gofishgalveston.com
TIPS: Capt. Marcaccio will be wade fishing targeting big trout. In drift fishing you tend to drift over the fish instead of staying on them.
LOCATION: Matagorda
HOTSPOT: Colorado River at Selkirk Island
GPS: N 28 45.333, W 95 59.381
(28.7556, -95.9897)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: During March, if we get some cold weather, the trout and redfish will move up the Colorado River, said Capt. Sloan. Around Selkirk Island is a popular spot on the river to find fish.
LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Raymond Landing Shoals
GPS: N 28 40.449, W 95 53.21
(28.6742, -95.8868)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: Capt. Sloan uses either live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, Down South soft plastic shrimp tails. Favorite colors on the shrimp tails are Texas Roach and plum/chartreuse. White for some reason works really well at any time of the year.
LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Old Gulf Cut
GPS: N 28 42.919, W 95 53.21
(28.7153, -95.8868)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: If Capt. Sloan is fishing over shell, he uses a 1/16 oz. jig head, worked real slow.
LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Boiler Bayou
GPS: N 28 38.685, W 95 54.067
(28.6448, -95.9011)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: Sometimes in March the spring migration of shrimp is taking place, and the birds will be working over the shrimp. He then switches to a 3/8 oz. jig head.
LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Tripod
GPS: N 28 40.147, W 95 54.813
(28.6691, -95.9136)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: You catch the little trout up on the top, but if you get past them you will find big redfish hanging out under them.
LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Twin Island Reef
GPS: N 28 38.828, W 96 2.425
(28.6471, -96.0404)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: Whenever we get a big flooding rain it will push all the bait fish out of the river into West Matagorda Bay.
LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Shell Island Reef
GPS: N 28 37.788, W 96 3.903
(28.6298, -96.0651)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: Wherever the freshwater ends and saltwater starts is where all the bait will be and the trout and redfish.
LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Culver’s Cut
GPS: N 28 39.349, W 96 0.509
(28.6558, -96.0085)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout and Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork, or Down South soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Stan Sloan
832-693-4292
TIPS: If that happens, I will be fishing the south shoreline, drifting instead of wade fishing.
LOCATION: Sabine Lake
HOTSPOT: East Pass 29
GPS: N 29 59.027, W 93 46.582
(29.9838, -93.7764)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters and soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Bill Watkins
409-673-9211
www.fishsabinelake.net
TIPS: Capt. Watkins starts his day with a topwater bait and then switches off to soft plastics as the sun comes up. He says colors is that important on the soft plastics. More important is the action of the bait.
LOCATION: Port Aransas
HOTSPOT: Upper Estes Flats
GPS: N 27 57.058, W 97 5.331
(27.9510, -97.0889)
SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live or dead cut bait
CONTACT: Capt. Len Jones
361-779-9144
lenjonesguideservice.com
TIPS: Some kind of dead bait, live or dead shrimp is usually pretty good in March.
LOCATION: Port Aransas
HOTSPOT: South Bay
GPS: N 27 53.459, W 97 5.789
(27.8910, -97.0965)
SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live or dead cut bait
CONTACT: Capt. Len Jones
361-779-9144
lenjonesguideservice.com
TIPS: Estes Flats, Dagger Island, South Bay … any of the flats will usually produce redfish.
LOCATION: Port Aransas
HOTSPOT: Dagger Flats
GPS: N 27 49.754, W 97 10.61
(27.8292, -97.1768)
SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live or dead cut bait
CONTACT: Capt. Len Jones
361-779-9144
lenjonesguideservice.com
TIPS: Capt. Jones is fishing on the bottom. He doesn’t use any weight with live bait…let them swim around.
LOCATION: Port Aransas
HOTSPOT: Mustang Point/Ship Channel
GPS: N 27 51.007, W 97 3.772
(27.8501, -97.0629)
SPECIES: Black Drum
BEST BAITS: Live or dead cut bait
CONTACT: Capt. Len Jones
361-779-9144
lenjonesguideservice.com
TIPS: Capt. Jones is fishing for redfish off the point and then black drum in the Ship Channel
LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Peyton’s Bay
GPS: N 26 25.948, W 97 22.269
(26.4325, -97.3712)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Skitter Walk topwater
CONTACT: Capt. Joseph Prado
956-357-1301
TIPS: I like to throw a white or pink Skitter Walk because they make good noise. Tequila Gold in a Norton Bull Minnow is a good color for trout.
LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Rattlesnake Bay
GPS: N 26 19.199, W 97 20.400
(26.3199, -97.3399)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Norton Bull Minnow
CONTACT: Capt. Joseph Prado
956-357-1301
TIPS: Capt. Prado said he likes to wade shorelines with muddy bottoms because the fish are trying to warm up.
LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Green Island
GPS: N 26 23.212, W 97 19.305
(26.3869, -97.3218)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Norton Bull Minnow
CONTACT: Capt. Joseph Prado
956-357-1301
TIPS: Throw a Norton Bull Minnow, weedless, and work the lure real slow through the grass.
LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Caballo Island
GPS: N 26 17.162, W 97 18.308
(26.2860, -97.3051)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Saltwater Assassin soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Joseph Prado
956-357-1301
TIPS: The size of the lure changes from January through March…they get bigger, said Capt. Prado. He likes the Big Minnow XL.
LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Bird Island
GPS: N 26 21.494, W 97 19.233
(26.3582, -97.3206)
SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Berkley Gulp under a popping cork
CONTACT: Capt. Joseph Prado
956-357-1301
TIPS: If the trout action is slow, try using Gulp under a popping cork in deeper green water. Capt. Prado says they have caught a lot of good redfish this way.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: The Badlands
GPS: N 27 18.228, W 97 24.338
(27.3038, -97.4056)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: March is big trophy trout time along the Texas coast. Baffin Bay has always been a rewarder for the angler willing to get out of the boat and wade fish.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: The Badlands South
GPS: N 27 17.152, W 97 25.053
(27.2859, -97.4176)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: Capt. Castillo number one spot is anywhere around the Badlands, although he says he might venture over to Yarborough, Lost Slough and the Land Cut.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Green 9
GPS: N 27 15.942, W 97 27.401
(27.2657, -97.4567)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: Big trout don’t get big by being dumb. I generally get my clients out in a line, and we walk down 80-100 yards away from the boat before we start casting.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Tide Gauge Bar
GPS: N 27 18.388, W 97 27.54
(27.3065, -97.4590)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: Capt. Castillo and his clients are wading water between a foot to three feet deep. If I’m past my waist in water I’m fishing too deep.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Rocks at 4
GPS: N 27 16.599, W 97 25.003
(27.2767, -97.4167)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: He starts his day off by throwing topwaters, then shifting to Corkies as the sun comes up, and finishes with soft plastics.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: North of Carrallos Shoreline
GPS: N 27 15.162, W 97 29.177
(27.2527, -97.4863)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: His favorite colors for topwaters are pink/chrome, Halloween and bone.
LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Black Bluff Barr
GPS: N 27 14.166, W 97 31.067
(27.2361, -97.5178)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: Fan cast … starting at your right and moving to your left, take 10 steps, and start over again.
LOCATION: Cayo del Grullo
HOTSPOT: Neubauer Point Rock
GPS: N 27 18.134, W 97 39.07
(27.3022, -97.6512)
SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, Corkies, soft plastics
CONTACT: Capt. Javi Castillo
361-815-4865
TIPS: If you don’t have a white color bait in your tackle bag, then you’re doing something wrong.
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