Upper Texas Coast

HotSPOTLight: San Jacinto River

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LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay
HOTSPOT: Rattlesnake Point
GPS: N 29 1.578, W 95 12.793
(29.0263, -95.2132)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, topwaters
TIPS: Best plastic choices are Norton Sand Eels, Trout Killers; for topwaters, go with a Top Dog.

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LOCATION: Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Pasadena Reef
GPS: N 29 28.2, W 94 49.22
(29.4700 -94.8203)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics
TIPS: Drift slicks early with red soft plastics, slow retrieve off bottom; morning through afternoon.

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LOCATION: Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Redfish Island South
GPS: N 29 30.22, W 94 52.547
(29.5037 -94.8758)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Croaker, soft plastics
TIPS: Live croakers, Kelly Wiggler soft plastics work best here. Watch for ship wakes; early morning is best.

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LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Pig Pen
GPS: N 29 25.176, W 94 44.116
(29.4196 -94.7353)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: 1/4-1/2 oz. gold spoons, topwaters
TIPS: Work grass, look for bait activity; dawn through morning.

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LOCATION: Galveston Trinity Bay
HOTSPOT: Gas Wells
GPS: N 29 42.984, W 94 43.14
(29.7164 -94.7190)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Slammin Chicken Paddle Tail
TIPS: Fish with moving tide; dawn through afternoon.

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LOCATION: Galveston Trinity Bay
HOTSPOT: Pasadena Reef 1
GPS: N 29 28.114, W 94 49.192
(29.4686 -94.8199)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Soft plastic, 3/8 jig head
TIPS: Be careful of ship wakes; fish early, late.

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LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: Chocolate Bay Shoreline
GPS: N 29 10.392, W 95 9.005
(29.1732 -95.1501)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, live bait
TIPS: Areas with small baitfish normally have big trout; fishing is good here all day.

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LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: North Shoreline
GPS: N 29 14.315, W 95 0.677
(29.2386 -95.0113)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, live bait
TIPS: Work the grass shoreline; dawn through morn, afternoon through dusk.

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LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Boggy Cut
GPS: N 28 44.043, W 95 49.658
(28.7341 -95.8276)

SPECIES: Flounder
BEST BAITS: Mud minnows, finger mullet
TIPS: This spot produces best with moving tides; midday.

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LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: St. Mary’s Bayou
GPS: N 28 39.786, W 95 57.432
(28.6631, -95.9572)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Mirrolure 52
TIPS: Fish the scattered and solid shell on the bottom; dawn-morning, dusk-night.

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LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Mad Island Reef
GPS: N 28 37.211, W 96 5.783
(28.6202, -96.0964)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Shrimp, croaker
TIPS: Freeline shrimp or croaker. Anchor near the reef and cast the area; dawn-morning, dusk.

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LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Tres Palacios Bay
GPS: N 28 42.452, W 96 12.346
(28.7075, -96.2058)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, soft plastics
TIPS: Wade the shoreline and hit guts and sand pockets; dawn-morning, afternoon.

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LOCATION: Sabine Lake
HOTSPOT: Flats
GPS: N 29 56.404, W 93 50.919
(29.9401 -93.8487)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Slow sinkers
TIPS: Drift the flat, look for sand holes, nervous mullet, grass.

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LOCATION: Sabine Lake
HOTSPOT: Stewt’s Island
GPS: N 29 58.159, W 93 50.782
(29.9693 -93.8464)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Mullet, soft plastics
TIPS: Fish Stanley Wedgetails, jig-tipped shrimp, finger mullet.

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