Upper Texas Coast

HotSPOTLight: Upper Sabine Lake

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LOCATION: Christmas/Bastrop Bay
HOTSPOT: Cox Lake
GPS: N 29 4.488, W 95 13.952
(29.0748, -95.2325)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Spoons, topwaters, live bait
TIPS: Fish topwaters, gold spoons, crabs, or mullet.

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LOCATION: Galveston 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, be careful of ship wakes
TIPS: Fish soft plastic with a 3/8 jig head—be careful of ship wakes; fish early, late.

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LOCATION: Galveston Bay
HOTSPOT: Redfish Island North
GPS: N 29 30.49, W 94 53.144
(29.5082 -94.8857)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Shrimp, croaker
TIPS: Drift and work the reef top and edges with live shrimp or croakers; fish here early.

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LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Bull Shoals
GPS: N 29 28.716, W 94 44.424
(29.4786 -94.7404)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live and artificial redfish bait
TIPS: Drift shallow reef on the southeast corner of the island, hit reef edges; dawn through dusk

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LOCATION: Galveston East Bay
HOTSPOT: Little Pasture Bayou
GPS: N 29 31.254, W 94 32.3179
(29.5209 -94.5386)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters
TIPS: Fish topwaters early such as the She Pup or the Baby Spooks. Good colors are black, chrome and chartreuse. Slow presentation, just barely walk it.

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LOCATION: Galveston Trinity Bay
HOTSPOT: Exxon C Lease
GPS: N 29 40.446, W 94 45.5789
(29.6741 -94.7597)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Weedless Gold Spoon
TIPS: A weedless gold spoon, quarter ounce will pull redfish from grass flats.

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LOCATION: Galveston Trinity Bay
HOTSPOT: Gas Wells
GPS: N 29 42.9829, W 94 43.138
(29.7164 -94.7190)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Slammin Chicken Paddle Tail
TIPS: The deep-water bite is always a good thing for catching numbers of trout in East Bay or Trinity Bay.

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LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: Chocolate Bayou Cove
GPS: N 29 12.4476, W 95 11.5458
(29.2075 -95.1924)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Soft Plastics
TIPS: Anglers will start to see a whole lot more schooling activity with redfish feeding, chasing around groups of shrimp.

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LOCATION: Galveston West Bay
HOTSPOT: Dana Cove
GPS: N 29 12.7669, W 94 58.305
(29.2128 -94.9718)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Sea Shad soft plastic on a weighted worm hook
TIPS: For the angler who is hunting the isolated single trophy, he will pull them off shallow water, but not typically numbers of big trout.

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LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Boggy Flat
GPS: N 28 44.029, W 95 49.116
(28.7338, -95.8186)

SPECIES: Flounder
BEST BAITS: Flounder pounder, mullet
TIPS: Good gigging here if you are wading; midday-afternoon.

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LOCATION: Matagorda East Bay
HOTSPOT: Catchall Basin Flats
GPS: N 28 43.7719, W 95 45.562
(28.7295, -95.7594)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Weedless Gold Spoon
TIPS: On the deeper edges of the grass flats there will be still pretty decent numbers of redfish feeding, not visible, but grouped up, slicking along a drop-off.

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LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Cottons
GPS: N 28 30.45, W 96 12.3816
(28.5075, -96.2064)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters and soft plastics
TIPS: Start the day wading until you find fish. Early morning they are going to be shallow. Getting into mid-morning, and it gets hotter.

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LOCATION: Matagorda West Bay
HOTSPOT: Mad Island Lake
GPS: N 28 38.144, W 96 6.882
(28.6357 -96.1147)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Spoons, soft plastics
TIPS: Wade or anchor with gold spoons or Junebug soft plastics; dawn-morning, afternoon-dusk.

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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: Soft Plastics
TIPS: By August anglers should be able to find trout in just about anywhere. Just look for the bird action.

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LOCATION: Sabine Lake
HOTSPOT: Hickory Cove
GPS: N 29 58.643, W 93 49.49
(29.9774 -93.8248)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Live bait
TIPS: Fish live shrimp or finger mullet.

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Location: Sabine Lake
Hotspot: Jetties
GPS: N 29 38.6029, W 93 49.584
(29.6434, -93.8264)

Species: Speckled Trout
Best Baits: 3 inch Swimming Shad soft plastic
Tips: Fish the channel side of the jetties when there is slow moving water. Fish the Gulf side on fast moving water.

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