FORECAST CENTER: Saltwater Hotspots – Lower Coast – September-October 2025

Lower Texas Coast

HotSPOTLight: Arroyo Colorado

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LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: White Sand East of Green Island
GPS: N 26 23.226, W 97 19.173
(26.3871 -97.3196)

Arroyo Colorado: White Sand East of Green Island

SPECIES: Redfish
Best Baits: Soft plastics
TIPS: Wade or drift the crystal-clear water, sight cast to reds; the fishing here is good all day.

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LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: North Point
GPS: N 26 21.408, W 97 20.921
(26.3568 -97.3487)

Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: North Point

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
Best Baits: Live bait
TIPS: Freeline live bait, fish from pier under lights; dawn, dusk through night.

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Compuerta Pass
GPS: N 27 19.503, W 97 24.425
(27.3251 -97.4071)

Baffin Bay: Compuerta Pass

SPECIES: Redfish
Best Baits: Shrimp, topwaters
TIPS: Wade or drift shallows along the shoreline with shrimp or topwaters; morning through midday.

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: East Kleberg Point
GPS: N 27 16.3, W 97 30.46
(27.2717 -97.5077)

Baffin Bay: East Kleberg Point

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
Best Baits: Corkies, soft plastics in dark color patterns
TIPS: Fish the rocks that are off the point in deeper water. Fish Corkies and eel-style soft plastics on light (1/16th ounce) jigheads.

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LOCATION: ICW Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Cullen Bay Channel
GPS: N 26 15.6, W 97 17.415
(26.2600 -97.2903)

ICW Lower Laguna Madre: Cullen Bay Channel

SPECIES: Redfish
Best Baits: Topwaters or soft plastics
TIPS: Watch where they are bubbling up. The fish get on top and start bubbling water. When you see that you know the fish are there. Capt. Garcia

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Land Cut mouth
GPS: N 26 48.6139, W 97 28.1399
(26.8102 -97.4690)

Lower Laguna Madre: Land Cut mouth

SPECIES: Speckled trout
Best Baits: Corkies, big topwater artificials, live croaker and live piggy perch
TIPS: Fish a chatter weight is available in multiple colors. My favorite is the smaller weight in Hot Pink.

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LOCATION: Middle Ground
HOTSPOT: Murdock Flats
GPS: N 27 11.589, W 97 23.476
(27.1932 -97.3913)

Middle Ground: Murdock Flats

SPECIES: Redfish
Best Baits: Wade or drift shallows along shoreline w shrimp, Topwaters; dawn thru midday
TIPS: Wade or drift shallows along shoreline w shrimp, Topwaters; dawn through midday.

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