Lower Texas Coast

HotSPOTLight: GLADYS HOLE AREA

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LOCATION: Arroyo Colorado
HOTSPOT: Horse Head Island
GPS: N 26 20.258, W 97 19.896
(26.3376 -97.3316)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, spoons
TIPS: Wade shoreline south to north in a zig zag fashion, looking for the zone; dawn through morning.

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: Cat Head
GPS: N 27 18.382, W 97 26.263
(27.3064 -97.4377)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Croaker
TIPS: Fish outside the edge of the rocks with live croaker, let sink to bottom; dawn through midday

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LOCATION: Baffin Bay
HOTSPOT: East Kelberg
GPS: N 27 16.259, W 97 29.976
(27.2710 -97.4996)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, live bait
TIPS: Anchor on rocks’ outer edge with live bait, or fish topwaters in shallows; dawn through morning.

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: El Realto Bay
GPS: N 26 15.354, W 97 18.4649
(26.2559 -97.3078)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker
TIPS: The deeper water further south, 3-4 feet deep. Also, the water has more color, greener.

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Long Bar
GPS: N 26 8.592, W 97 14.2249
(26.1432 -97.2371)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Live Croaker
TIPS: In July, you should be fishing further south with live croaker, always looking for the big trout.

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LOCATION: Lower Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: South Bay
GPS: N 26 1.785, W 97 11.0109
(26.0298, -97.1835)

SPECIES: Black Drum
BEST BAITS: Live Shrimp, Gulp! Shrimp in New Penny, Pearl
TIPS: Fish the drop-offs and channel edges with bottom rigs with live or dead shrimp. Free shrimping rigs also work. A transient snook might also strike your offering. Bounce a Gulp! Shrimp on the bottom.

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LOCATION: Middle Ground
HOTSPOT: Gladys’ Hole
GPS: N 26 49.038, W 97 30.45
(26.8173 -97.5075)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Soft plastics, topwaters, live bait
TIPS: At high tide and at low tide drift the mid bay; dawn thru midday; dawn through midday.

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LOCATION: Middle Ground
HOTSPOT: Jones Cut
GPS: N 26 44.3, W 97 25.636
(26.7383 -97.4273)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters, soft plastics
TIPS: Freeline and drift the break with topwaters or soft plastics; dawn through midday.

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LOCATION: Middle Ground
HOTSPOT: Rincon de San Jose
GPS: N 26 46.837, W 97 28.481
(26.7806, -97.4747)

SPECIES: Redfish
BEST BAITS: Topwaters
TIPS: Wade potholes near shore, be there at daylight; dawn through morning.