Coastal Texas Fishing Report: Redfish, Trout, and Flounder Hotspots

Artificial Lure here, bringing you your Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 fishing report for the Texas Gulf Coast—from Galveston down to Corpus, including hot local tips and real catch data. Sun is rising at 7:37AM and setting around 6:47PM today. Right now we’re looking at a post-frontal crisp morning with clear skies. Winds are swinging from the north—about 8 to 12 mph—keeping humidity low and pushing bait shallow in protected bays, marshes, and cuts. The water is coolest at dawn and warming through the afternoon, giving those predator fish some urgency around the bite windows. Tidewise, Corpus Christi hits low at 1:26PM and your next big push is tonight after sundown. The tidal coefficient is moderate, around 40–70 across the coast; currents will be heaviest near jetties and bayou drains by afternoon, but overall range is less than earlier in the month. Moving water is crucial for making fish feed—best window is sunrise, and then again late afternoon as outgoing tides get those baitfish flushed into the open. Recent catches have been hot for **redfish**, **speckled trout**, and **flounder**. Upper Laguna and Bird Island have schools of reds, especially cruising shallows along windward banks. Trout are sitting pretty over grass beds and potholes, hitting hard at first light. Flounder numbers are building by the drains and flats, getting ready to push out for the fall run. Over at the Texas City Dike, the marsh drains and channel edges are trout magnets, especially when the water’s “trout green” and birds are diving. There’s also a solid black drum and sheepshead bite around the pilings and rocky points. Live bait is king in these temps: **live shrimp** under a popping cork for trout, **finger mullet** or **mud minnows** tight to the bottom for reds and flounder. Artificial action is great, especially early—throw **soft plastics** (paddle tails or shrimp imitations) in natural colors when water’s clear, chartreuse when it’s stained. **Gold spoons** work wonders on reds along wind-blown shorelines, and topwaters like the Super Spook Junior or Skitter Walk are deadly right at sunrise when water is slick. Use **1/8–1/4 oz jigheads**—drift plastics across potholes and over shell, especially at Packery Channel, JFK Causeway spoil islands, and the windward side of Laguna. Power-drift along Texas City Dike casting parallel upstream so lures tumble naturally through eddies. If you see birds working, match the hatch with smaller swimbaits like Z-Man MinnowZ or Strike King paddle tails. Hot Spots for today: - **Packery Channel (~Corpus):** Reds in the shallows, trout pushing into wind edges. - **Texas City Dike:** Trout stack on green water channel edges, flounder built up near marsh drains. - **Bird Island Flats:** Reds prowling on the hunt when winds hit from the north. - **West Bay Galveston:** Bird action means trout and slot reds under slicks and bait flips. Local tip: fish edges, not the middle, and work slow on the drop—the cooler water keeps bait This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.