Springtime Speckled Trout and Redfish Blitz on the Texas Gulf Coast

Howdy y'all, Artificial Lure here with your Gulf Coast Texas fishing report for March 15, 2025. We've got a beautiful day shaping up with light winds out of the southeast at 5-10 mph and partly cloudy skies. Water temps are sitting around 68 degrees. Sunrise was at 7:28 AM and sunset will be at 7:27 PM. Tides are running about normal for this time of year. We've got a high tide coming in at 5:03 AM and 4:53 PM, with lows at 11:04 AM and 11:14 PM. Fishing has been on fire lately, especially for speckled trout and redfish. We're seeing good numbers of 2-4 pound trout being caught on soft plastics like the Saltwater Assassin in chicken-on-a-chain color. For reds, gold spoons and topwater plugs like the She Dog have been killer. Offshore, kingfish are starting to show up in good numbers. Trolling with Rapala X-Raps or live bait has been the ticket. A few early season cobia have also been spotted around the oil rigs. As for bait, live shrimp is always a safe bet this time of year. But if you're throwing artificials, I'd make sure to have some paddletails, jerkbaits, and topwaters in your box. For hot spots, I'd recommend hitting the jetties at Galveston for some bull reds or trying your luck at East Galveston Bay for some fat specks. The Bolivar gas wells have also been producing some nice trout. All in all, fishing is heating up nicely as we head into spring. Get out there and wet a line! Tight lines, y'all! This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.