Texas Coast Fishing Report: Reds, Trout, Sheepshead Biting Strong in the Upper Gulf

Artificial Lure here with your Gulf of Mexico, Texas fishing report for Friday, June 20, 2025. Sunrise kicked off at 6:21 AM and sunset’s coming up at 8:24 PM, so there’s plenty of daylight to get lines in the water. Tides today are on the move: high at 6:16 AM, low at 11:29 AM, another high around 4:00 PM, and then it falls to a low right before midnight. These steady swings mean baitfish will be stacking up in drains and channels—prime time for morning and evening bites, especially around passes and jetties. Water temps are hovering right around 80 degrees under mostly sunny skies with a mild breeze, making conditions about as fishy as it gets for June on the Texas coast. The hot bite continues all along the upper coast. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, Redfish Bay is producing great numbers of redfish, especially on cut mullet, while the speckled trout bite is strong in four feet of water on live croaker. Texas City is seeing a mixed bag: slot reds, speckled trout, black drum, sand trout, and gafftop are coming in regularly. Sheepshead are thick near structures and piers—shrimp under a popping cork around pilings has been a sure bet. Over at the Galveston jetties and Texas City Dike, anglers have pulled in some oversized black drum on halved crab, and sheepshead and keeper black drum remain reliable on live shrimp tossed tight to the rocks. Wade fishing along both the levee and dike remains productive from end to end, with finger mullet and live shrimp topping the bait list, but don’t sleep on soft plastics. In Freeport, similar patterns play out—shrimp under a popping cork or a pumpkinseed or chartreuse paddle tail jig rigged on a quarter-ounce head has been catching both trout and reds. Looking for a couple of hot spots? Texas City Dike is as consistent as ever—shore anglers and boaters alike are reporting limits of trout and slot reds early and late. The Galveston jetties are another winner, especially when those tides are moving, with bull reds, black drum, and sheepshead in the mix. For folks wanting less crowd, wade the flats near San Luis Pass early for specks and reds. Best lures right now: topwaters at first light for that explosive trout and red bite, soft plastics in white or chartreuse throughout the day, and gold spoons if you’re working grassy shorelines. Bait anglers are still doing best with live shrimp and finger mullet. That’s the scoop for this Friday. Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe for your daily rundown of what’s biting and where. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.