Texas City Fishing Charters & Guides

Texas City Fishing Charters

About an hour south and east of Houston is Texas City. It is just across Galveston Bay from Galveston and north of West Bay, an extension of Galveston Bay. To the north is Trinity Bay, to the northeast is Galveston Bay and then East Bay. Texas City is a deepwater port and a crude oil processing center. The port city is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by a barrier island chain. A pass separating Goat Island and Galveston Island is due east. While the community is a major industrial area, it offers more than most people suspect to visitors. One of the unique offerings is Axe Masters Texas, a business that literally teaches you to throw axes. Museums, golf, a boardwalk and more attractions await visitors.

Texas City Inshore Fishing

Redfish are king in Texas' inshore fishery. Most anglers find great success with live baits like shrimp and small baitfish. These baits can be added to bucktails and grubs for scent. Where the water is deep enough, a few feet is usually enough, crankbaits and gold spoons work well. If you can see schooling reds then you can cast topwater plugs to them. Just be aware that topwater strikes are known to cause heart palpitations. Trout can be thick in the bay at times. Look for holes with current, points and grass out in the flats. The same techniques that work on reds also produce trout. Trout also like lipless crankbaits. A popping cork with a grub, shrimp imitator, live and cut bait is one of the deadliest combinations you can use. The cork keeps your bait off the bottom and the clacking and popping noise tells trout and reds that lunch is nearby. Around the corner from Texas City is Moses Lake. It is a redfish haven. Anglers who use shallow-draft boats have no problem finding bull reds and monster black drum. Drum are caught almost exclusively on live and cut bait fished on the bottom. Black drum are not aggressive fish and do not respond to constantly moving lures like swim baits. Sheepshead are another fish that love the bay. These fish are crustacean and mollusk predators. Their mouths are designed to crush shells. They are common around pilings and rocks where they pick off barnacles, clams and crabs. The Texas City Dike, a long strip of land, stretches into the bay. The dike has boat ramps and piers anglers hit and plenty of fishing space on the beach side.

Texas City Nearshore Fishing

Around on the Gulf of Mexico, croaker, sometimes called whiting, is a surf fish. Texas has a 100-pound daily limit. Croakers like small bits of cut bait, squid and shrimp on small hooks. Use pyramid sinkers to keep your bait in one place in the rolling water. The best shark fishing starts in these waters. Beginning in March, the blacktips show up. The blacktip is a prized shark among anglers because the sharks will leap out of the water when hooked. Blacktips are caught from the beach and from boats not far off the beach. Blacktips are also easy to catch on topwater tackle when they are in the area.

Texas City Offshore Fishing

Head into the Gulf of Mexico to find amberjack, grouper, snappers, cobia, king mackerel, wahoo, yellowfin and blackfin tuna, mahi mahi and more sharks. The offshore fish are roughly grouped into two categories, reef dwellers and pelagic, or wandering fish. Most of these fish can be caught trolling. When trolling for bottom fish like grouper, planers and downriggers get your baits and lures down to where the fish are. Duster rigs tipped with cigar minnows are one of the most effective trolling setups you can use. A stinger hook gives you a better chance of connecting with a fish, especially for the short strikes. Texas City fishing charters will watch the sky and water when offshore. The blue above is important because when seabirds start diving, it means something is chasing baitfish to the surface. The captain will head toward the birds and troll past. He may also stop and let you cast to the schooling fish. The captain watches the water for something floating on the surface. Mahi mahi, also called dorado or dolphin, hang out around surface structure. Catch reef fish by dropping live and cut bait over the side of the boat down to the reef. If you plan to do this, a Sabiki rig will land all the live bait you need in a few minutes. You can also try your hand at jigging. Of course, Texas offshore fishing also means hitting the oil rigs for just about anything that swims.

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