| January |
Trophy Speckled Trout, Redfish |
Slow-sinking lures in Baffin Bay, deep holes |
Peak trophy trout season in Baffin Bay — biggest fish of year |
| February |
Trophy Trout, Bull Drum |
MirrOlure She Dog, slow-sinking lures |
Best Baffin Bay trout month; bull drum at Port Aransas jetties |
| March |
Cobia, Speckled Trout, Redfish |
Sight-casting cobia, trout on warming flats |
Cobia arrive nearshore; spring trout bite turns on |
| April |
Redfish, Speckled Trout, Cobia |
Soft plastics, live shrimp, sight-casting |
Excellent spring flats fishing; reds and trout active |
| May |
Redfish, Red Snapper (approaching) |
Gold spoons, topwater, jigs |
Pre-spawn redfish feeding hard; snapper season June 1 |
| June |
Red Snapper, Mahi, Redfish |
Bottom fishing, offshore trolling, dawn flats |
Federal snapper opens; offshore mahi on weedlines; reds at dawn |
| July |
Red Snapper, Mahi, King Mackerel |
Offshore full pace — live bait and trolling |
Peak offshore month; inshore best at first light on the flats |
| August |
Red Snapper, Offshore, Redfish |
Offshore bottom fishing, dawn flats fishing |
Offshore continues strong; bay fishing best early morning |
| September |
Redfish (schooling), Flounder |
Gold spoons, topwater, jig-and-grub |
Fall transition; reds beginning to school in back lakes |
| October |
Redfish (PEAK), Flounder (PEAK) |
Sight-casting, jig-and-grub at passes |
Best inshore month of year; schooling reds and flounder peak together |
| November |
Flounder, Trophy Trout (building) |
Jigs in passes, slow-sinking lures |
Flounder migration through passes; Baffin Bay trout season starting |
| December |
Trophy Trout, Redfish |
Baffin Bay slow-sinking, flats fishing |
Trophy trout season fully underway in Baffin Bay and Laguna Madre |