My partner Capt. Juan Cruz fished with three generations of the Aguirre family out of Baytown. Using live shrimp under popping corks, these three anglers boxed speckled trout, black drum, sheepshead and a couple of reds. The bite wasn't great, but Cruz said, "It was steady. We had to move around a bit to catch them."

This event featured a live weigh-in via video, with all fish being released right after the fish were caught. Two-person teams were allowed to enter their largest three speckled trout. Here are the results of the first tournament of a four-part series.

Monday, I had a trip scheduled with Kenny Robinson and Brent Caperton. The winds were strong out of the north/northwest Monday morning, and it was a bit chilly. OK, it was cold! I met them at Bayland Park in Baytown, and not to my surprise, we were the only boat there. It all worked out, as these two gentlemen caught their limit of speckled trout, releasing many more, four big sheepshead and seven upper-slot black drum.

It has been quite the week for those anglers fishing in Port Mansfield! Cooler temperatures, ushered in by cold fronts, provided some excellent fishing conditions.

This past Saturday, Capt. Charles Cleburn fished with his brother and his brother's kids out of Baytown. They had a great time catching speckled trout. They all caught limits, plus three big sheepshead and slot-size redfish. The highlight of the day was running into a school of bull reds. Personal bests were caught and released. Live shrimp fished under popping corks did the trick.

Capt. Juan Cruz fished with Mike Johnson and another friend. They launched in Baytown, where the sun did shine after the early morning's rain Saturday. Cruz said, "We got on a good trout bite with live shrimp under popping corks. The majority of the trout were solid keeper size fish." They also boxed a few nice-size black drum and sheepshead.

Of course, what happens when the forecast calls for a nice weekend? You wake up to the sound of rain drops landing on your house roof. That's what I heard this morning, thinking to myself, "This can't be happening."

So, where should one go and what should you throw? That's always the question most folks want the answer to before hitting the water.

I suggest you email Texas Parks & Wildlife commissioners and let them know your concerns when it comes to using drones while fishing. The law is very vague as it stands now.

Drones have come a long way since their inception. Where they were once just a flying toy, they now can perform useful tasks. They've become a tool in the angling world, especially for those fishing off the beach.

On a recent 36-hour trip, Williams Party Boats returned to the dock with a great catch of fish. Those anglers who jumped aboard boated 98 yellowfin tuna, 336 blackfin tuna, 274 vermilion snapper, eight lane snapper, five almaco jacks, two rock hind grouper and two scamp grouper.

By this weekend, we should see all this mess clear out, leaving us with sunny skies and milder temps — good news for those planning to fish.

There are only a couple of reports from guide friends of mine to pass along from the weekend. The weather Saturday wasn't as bad as predicted, but wasn't that great either. At least the sun shined along the coast for most of the day.

Every year, Texas Parks & Wildlife stocks neighborhood lakes and ponds in Texas with rainbow trout. Here's a list of area ponds and lakes within an hour or so drive from the Houston/Galveston area.

Other than the typical bull reds at the jetties and flounder being caught and released in the Galveston Channel, there hasn't been much to report.

Winds Saturday are forecast to be out of the south 15-20 knots with higher gusts. We can expect morning thunderstorms and then showers in the afternoon — not an especially great forecast for fishing.

I received a late report from Gus Alvarez, who fished once again in Christmas Bay. Last Saturday morning, Alvarez started out wading the grassy shoreline, where he caught and released numerous speckled trout during the outgoing tide. Several of the fish were more than 20 inches, the largest one pushing 26 inches.

It has been since 2019 that we've last heard of this redfish tournament series. That's six years of planning and redesigning series to offer the largest payouts in professional redfish fishing.

Corwin Moczygemba has been fishing lower west Galveston Bay around San Luis Pass. He reported good numbers of speckled trout around Chocolate and the Mud Cut flats. Birds were the key to finding the fish near Mud Cut.

I woke up Sunday morning expecting warm muggy conditions like the last few days, completely forgetting about the weak front that was supposed to come. Well, indeed it did, as the outside air temps were much cooler with the winds out of the northeast.

Last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Texas Redfish Rumble and the Specktacular Series began their 2025/2026 four-event tournament fishing series. The first tournament was held out of Moses Lake Boat and RV Storage in Texas City. Here are the results from these two tournaments.