Reports & Forecasts: June 2026
Trinity Bay - East Bay - Galveston Bay | James Plaag
Silver King Adventures - silverkingadventures.com - 409.935.7242
James was excited when he gave this report; “Fishing’s been really good in a lot of places,” he said. “Actually, compared with a couple of years ago, I’d say it’s been exceptional all through April…a month with a reputation for being tough on Galveston. Seventy and eighty trout days…and we’re not counting any fish less than fifteen inches. Three-pounders have become common and we’re pickin’ up a four here and there, just occasionally a five. We had a morning last week with 42 trout by 7:50 am, half on topwaters and half on tails. Apart from a trophy eight-pounder every once in a while, I’d say it’s about as good as I’ve ever seen.” James reports a consistent topwater bite many days; blue and chrome seems to be a favored color combination right now – She Pups and the junior-size Spooks have been good producers. Bass Assassin Sea Shads and the Li’l P&V have been good plastics. He’s also been doing very well some days on slow-sinking twitchbaits when they won’t go on top. With the numbers they’ve been catching and more stable weather in the weeks ahead, James believes June will be another good month.
Jimmy West | Bolivar Guide Service - 409.996.3054
“Man it’s been windy! Fishing’s been good, consistently good, but fishing out of the boat most days has been almost impossible due to the wind. If you want to get on ‘em and stay on ‘em in this kind of wind you’re gonna have to wade.” In general, Jimmy believes the whole Galveston bay system is making a big rebound. “Going back to Hurricane Harvey in 2017, this is the first spring season we haven’t had to deal with floods and freshwater inundation. The entire bay system has been salty for quite a while, and the fact that you can catch fish in so many locations is solid proof. Right now, when the wind will let you, you can catch fish from the surf to the mouth of the Trinity River. The fish aren’t real big, just solid trout running two to three pounds with a four or five every now and then. We caught a calm window and were able to get into the Bolivar Pocket and caught one over six pounds.” Jimmy is throwing tails mostly; he likes the KDN 365, no special color, on eighth-ounce jigheads. Topwater action has been mostly sporadic.
West Galveston - Bastrop - Christmas - Chocolate Bays
Randall Groves | Groves Guide Service
979.849.7019 - 979.864.9323
Randall says, “It’s exciting to see the benefits of the conservative three-fish trout limits that were enacted following that devastating freeze in 2021. Lots of folks griped when they were announced but I can only imagine what another year or two will bring. Just today we released five oversized fish. I really do believe we are on the right path. Right now, I’d say that June prospects are abundant. The surf is red hot with ribbon fish and white shrimp. I shouldn’t have to tell you how this will draw concentrations of trout, redfish and other species to the surf zone. Just be careful of the man in the grey suit; he likes to get his share, too. It’s that time of year. Good baits to throw right now are the pearl Skitter Walk and the bone Spook Junior. Evidently these two numbers do a pretty good job of imitating white shrimp popping at the surface. In the soft plastic department my all-time favorite is the Norton Sand Eel Junior in the glow with silver glitter. I rig on either quarter- or three-eighth-ounce heads depending on the strength of the current. Watch for royal terns!”
Matagorda Bays | Capt. Glenn Ging - Glenn’s Guide Service
979.479.1460 - www.glennsguideservice.com
When spring begins giving way to summer, the fishing is usually really good. As we head into the latter part of spring, I’ve been catching good numbers of redfish in the marshes and back lakes, mainly on white Gulp! shrimp dangled under corks. Cut mullet and live shrimp have been producing as well. Trout have been pretty easy to catch on soft plastics and on live shrimp under Coastal Corks. We’re targeting them while drifting deep shell on the west end of East Matagorda Bay. I’ve been catching well on four-inch Bass Assassin Sea Shads in plum/chartreuse tail and chicken on a chain, also on Down South Lures Southern Shad in al fresco shrimp and plum/chartreuse tail. Waders have been catching solid trout on topwaters and Coastal Brew Darts wading the shorelines in both East and West Matagorda bays. Some of the smaller oyster reefs in the shallows over in West Matagorda Bay have been producing trout consistently for me for the last few weeks too. As we roll into June, we’ll keep a close eye on the Gulf. With any luck, we’ll get some early windows to fish the surf and jetties this month.
Palacios | Capt. Aaron Wollam
www.palaciosguideservice.com - 979.240.8204
Fishing has remained steady in the Tres Palacios Bay area for redfish, trout and flounder. Our redfish bite has improved quite a bit since last month. Redfish are showing up on area shorelines in small pods chasing grass shrimp and shad hatches. White egrets and gulls are sure-fire indicators along the shorelines that the reds are there. Norton Bull Minnows in pumpkinseed/chartreuse and pearl/chartreuse have been best for schooling reds. The topwater bite for redfish has been pretty steady over scattered shell pads in two to four feet of water. The best lure lately has been Yo-Zuri Pencil in green mackerel. Black drum numbers have been consistent. We’re finding them over shell since we have gotten our big spring tides, using fresh dead and live shrimp dangled under Coastal/Harvey popping corks to target them. Flounder have migrated back into the bays in big numbers, and we have been targeting them at the mouths of creeks and drains on falling tides for best results. Trout have been holding in numbers over shell pads in six to seven feet of water, biting live shrimp and Vudu lures in glow. June is one of the best months for fishing the Middle Coast.
Port O’Connor | Lynn Smith
Back Bay Guide Service - 361.935.6833
In June, Lynn usually finds his best results in the Port O’Connor area by working an old, familiar pattern. “This is a great month to target some of the bigger, aggressive trout as they venture through the pass and into the bay. We like to target them by wading shorelines with variable depths close to the bank, casting around the edges of guts and the grass beds growing alongside them. We tend to throw topwaters much of the time during June, working them slow and steady in the early-morning hours, then a bit more erratically as the sun climbs higher in the sky. Of course, on some days, we have better luck by switching over to soft plastics and rigging them on light jigheads. This seems to work best when the fish pull into the guts themselves and sit on the bottom, so we tend to work our lures low and slow in this scenario. The best conditions for this kind of fishing occur on days when we have incoming tides during the morning hours and light-to-moderate onshore winds. If the winds become light enough to green up the surf, we won’t hesitate to head out that way.”
Rockport | Blake Muirhead
Gator Trout Guide Service - 361.790.5203 or 361.441.3894
In June, Blake expects to be fishing in and near the surf much of the time. He also likes to fish the shorelines with a hard sandy bottom and some scattered grass beds. “This time of year is great for fishing the shorelines close to both of the main channels leading into Aransas and Corpus Christi bays. We find plenty of trout lurking around the grass beds in some of the deeper parts of the flats, and plenty of reds up in the shallows, where the grass beds are thicker. On most days, I expect a good topwater bite early. I like to throw floating plugs with silver and either blue or black on them. If we see lots of bait milling around at the surface or, better yet, jumping around as if fleeing from predators, we will stick with the topwaters, working them with a steady walk-the-dog retrieve. Of course, we are always ready to switch over to soft plastics in both light and dark colors with chartreuse tails. And, we’re also anticipating a switch to using live croakers more and more as the hot summer weather settles in. We’ll be heading into the surf any time the water runs clear and green to the beach.”
Upper Laguna Madre - Baffin Bay
Captain James Sanchez Guide Service - 210.260.7454
As we head into June, our late-spring season has been going really well. With warmer water temperatures, fish patterns have become more consistent, resulting in plenty of catching during our trips. When targeting trout this month, productive areas include seagrass flats with scattered potholes. At sunrise, we like to start with topwaters like a Mansfield Knocker or Spook Junior. We’ll rig them with single hooks if floating grass is an issue. As it warms up, trout will stage in waist-deep potholes along drop-offs. While trout are our primary target, we’ve also caught a few flounder while fishing for them. Here, we’ll use a KWigglers Ball-tail Shad in colors like Texas melon, bone diamond and plum perfect rigged on eighth-ounce jigheads. Redfish continue to be caught wading spoil islands, shallow flats and area shorelines along the sand and seagrass transition. Based on their stomach contents, they’re heavily feeding on small blue crabs, brown shrimp and pinfish. With this knowledge, we’ve downsized our lures to match the hatch. A steadily retrieved Wig-A-Lo Junior or four-inch paddletail in Bart’s Sand Ninja or bone diamond continues to be effective. Also, the reliable quarter-ounce weedless gold spoons, which redfish can’t often resist the urge to strike.
Corpus Christi & Baffin Bay | Capt. Chris Elliott’s Guide Service
[email protected] - 361.834.7262
By the beginning of summer, the fishing should be great. Our spring winds usually start to calm down a bit this month, and the water temperatures will continue to climb into the 80s and stay there. We will leave the dock early most days, starting to fish on most mornings a little before sunrise, looking for trout on the flats covered by less than three feet of water, also right next to the bank on area shorelines. This time of year is perfect for some topwater action, especially while the sunlight levels are low and the water is at its coolest point of the day. As long as we see some active bait either right at the surface or, better yet, jumping around as if fleeing from predators, we’ll work topwaters like Super Spooks, Top Dogs, Skitter Walks and One Knockers for at least a couple of hours on most outings. During the middle of the day and into the afternoons, we will be shifting our efforts to the deeper areas of the flats and along drop-offs. In these areas, we do best on soft plastics rigged on either eighth- or sixteenth-ounce jigheads. Most of the bites will come close to the bottom.
P.I.N.S. Fishing Forecast | Eric Ozolins
361.877.3583 - Oceanepics.com
June is my favorite “big fish” month in the Texas surf. Large speckled trout move into the surf zone. They’ll first be encountered near the passes and channels leading into the Gulf, and then work their way down the beaches. Throwing various MirrOlure topwaters has always been a favorite way for me to target them. Chartreuse and chrome with orange throats have always been a winner, along with black and chrome, which looks like a mullet. As the weather pattern begins to relax more, it will clear up the water, bringing the Spanish mackerel and skipjacks into the surf. They can be pesky when we’re targeting trout in deeper guts. In addition, if there is any bait around, there will be possibilities for jack crevalle and tarpon. It is not entirely unlikely to hook a cobia from the surf while tossing out mullet. Casting Fish-bites and shrimp will likely result in bites from whiting, pompano and small stingrays. The largest sharks of the year will be moving into the coastal waters. Giant bulls, lemons, hammerheads and tigers will all be coming in, and they’ll be hungry. With the exception of the tigers, the other large sharks roam extremely shallow, especially at night.
Port Mansfield | Michelle Frazier
Mohawk Mafia Charters - 956.607.4681
June 2026 on the Lower Laguna Madre should bring a summer rhythm, with long, hot days and consistently warm water shaping fish behavior. Water temperatures will hover in the low to mid-80s, creating ideal conditions for aggressive feeding windows at sunrise and again just before dusk. Winds will generally start light out of the southeast around 5–8 mph, then build to 12–18 mph through the afternoon. These breezes will muck up some open flats, while leaving some backwater areas and leeward shorelines clearer. Water levels should remain slightly elevated overall due to prevailing onshore flow, pushing fish deeper into flooded grass and along shoreline edges, especially during sustained windy periods. Artificial lures will work well throughout the month. Topwaters like Mansfield Knockers, worked over shallow flats where bait activity is visible, produce lots of bites early in the mornings. A rhythmic retrieve tends to draw explosive strikes from both trout and redfish. As sunlight intensifies, switching to soft plastics such as KWigglers rigged on light jigheads can keep the bite going. Focusing on working them slowly through grass lanes, sand pockets, and along subtle drop-offs where fish retreat during brighter conditions is key to earning more strikes.
Lower Laguna Madre - South Padre - Port Isabel
Aaron Cisneros | tightlinescharters.com - 956.639.1941
Fishing in the lower Laguna Madre has been great lately. Our trout have been biting best around spoil islands in three to four feet of water. The action has been good early in the mornings, before the spring wind picks up. Z-Man big BallerZ rigged on quarter-ounce Trout-Eye jigheads help us cull out most of the bites from the little fish. A slow jigging retrieve which keeps the lure close to the bottom works well. Later in the day, as winds pick up, the action has been great on grassy flats adjacent to deep water. Most of the fish in those places are holding in bright, sandy potholes. DieZel Minnows in the redbone color have been working well, jigged through the pockets with some speed. The redfish bite has been great. We’re fishing muddy shorelines on spoil islands close to the ICW during early morning. They’re striking topwaters well on most days. We’re rigging them with single hooks to cope with the floating grass. Later in the day, we find more redfish in protected coves and along leeward shorelines. On windy afternoons, we’re catching both trout and reds under birds working near spoil islands and in the back bays.
