UPDATED MONTHLY · ROCKPORT, TEXAS
What's biting across Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, and the Coastal Bend, straight from the deck. New report the first week of every month.
June has the redfish doing exactly what we wait all year for. The water has warmed into the low eighties and the reds are pushing onto the grass flats skinny at first light, tails up and feeding. If you can get a fly or a soft plastic in front of them before the wind comes up, it's some of the best sight-fishing on the Texas coast.
We've been launching before sunrise out of Rockport, throwing topwater for the first hour, then switching to weedless plastics as the sun climbs. Mornings have been the move; by midday the bite slides into the deeper guts off the reefs. Bring a hat and plenty of water, it's getting hot out there.
Book this bite →Specks moved up shallow as Copano warmed. Live croaker once the sun is up has been producing solid limits before nine most mornings.
Spring brought thick schools of drum onto the oyster reefs. Hard-pulling, reliable, and great eating, this is the bite that turns a slow tide around.
Late-winter sheepshead held tight to pilings and structure while the first redfish of the year started showing in the back lakes.
A month-by-month look at what's biting around Rockport, from winter black drum to the fall flounder run, so you can plan the trip you want.
Where to stay, eat, and explore on a Rockport fishing weekend, plus how to build a day on the water into the rest of your trip.
Cold, clear water meant slow mornings and better afternoons. We worked the passes and deeper drains and found fish willing to eat once it warmed.
One short email a month on what's biting around Rockport and when to come fish it. No spam, just the bite.