Redfish fishing in Texas

Texas Redfish Fishing belongs in coastal bays, Gulf passes, and estuaries, not in the new facilities opening around Sherman High School. That distinction matters because Sherman ISD’s construction work is a major local sports and school-capacity story, but the confirmed plans do not create redfish access, saltwater habitat, fishing piers, launch points, or tournament water. For anglers in Grayson County, the better reading is this: Sherman’s new campus and athletic … Read the rest

Lake Austin hydrilla is now a direct fishing story, not just a shoreline maintenance issue. As of the February 27, 2026 vegetation survey cited by the city, hydrilla covered about 592 acres of Lake Austin, and all aquatic vegetation together covered about 37% of the lake, according to the City of Austin Lake Austin page. For bass anglers, dock owners, boaters, and youth fishing families, that amount of grass … Read the rest

South Bay represents one of the most unique redfish environments on the Texas coast, but its shallow seagrass habitat requires anglers to think differently about access, boating, and conservation. Located at the southern end of the Lower Laguna Madre near Brownsville and the Rio Grande, South Bay gives redfish anglers opportunities to fish clear flats, grass edges, channels, and shallow areas where careful observation often matters more than aggressive movement. … Read the rest

Texas Redfish Events are giving coastal anglers a crowded 2026 calendar, with confirmed professional, amateur, women’s, youth, charity, fly-fishing, and hosted-trip opportunities spread across the Texas coast. The clearest trend is not a claim about exact year-over-year participation, because the available research does not provide that count. The confirmed schedule does show a wide event base, with Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Matagorda Harbor, Harborwalk, Stingaree Restaurant & Marina, Port Arthur, … Read the rest

Lower Laguna Madre redfish fishing in July rewards anglers who can resist the urge to constantly run from spot to spot. In his July 2026 South Padre report, Capt. Ernest Cisneros described summer water temperatures rising into the low 90s, redfish using extremely shallow water early, and fish shifting toward deeper, cooler water as the day heats up. The pattern turns the Lower Laguna Madre into a daily timing exercise: … Read the rest

South Padre Island’s new Marisol Laguna Madre Boat Ramp changes Lower Laguna Madre redfish access because it gives anglers a free, public, bayside launch point with dedicated trailer parking, a fish-cleaning station, and an ADA-accessible dock on one of Texas’ most important shallow-water systems. The ramp opened July 21, 2026, at 1705 Laguna Boulevard, and local reporting described it as South Padre Island’s first new public bay access project in … Read the rest

CCA Texas STAR’s July tagged-redfish leaderboard shows why the State of Texas Anglers Rodeo remains one of the most unpredictable summer fishing races on the Texas coast. By July 12, 2026, Texas Fish & Game reported that six tagged redfish had already been caught, yet the tournament still had prize fish available, weeks remaining on the calendar, and anglers across the coast still capable of changing the leaderboard. That is … Read the rest

Sea Center Texas’ annual Shark Celebration shows why coastal education belongs in the same conversation as fishing access, youth development, and long-term angler awareness. Held July 18, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department event invited families to learn about sharks through real specimens, expert conversations, scavenger hunts, shark-tooth activities, crafts, vendors, and hands-on educational programming. For … Read the rest

CCA Texas STAR’s July leaderboard shows why a summer-long fishing event cannot rely on opening-week excitement alone. The 2026 State of Texas Anglers Rodeo runs from May 23 through September 7 across the entire Texas coastline, and by mid-July the tournament had already produced a real leaderboard story: tagged redfish were being caught, inshore and offshore divisions were filling out, youth scholarship standings were moving, and anglers still had weeks … Read the rest

Canyon Lake’s reopened boat ramps are good news for Texas anglers, but they also create a new safety test after weeks of dramatic Hill Country flooding, debris movement, and fast-changing lake conditions. By late July 2026, Canyon Lake had reached full conservation capacity for the first time since 2021, with MySA reporting a water surface elevation of 909.95 feet and 386,729 acre-feet of water after mid-July storms. Several ramps reopened, … Read the rest