Tides, Trout, and Reds - Your Gulf of Mexico Texas Fishing Report for June 14, 2025

Artificial Lure here with your Saturday, June 14, 2025, Gulf of Mexico, Texas fishing report.

Sunrise hit at 6:19 AM and we’ll see the sun set at 8:20 PM tonight, so there’s plenty of daylight to take advantage of those strong bites. The tidal swing is healthy today with a tidal coefficient hovering right around 69—average but still enough to get things moving. High tide rolled through Galveston Pier 21 just after sunrise and another is expected close to 8 PM, while Texas City’s tides are running a similar pattern. These moving tides are pushing bait up into drains, edges, and shallows, drawing in trout and redfish hungry for an easy meal. According to Tides4Fishing, Texas City’s tidal amplitude is giving us just the right mojo for predatory action all day long.

Weather’s typical for Texas in June: water temps are right at 80 degrees, skies mostly clear, and there’s a pleasant breeze sweeping across the bays. That means comfortable conditions for both bay and surf anglers, especially if you’re out in the morning or after dinner.

Here’s what’s biting: Redfish Bay is seeing excellent speckled trout action in about four feet of water, especially on croaker, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas City and the surrounding dikes are loaded up with slot reds, solid trout, and black drum, with bonus sand trout, gafftop, and croakers mixed in. Piers and structure are hot zones for sheepshead—try a shrimp under a popping cork or get tight to the pilings for a hook-up.

Best baits this week have been live shrimp and finger mullet, but croaker is king if you’re targeting those bigger trout in deeper edges. If you’re working artificials, soft plastics in natural colors and paddle tails have been getting steady results, especially for waders in Freeport and along the Bolivar Peninsula. The topwater bite has also been good during the low-light hours, with plenty of reds crushing surface plugs near grass edges and drains. Offshore, the action’s heating up for king mackerel, mahi-mahi, and tuna, as reported by Amelia Fish Bites.

For hot spots, don’t miss the Texas City Dike—wading anywhere from the front to the back has been productive all week. The Freeport Jetties are producing a mixed bag including mangrove snapper, sheepshead, redfish, and even a few Spanish mackerel and pompano for those chunking live shrimp or light artificials.

That’s your rundown for June 14. Thanks for tuning in—don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a report. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai.