What You Can Catch.
The waters around Freeport hold one of the most diverse inshore and offshore fisheries on the Texas Gulf Coast. From shallow-water redfish to blue-water mahi-mahi, here's what you can target and when.
What you target here changes with the season. Inshore, redfish and speckled trout hold in the bays year-round, flounder define the fall before the November closure, and black drum and sheepshead fill in around the jetties and rocks. Offshore is more seasonal: cobia move through near the jetties in spring, red snapper drives the summer for-hire season on the reefs and rigs, and mahi-mahi, kingfish, and wahoo run the blue water through the warm months. The split that matters most is inshore versus offshore: the bays are the calm, reliable, all-year option, while the offshore grounds are weather-dependent and peak in summer.
Pick a fish below for its season, limits, and local technique. To plan around the calendar, see the month-by-month seasons guide; to find the water each species holds, see the Brazosport fishing spots. When you know your target, book a charter matched to the trip.
Redfish
The bread-and-butter inshore target: strong, plentiful, and biting year-round.
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Speckled Trout
A coastal favorite: light-tackle fun and some of the best eating in the bay.
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Red Snapper
The headline offshore fish, a short run from Freeport when federal season opens June 1.
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Flounder
A fall-run favorite, and the species behind the Texas gigging tradition.
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Cobia
A hard-fighting spring visitor that stacks near the jetties and rigs March–May.
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Offshore Species
Mahi, wahoo, amberjack, tuna, and billfish in the blue water off Brazosport.
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Sheepshead
The spring jetty staple: striped, structure-loving, and a notorious bait stealer.
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Spanish Mackerel
A fast, toothy summer visitor that blitzes clean green water at the jetty.
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Pompano
A prized surf and jetty fish, fine on the table and rarely targeted on purpose.
Read the guideFish Recorded Near Freeport.
The ray-finned fish most often logged to iNaturalist within 75 km of Freeport. A record of what people photograph and identify — bait and non-game species show up alongside the gamefish.
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