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description: "Species guides for Freeport and the Brazosport area: redfish, trout, red snapper, flounder, cobia, and offshore fish, plus where and when to catch."
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Species Guides

# 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](/seasons/); to find the water each species holds, see the [Brazosport fishing spots](/fishing-spots/). When you know your target, [book a charter](/fishing-charters/) matched to the trip.

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![Redfish fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-redfish.BIyiCnGL_1e6IVr.webp "Redfish fishing in the Brazosport area")

Year-round (fall run)

### Redfish

The bread-and-butter inshore target: strong, plentiful, and biting year-round.

Read the guide

](/species/redfish/)[

![Speckled Trout fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-speckled-trout.uh0qq21J_Z1f8asT.webp "Speckled Trout fishing in the Brazosport area")

Year-round (spring & fall)

### Speckled Trout

A coastal favorite: light-tackle fun and some of the best eating in the bay.

Read the guide

](/species/speckled-trout/)[

![Red Snapper fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-red-snapper.pE7kufbI_eV6mO.webp "Red Snapper fishing in the Brazosport area")

Summer · federal season

### Red Snapper

The headline offshore fish, a short run from Freeport when federal season opens June 1.

Read the guide

](/species/red-snapper/)[

![Flounder fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-flounder.BMLD8G3r_Z1PVrI3.webp "Flounder fishing in the Brazosport area")

October – November

### Flounder

A fall-run favorite, and the species behind the Texas gigging tradition.

Read the guide

](/species/flounder/)[

![Cobia fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/cobia.DILADLQ3_9HWC4.webp "Cobia fishing in the Brazosport area")

March – May

### Cobia

A hard-fighting spring visitor that stacks near the jetties and rigs March–May.

Read the guide

](/species/cobia/)[

![Offshore Species fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/mahi-dolphinfish.SE-UjiyE_Z2wNWkf.webp "Offshore Species fishing in the Brazosport area")

Summer into fall

### Offshore Species

Mahi, wahoo, amberjack, tuna, and billfish in the blue water off Brazosport.

Read the guide

](/species/offshore/)[

![Sheepshead fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-sheepshead-v2.Bl7Ott8t_Z2rwFtV.webp "Sheepshead fishing in the Brazosport area")

March – April (spring spawn)

### Sheepshead

The spring jetty staple: striped, structure-loving, and a notorious bait stealer.

Read the guide

](/species/sheepshead/)[

![Spanish Mackerel fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-spanish-mackerel.wBC1Jbsj_IJvOy.webp "Spanish Mackerel fishing in the Brazosport area")

Late spring – fall

### Spanish Mackerel

A fast, toothy summer visitor that blitzes clean green water at the jetty.

Read the guide

](/species/spanish-mackerel/)[

![Pompano fishing in the Brazosport area](/_astro/inat-pompano.Ko2d32Sw_f2KnG.webp "Pompano fishing in the Brazosport area")

Spring and fall

### Pompano

A prized surf and jetty fish, fine on the table and rarely targeted on purpose.

Read the guide

](/species/pompano/)

Community Log

## Fish 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.

Loading the local fish log…

[SOURCE: iNATURALIST · RESEARCH-GRADE FISH OBSERVATIONS WITHIN 75 KM OF FREEPORT](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=28.9543&lng=-95.3677&radius=75&quality_grade=research&iconic_taxa=Actinopterygii)

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