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Redfish Bay/Aransas Bay Hot spots: Structure and contours hold the fish. Well pipes, shell pads, reefs and channel edges hold bait and predator species. Throw artificials in cool months, live bait when it is warm. Facilities: Aransas Pass and Rockport-Fulton have hundreds of rooms and easy water-access points. Contacts: Aransas Pass, (800) 633-3028; Rockport-Fulton, (800) 826-6441 On the Water This Week AUSTIN - Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. A full report is available at txfishing.com. FRESHWATER AMISTAD: Water clear; 80 degrees; 17.41' low. Black bass are very good on Yamamoto Senkos, topwaters, swimbaits, Lucky Craft jerkbaits,...

Best bet     On Saturday, southeast winds will blow at 10 knots, with seas at 2 to 3 feet. On Sunday, seas will be at 2 to 4 feet, with 15-knot winds. Offshore fishing has been slow. A thermocline moved in across the First Coast, with the temperature dropping up to 10 degrees. It has, for the most part, run the kingfish off the beach and a lot of the bottom fish off local reefs and wrecks. Offshore, bottom-fishing near the ledge and farther out will be the only action. Inshore, the panfish are biting in the St. Johns River and area lakes. Saltwater Inshore north of...

SALTWATER Billfish, bottom fish at Oregon Inlet Oregon Inlet Oregon Inlet Fishing Center (252) 441-6301, www.oregon-inlet.com Sailfish, white marlin and blue marlin have been caught and released this week. Bottom fishing has been good for tilefish and some groupers in deeper water and for triggerfish and black sea bass closer in. The ever-present dolphin (mahi-mahi) have added to the catches. Inshore trollers are doing real well on tailor blues and Spanish. Open boats are catching jack crevalle, blacktip sharks and some cobia. The pier and surf action has been mostly blues,...

The door to fishing at Carvins Cove opened a little wider this week with new regulations that became effective July 1. The cove, which is a 630-acre water supply impoundment owned by the city of Roanoke, has restricted boat fishing for more than 15 years to residents of the city and nearby areas for several years. That policy caused the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to discontinue management of the fishery, saying the lake was being operated like a private body of water. The Western Virginia Water Authority, which now operates the lake, has eliminated the preferential treatment, and this opens the door for the DGIF to return as the fisheries’ manager. While both the DGIF and...

TOOLS Sabine Lake Light winds and a strong incoming tide have been made for good fishing along the jetty. Nice trout have been taken on topwaters tossed against the rocks. Redfish have been caught on fresh table shrimp. Anglers have been able to get to the nearshore rigs around Sabine Pass and Cameron and have caught healthy trout. Galveston Bay...