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Brisk South Texas Morning Brings Lively Rio Grande Bite - Reds, Trout, and Flounder on the Move
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Artificial Lure here, bringing you your boots-on-the-ground fishing report from the Rio Grande, Texas, for Thursday, November 6, 2025.
We’re waking up to a brisk South Texas morning after that late-night cold front rolled through the Valley. According to the National Weather Service Brownsville office, you can expect temps starting in the mid-50s and warming up around midday, with partly sunny skies and north winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunrise hit right at 6:47 AM today and we’re looking at sunset around 5:47 PM. The chill in the air should stick around, and there's a chance for a little light rain into the evening, especially north of the border. That front’s got the fish on the move.
On the tides, tide-forecast.com reports low tide at 6:34 AM and high tide peaking at 2:11 PM for the Port Isabel/South Padre area, which translates well to our Rio Grande and Boca Chica surf. Plan your fishing windows for that incoming tide, which should have activity picking up late morning through early afternoon.
Fish activity in the lower Rio Grande this week has been lively. Those fresh north winds and dropping temps have kicked up the bite. Folks are bringing in solid numbers of **redfish**, with plenty of slot-sized fish around spoil banks and cut channels. **Speckled trout** reports are improving, especially along mud and grass flats on the east side and into the Boca Chica jetties. The white bass run has tapered off, but there’s still good catfish action, especially channel cats using cut shad and shrimp upriver near Falcon Dam.
Flounder are moving, as you’d expect this time of year, and limits have been coming in for waders tossing white Gulp! swimming mullets and live finger mullet along sandy pockets and drains. Early morning and late before sunset are “can’t-miss” times with the change in light and temperature driving the flatties in.
In the surf and jetties, surfcaptain.com has the morning surf at just over 1 foot and glassy, with WSW winds barely moving—good for pitching plugs and even the fly rod crowd. The water clarity’s solid, especially after that front, so scale down leader size if you’re fishing light tackle.
On the lure front, it’s a moving-bait kind of week with the current and cooling water. Bring out those **MirrOlures (52MR and MirrODine XL), soft plastics on 1/8 oz jigheads (matrix shad in opening night and white), and topwaters (Super Spook Jr. and Skitter Walks)** early. For bait, you can’t beat **live shrimp** for trout and redfish, and finger mullet or fresh cut-bait for the big drum and flounder.
Hot spots to hit right now:
- **Boca Chica Jetties**: Outgoing tide’s pushing in predator fish, especially reds and some oversize drum. The rocks are slick, so watch your step!
- **Salinity mixing zone at the river mouth**: Look for birds working and toss swimbaits or spoons for trout and the odd snook.
Shout out to a couple of local crews who reported in: one party out of Adolph Thomae County Park limited on trout and had a bonus black drum (23 inches) on dead shrimp; another group on the north spoils had quick action on reds, most 21–25 inches, on pink paddle tails.
That’s the word from the water this chilly November morning. Thanks for tuning in to my Rio Grande fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, tight lines.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.
We’re waking up to a brisk South Texas morning after that late-night cold front rolled through the Valley. According to the National Weather Service Brownsville office, you can expect temps starting in the mid-50s and warming up around midday, with partly sunny skies and north winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunrise hit right at 6:47 AM today and we’re looking at sunset around 5:47 PM. The chill in the air should stick around, and there's a chance for a little light rain into the evening, especially north of the border. That front’s got the fish on the move.
On the tides, tide-forecast.com reports low tide at 6:34 AM and high tide peaking at 2:11 PM for the Port Isabel/South Padre area, which translates well to our Rio Grande and Boca Chica surf. Plan your fishing windows for that incoming tide, which should have activity picking up late morning through early afternoon.
Fish activity in the lower Rio Grande this week has been lively. Those fresh north winds and dropping temps have kicked up the bite. Folks are bringing in solid numbers of **redfish**, with plenty of slot-sized fish around spoil banks and cut channels. **Speckled trout** reports are improving, especially along mud and grass flats on the east side and into the Boca Chica jetties. The white bass run has tapered off, but there’s still good catfish action, especially channel cats using cut shad and shrimp upriver near Falcon Dam.
Flounder are moving, as you’d expect this time of year, and limits have been coming in for waders tossing white Gulp! swimming mullets and live finger mullet along sandy pockets and drains. Early morning and late before sunset are “can’t-miss” times with the change in light and temperature driving the flatties in.
In the surf and jetties, surfcaptain.com has the morning surf at just over 1 foot and glassy, with WSW winds barely moving—good for pitching plugs and even the fly rod crowd. The water clarity’s solid, especially after that front, so scale down leader size if you’re fishing light tackle.
On the lure front, it’s a moving-bait kind of week with the current and cooling water. Bring out those **MirrOlures (52MR and MirrODine XL), soft plastics on 1/8 oz jigheads (matrix shad in opening night and white), and topwaters (Super Spook Jr. and Skitter Walks)** early. For bait, you can’t beat **live shrimp** for trout and redfish, and finger mullet or fresh cut-bait for the big drum and flounder.
Hot spots to hit right now:
- **Boca Chica Jetties**: Outgoing tide’s pushing in predator fish, especially reds and some oversize drum. The rocks are slick, so watch your step!
- **Salinity mixing zone at the river mouth**: Look for birds working and toss swimbaits or spoons for trout and the odd snook.
Shout out to a couple of local crews who reported in: one party out of Adolph Thomae County Park limited on trout and had a bonus black drum (23 inches) on dead shrimp; another group on the north spoils had quick action on reds, most 21–25 inches, on pink paddle tails.
That’s the word from the water this chilly November morning. Thanks for tuning in to my Rio Grande fishing report—don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, tight lines.
This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.
Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
This episode includes AI-generated content.