Saltwater Freeze Events
When temperatures on the coast are predicted to fall below 32°F for three or more days, the TPWD executive director may close one or more of the sites listed below for saltwater fishing until the threat from the freeze event is over. This NOTICE OF CLOSURE will be made available to local media including newspapers. If you have any questions about your fishing area during a freeze event, please watch your local newspaper or call the nearest TPWD Law Enforcement Office.
NEWS RELEASE - Texas Anglers Alerted To Possible Coastal Freeze Events and Fishing Closures
| Coastal Areas That May Be Closed To Fishing During Freeze Conditions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| County | Nearest City | Site Name | Description |
| Aransas | Aransas Pass | City by the Sea | All waters and canals of the City by the Sea subdivision west of the ICWW. |
| Aransas | Fulton | Kon Tiki | All waters and canals of the Kon Tiki development. |
| Aransas | Rockport | Bahia Bay | All waters and canals of the Bahia Bay subdivision west of the ICWW. |
| Aransas | Rockport | Cove Harbor | Entire harbor west of the ICWW. |
| Aransas | Rockport | Key Allegro and Harbor Oaks | All waters and canals inside Key Allegro subdivision including Blevins Channel and Legget Channel, and all canals within the Harbor Oaks subdivision. |
| Aransas | Rockport | Palm Harbor | All waters and canals of the Palm Harbor subdivision west of the ICWW. |
| Aransas | Rockport | Rockport Harbor | Entire harbor north of the entryway seawall and a line beginning on the entryway seawall (28° 01.19" N; 97° 02.89" W) extending across the entrance to a point (28° 01.19" N; 97° 03.00" W). |
| Calhoun | Port O’Connor | Army Hole | On Matagorda Island, the enclosed waters between the Matagorda Island WMA docks and Pringle Lake. |
| Calhoun | Port Lavaca | Harbor Refuge | Entire channel from entrance to Lavaca Bay. |
| Cameron | Brownsville | Brazos Santiago Pass South Jetty | Gulf of Mexico from and including the Brazos Santiago Pass south jetty along the beach for one half statute mile and out from shore for 1,000 yds. |
| Cameron | Port Isabel | Point Isabel | Area from the shoreline along the Queen Isabella Causeway to the high point of the causeway, then southeasterly to the eastern end of the old causeway, then back to the western shoreline following the old causeway. |
| Galveston | Dickinson, Texas City | Moses Lake | From Moses Lake to the Tide gate, to include the navigational channel up to the northern shoreline of Dollar Bay. Dollar Bay and Moses Bayou are not included. |
| Galveston | Galveston | Offats Bayou | All of Offats Bayou east of a line drawn from Marker 22 south to Scholes Airfield. |
| Matagorda | Matagorda | Matagorda | Entire harbor from the entrance to the ICWW. |
| Matagorda | Palacios | Palacios Shrimp Basin |
Entire shrimp basin from the entrance to Matagorda Bay, including all turning basins and South Bay Marina. |
| Nueces | Corpus Christi | Padre Island | All waters east of ICWW from JFK Causeway to New Humble Channel including Packery Channel to the end of the jetties. ICWW remains open. |
| Orange | Bridge City | Entergy Outfall | Entire canal from the mouth of the canal at the Neches River Canal to the power plant. |
| San Patricio | Aransas Pass | Conn Brown | Entire harbor north and west of the ICWW. |
| Willacy | Port Mansfield | Port Mansfield Harbor | Entire harbor from the corners of the bulkheads on either side of Harbor the harbor mouth. |
