Fishing

End of the Road RV Park

44 RV Sites

End of the Road RV Park in Port O'Connor, Texas, offers 44 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 83 feet, in deluxe and standard back-in categories. On-site fishing guides, a catch-and-release pond, and a general store serve a genuine end-of-the-road coastal fishing village, open all year. Forty-four back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 83 feet, in deluxe and standard categories, with fire pits and site WiFi. A general store and community fire pits handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. Fishing is the property's organizing principle. On-site fishing guides are available — a real advantage in water this productive and this complicated to read — and a catch-and-release pond and lake sit on the property for guests between charters. Swimming and a nearby beach round out the recreation. Port O'Connor sits at the end of Texas Highway 185 in Calhoun County, where Espiritu Santo Bay, Matagorda Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico converge. Redfish, spotted seatrout, flounder, and drum keep the guides' calendar full from November through April, with offshore species and kayak and wade fishing extending the season. Matagorda Island State Park's undeveloped barrier island lies offshore, and the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are within reach. What distinguishes this stretch of coast is what it lacks — none of the tourism infrastructure of Rockport or South Padre, just a working fishing village at the literal end of the road. Open year-round, with the November-to-April guided fishing season the busiest window. Reserve well ahead if you are booking around a charter.

from $50/night

Beach Rd RV Park

22 RV Sites

Beach Rd RV Park in Matagorda, Texas, offers 22 full-hookup RV sites at the mouth of the Colorado River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 42 feet in back-in and pull-through configurations. On-site fishing guides and beach access serve a well-kept family park where the river meets the Gulf. Twenty-two sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in 30/50-amp back-in and pull-through categories, sized to 42 feet, with picnic tables and site WiFi. Note the 42-foot limit before booking a larger rig. A dump station handles the practical side. Pets are welcome. Fishing organizes everything here. On-site fishing guides are available, which matters in water where local knowledge separates a good day from a blank one. Beach access, boating, water sports, canoeing, and kayaking round out the recreation, giving guests both the bay's shallow-water flats and the Gulf shoreline from a single base. Matagorda sits at the end of TX-60 in Matagorda County, where the Colorado River enters the Gulf of Mexico. The geography is unusual and genuinely useful — the freshwater river system, Matagorda Bay's fishing and crabbing, and Gulf beach access all converge within a few minutes of the park. The surrounding community is a small working fishing town rather than a resort development, and the recreational and commercial fishing economy still drives it. The park operates through the Texas coast season. Fishing runs strong across much of the year, with the warm months bringing the heaviest family and beach demand. With 22 sites, reserve ahead for summer weekends and holiday periods.

from $45/night

Woody Acres RV Resort

52 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

Woody Acres RV Resort in Fulton, Texas, offers 52 full-hookup back-in RV sites and three cabins seven minutes from Rockport Beach, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. A fitness center, hot tub, library, clubhouse, and recreation center serve a comprehensively equipped resort on Aransas Bay. Fifty-two back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet. A single back-in category means every guest gets the same spec. Three cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, restrooms, showers, personal mailboxes, and on-site dining handle the practical side. Two policies to know: permanent monthly stays require a $200 deposit for RVs and $500 for mobile homes, and in accordance with the Rockport-Fulton ordinance there are age restrictions on units, so confirm with the resort if your rig is older. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, recreation center, clubhouse, library, billiards, shuffleboard, horseshoes, biking, a lake, pond, beach, and dog park filling the grounds. Fishing, swimming, and planned activities round it out, with a golf course and a state park nearby and genuinely exceptional birding. Fulton and Rockport sit at one of the most ecologically significant points on the Texas coast — the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are close, and the redfish and speckled trout fishing is among the state's best. Winter Texans fill the coast November through April. Reserve well ahead.

from $40/night

Copano Bay RV Resort

On the shores of Copano Bay in Rockport, Texas—in Aransas County on the Texas Coastal Bend where the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane winter habitat, the Rockport-Fulton area's redfish and trout sport fishing, the Key Allegro marina's private island community, and the Rockport Beach Park's Texas Blue Wave-certified swimming beach create the year-round coastal resort that artists, anglers, birders, and the Houston-San Antonio corridor's weekend outdoor community have built into one of the Gulf Coast's most consistently rewarding destinations south of Corpus Christi—Copano Bay RV Resort provides full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer on the bayfront property, cabin rentals, a waterfront pool, a fishing pier, a kayak launch, a dog park, a fitness center, a game room with pool table, ping pong, and poker tables, a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse with a library and full kitchen, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, walking trails, laundry, and year-round operation in a bayfront resort whose Copano Bay fishing pier, kayak launch, and whooping crane proximity create the Rockport birding and angling base camp that the Texas Coastal Bend's most complete RV resort provides. Bayfront fishing pier. Kayak launch to Copano Bay. Whooping cranes 35 minutes north. Full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer alongside cabin rentals on the Copano Bay waterfront provide the accommodation infrastructure at the resort whose 3101 FM-1781 bayfront position creates the direct-water-access that the fishing pier and kayak launch translate into operational bay and creek access from within the property. The waterfront pool's heated operation and the fitness center serve the daily health and recreation routine, and the 16,000-square-foot clubhouse—with the full kitchen, the library's book and media collection, the billiards room, ping pong tables, and poker facilities—creates the resort's social gathering infrastructure at a scale that the winter snowbird and extended-stay community genuinely occupies across the Aransas County season. Sports courts, volleyball, basketball, walking trails, the dog park, and the comprehensive laundry complete the resort's daily practical and activity inventory. Rockport sits in Aransas County on Aransas Bay and Copano Bay, in the coastal community where the Live Oak Peninsula's protective bay position and the historic fishing village identity—the Rockport Art Center, the Texas Maritime Museum, and the Fulton Mansion State Historic Site's 1877 French Second Empire mansion—create the cultural and historical depth that the birding and fishing community's primary visit adds outdoor recreation to. The Rockport Art Association's nationally recognized artist colony, whose concentration of coastal painters working the bay and live oak landscape has made Rockport the Arts Capital of the Texas Coast, creates the gallery and studio culture that the Rockport weekend visitor accesses alongside the Copano Bay's fishing. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 35 miles north, provides the coastal marsh wintering habitat for the world's entire natural whooping crane population—the 500-plus birds that winter here from November through March represent the recovery from just 15 birds in 1941. The refuge's 115,000 acres support 400-plus bird species during fall and winter, and the Rockport whooping crane boat tours operate November through March. Copano Bay RV Resort operates year-round in Aransas County's subtropical coastal climate, with the November through April birding and fishing season the most popular period—the whooping crane arrival, the winter duck hunting, the redfish and trout concentration in the cooling bay water, and the mild coastal temperatures create the Texas Coastal Bend's peak outdoor recreation quarter. Reserve your bayfront site or cabin at Copano Bay RV Resort and let the fishing pier, the kayak launch, and the Aransas whooping crane flyway deliver the Texas Coastal Bend resort experience that Aransas County's most completely equipped bayfront campground provides.

from $69/night

Reel Chill RV Resort

130 RV Sites

Reel Chill RV Resort in Rockport, Texas, offers 130 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet, at a newly constructed property on the Gulf Coast. Back-in, pull-through, and a dedicated I-35-side back-in category join a boat ramp, beach, pool, and clubhouse in Aransas County. One hundred thirty sites run in back-in, back-in along I-35, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet. Flagging the highway-side sites as their own category is unusually candid — you know what you are booking. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and RV storage handle the practical side. The resort has invested in making its site accessible to people with disabilities. A boat ramp gives direct water access for fishing, with an outdoor pool, clubhouse, and beach filling the rest. The property is new throughout, which shows in the facilities. Pets are welcome. Rockport and Fulton sit at the center of one of the most rewarding coastal stretches in Texas — a coastline defined by Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, and the undeveloped Gulf shoreline of the barrier islands. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are nearby, and the redfish and speckled trout fishing is among the state's best. Fishing season and winter Texan demand drive the calendar here. Reserve ahead for the November-to-April window and for summer beach weekends.

from $72/night

Rockport RV Resort

185 RV Sites, 3 Cabins

Rockport RV Resort in Texas offers 185 full-hookup RV sites and three cabins on the Coastal Bend, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Deluxe and premium back-in and pull-through categories join a standard tier, with a boat ramp, outdoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, and library. One hundred eighty-five sites span standard back-in, deluxe back-in 30/50-amp, deluxe pull-thru 30/50-amp, premium back-in 30/50-amp, and premium pull-thru 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. One hundred feet is exceptional capacity and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow — a genuine advantage in a market full of winter Texans in large rigs. Three cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. A boat ramp opens the water for boating and fishing, with an outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna, fitness center, clubhouse, game room, library, billiards, shuffleboard, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, biking, a pond, pavilion, and dog park filling the rest. A state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. Rockport and Fulton sit at one of the Gulf Coast's most celebrated points for birding, fishing, and waterfront living. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds are close, and Aransas Bay's redfish and speckled trout draw anglers from across the state. Winter Texans fill the Coastal Bend November through April. Reserve well ahead for that window and for summer weekends.

from $50/night

Quilly’s Big Fish RV Park

59 RV Sites

Quilly's Big Fish RV Park in Rockport, Texas, offers 59 full-hookup RV sites beneath live oaks, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 65 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Categories include a deluxe site with a private dog pen and a wooded view site with its own hot tub, alongside pond view, deluxe pull-through, and overnight tiers. Fifty-nine sites span 30/50-amp deluxe dog pen, 30/50-amp deluxe pull-thru, 30/50-amp pond view, 30/50-amp wooded view, 30/50-amp wooded view with hot tub, and overnight categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 65 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two categories are genuinely rare: a site with a private dog pen, and a site with its own hot tub. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. One safety note the park states plainly: during hurricane season, June 1 through September 30, RVs should be ready to pull out at any time. The WiFi password is bigfishwifi. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a clubhouse, recreation center, beach, fishing pier, pond, walking trails, dog park, pickleball, and cabins filling the rest. Founded in 2021, the park is clean and well kept, and Rockport's fishing lives up to the name — Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, and the whooping crane refuge are all close. Winter Texans and the fishing season drive demand. Reserve well ahead for November through April.

from $55/night

Seagrass RV Resort

141 RV Sites

Seagrass RV Resort in Aransas Pass, Texas, offers 141 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Premium and Signature back-in categories with a private palapa join pull-through tiers, with an outdoor pool, clubhouse, recreation center, and pond on the Coastal Bend. One hundred forty-one sites span premium back-in, premium back-in with palapa, premium pull-thru, Signature back-in, and Signature back-in with palapa categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 60 feet. The palapa sites are the standout — a private thatched shade structure at your site, which on the Texas coast is worth more than almost any other upgrade and is rare at this scale. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a clubhouse, recreation center, pavilion, and pond filling the grounds. Fishing and swimming run on site. Pets are welcome. The resort represents a multi-million-dollar investment in a stretch of coast that rewards it. Aransas Pass sits amid some of the most productive coastal fishing and wildlife habitat in the country — the seagrass flats and tidal channels of Redfish Bay support world-class redfish and speckled trout, and the adjacent Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is the primary wintering ground for the endangered whooping crane. The Rockport-Fulton restaurant and shopping scene is close. Winter Texans and the fishing season drive demand November through April, with summer bringing beach traffic. Reserve well ahead for the winter window.

from $76/night

Sugar Valley Resort

127 RV Sites

Sugar Valley Resort in Van Vleck, Texas, offers 127 full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp service, sized for rigs to 65 feet, with ADA-accessible sites available. A splash pad, boat and RV storage, golf cart rentals, and a snack bar support both long stays and Gulf Coast fishing trips off Highway 35. One hundred twenty-seven sites run in standard and premium back-in configurations carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp with water and sewer, sized to 65 feet. Accessible sites are available for guests who need them. Boat storage and RV storage serve the fishing and seasonal market, and laundry, propane fills and exchange, a general store, restrooms, and showers handle longer stays. WiFi reaches the property. Up to four people are included in every site rental with no charge for additional guests except in park models, and there is no daytime visitor fee. A splash pad anchors the warm-weather recreation, with basketball and a pavilion on the grounds and golf cart rentals to cross the property. A snack bar covers quick meals. Boating and fishing run from the area, and the surrounding coastal prairie makes for exceptional bird and wildlife watching. Pets are welcome. Van Vleck sits in Matagorda County on the Colorado River's lower reach. Matagorda Bay, the Mad Island Marsh Preserve, and the Colorado River delta form one of the most productive shorebird and wading bird habitats on the Texas coast, with the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge north and Matagorda Island south. The resort operates year-round. Spring and fall migration draw birders, and the fishing season runs long on the Gulf Coast. Reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

from $37/night

Diamond Dale RV Park

24 RV Sites

Diamond Dale's RV Park in Sargent, Texas, provides a waterfront camping destination on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Matagorda County, where the Texas Gulf Coast's most productive fishing waters, the Intracoastal's commercial and recreational boat traffic, and the estuarine ecology of the Colorado River delta and East Matagorda Bay create a setting that dedicated coastal anglers and boating enthusiasts understand as one of the most authentic and productive fishing locations on the upper Gulf Coast. Sargent's position in the Matagorda Peninsula community places the park in a genuine waterway village where the commercial fishing and recreational boating cultures have coexisted for generations. The park provides full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer service directly adjacent to the boating and fishing waters of the Matagorda County coast, alongside laundry facilities and pet-friendly policies that accommodate extended-stay anglers whose Sargent visits span multiple fishing seasons. The park's straightforward, fishing-focused character reflects the Sargent community's identity as a working coastal town rather than a tourist destination, and guests who seek the true Gulf Coast fishing experience—early morning departures for redfish and speckled trout in the East Matagorda Bay's shallow grass flats, afternoon bait fishing from the Intracoastal's bank—find that direct waterway access is the amenity that matters most in this coastal setting. The East Matagorda Bay and the Colorado River delta system create the estuarine habitat matrix that produces the speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum, and sheepshead fishing that makes Matagorda County one of the upper Texas coast's most productive year-round fisheries. The shallow, grass-flat character of East Matagorda Bay—waters averaging less than four feet in depth over most of the bay's expanse—creates the ideal redfish habitat where sight-casting to tailing fish on the flats is possible for much of the year during the low-tide periods that expose the bay's productive shallow edges. The Matagorda Bay Nature Park, managed by the Colorado River Municipal Water District, provides additional public access to the Colorado River's mouth and the Matagorda Peninsula's Gulf beach on the barrier island separating East Matagorda Bay from the open Gulf of Mexico. Palacios, approximately 15 miles south of Sargent via TX-457 and TX-60, is the nearest full-service coastal community with commercial marinas, fuel docks, and the seafood restaurants and bait and tackle infrastructure that coastal anglers require for extended fishing trips on the Matagorda County bay system. The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge's whooping crane wintering grounds lie approximately 100 miles southwest. Diamond Dale's RV Park operates year-round in Matagorda County's subtropical Gulf Coast climate, with the speckled trout fishing peaking in fall and winter when the fish move from the shallow summer grass flats to the deeper channels and bay edges in patterns that make November through February the most consistently productive period for the trout-focused anglers who represent the park's most loyal repeat visitor community. Summer's warm Gulf water drives the redfish season's most active period, and the park's year-round waterway access makes it a functional base for coastal anglers whose fishing calendar follows the seasonal species movements rather than the tourist season's weather preferences.

from $50/night

Waterside RV Resort

11 RV Sites

Opened in June 2022 along the sheltered canal system threading through the Texas Gulf Coast community of Sargent, Waterside RV Resort brings boutique resort sensibility to a working waterman's corner of Matagorda County. Eleven oversized sites claim a combined 360 feet of private canal frontage, where the protected, flat water gives anglers direct access to a fishery teeming with redfish, speckled trout, flounder, and blue crab. The family-owned resort was designed from the ground up for serious fishing travelers and coastal explorers who want luxury pad infrastructure without trading the authenticity of a genuine Texas salt marsh address. Each of the eleven sites features an 18-by-50-foot concrete pad with full hookups, high-speed internet, and a wide concrete drive that accommodates maneuvering even the longest fifth-wheel or Class A rigs without drama. A guest-only fishing dock extends over the canal for anglers who prefer casting from the bank, and the dock's position—flanked by cornhole and horseshoe areas—creates a natural gathering point as the afternoon light drops toward the Gulf horizon. The resort's 350 feet of waterfront also accommodates guest vessels directly at the site, so boat owners can tie up park-side and walk from the recliner to the captain's chair in seconds. The canal system at Sargent connects to East Matagorda Bay's expansive shallow flats, which rank among Texas's most productive wade-fishing destinations for speckled trout. Redfish prowl the shoreline grass, flounder stage in the channel edges, and blue crab move through the canals in numbers that make a crab trap an effective dinner supplement. Kayakers launching from the resort's waterfront access protected paddling routes winding through marshland channels rarely encountered on the crowded upper Texas coast, with wildlife viewing of roseate spoonbills, great blue herons, and occasional alligators throughout the season. The Sargent area lies roughly 90 minutes southwest of Houston along FM 457, placing it within easy reach of the greater metro while maintaining the seclusion of a genuine backwater Texas fishing destination. Matagorda Bay forms one of the most biologically productive estuaries on the Texas coast, feeding a sport fishery and commercial shrimping industry that supplies coastal restaurants from Galveston to Corpus Christi. The nearby Colorado River delta and Matagorda Beach on the Gulf provide additional day-trip options for guests seeking open surf or freshwater fishing in the lower river reaches. Fishing is productive year-round in the Sargent canal system, though the cooler months of October through March bring particularly consistent speckled trout action as fish concentrate on the warmer shallow flats near the bay margins. Summer heat is the trade-off for warm-season visitors, though early morning and late evening sessions on the water beat the midday temperatures effectively. With just eleven sites, Waterside books quickly for the peak fall fishing season—reserve at least four to six weeks in advance to secure a spot at this premier Texas Gulf Coast fishing retreat.

from $45/night

LaFitte's Hideout RV Resort

96 RV Sites

On Mustang Island at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, LaFitte's Hideout RV Resort earns its position in Port Aransas—a fishing village-turned-coastal-resort town that holds onto its saltwater identity despite the vacation traffic that fills its streets each summer weekend. Port Aransas holds the title of Fishing Capital of Texas, and LaFitte's backs that claim up with a location within walking distance of multiple sport fishing charter outfits and a short golf cart ride from miles of open Gulf beach accessible without the development density that marks the Corpus Christi mainland to the south. Big-rig-friendly pull-through sites with full 50-amp hookups accommodate Class A rigs and fifth-wheels up to 45 feet with room for a tow vehicle alongside. All sites provide full hookups with 50-amp electrical service, water, and sewer connections, with parking space sufficient for two vehicles per site—critical when guests arrive with a boat trailer or a tow car in addition to the rig itself. A pool and spa serve the relaxation contingent, and climate-controlled his-and-her separate bathhouse facilities provide a level of privacy and comfort that stands above the typical coastal park. A large recreation hall and kitchen accommodates group gatherings and organized activities, the general store handles incidentals and supplies, and high-speed Wi-Fi keeps guests connected during the hours when they're not on the water. The Gulf of Mexico fishing from Port Aransas ranks among the finest on the Texas coast, with nearshore reefs producing red snapper, king mackerel, and cobia, while offshore structures attract yellowfin tuna and wahoo for anglers willing to run farther out into blue water. Charter operations just steps from LaFitte's offer half-day bay trips for speckled trout and redfish, full-day nearshore excursions, and overnight offshore runs for guests who want to experience the deep-water fishing that keeps Port Aransas on the national angling map year after year. The Lydia Ann Channel, which separates Mustang Island from San Jose Island, provides calm-water kayaking and wade-fishing access that feels genuinely remote despite being a short paddle from the resort's gate. The Port Aransas Nature Preserve and the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center sit within the town limits, providing exceptional migrant songbird watching along a boardwalk that spans the wetlands and ponds between the Gulf and Aransas Bay. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, the winter home of the endangered whooping crane and accessible by boat tour from Rockport about 30 miles north, offers a rare opportunity to see North America's tallest bird in its protected Gulf Coast wintering grounds. The University of Texas Marine Science Institute on the island provides public aquarium exhibits and outreach events that add a scientific dimension to the coastal experience. Spring break and summer weekends fill Port Aransas to capacity—reservations at LaFitte's must be made months in advance for the peak April and June-August period. Fall and winter bring some of the finest weather and best offshore fishing of the year as blue-water species stage near the jetties before cold fronts push them south. The mild, salt-washed air and quieter off-season streets give the island a completely different character from its summer self—one that many repeat guests find more agreeable than the peak season. Book early regardless of season, as LaFitte's limited inventory moves quickly among the dedicated Gulf Coast fishing community.

from $56 $49/night