Texas Oil Rigs - Old and abandoned Oil Rigs Locations in the Western Gulf of Mexico
Texas Oil Rigs are the “holy grail” of offshore fishing. Oil Rigs are useful long after their service life.
Offshore oil rigs are more beneficial to some fish species than offshore reefs. Fishing around deep water Oil Rigs is very rewarding. We provide anglers these Oil Rig locations dating back to 2004. Some of these still rigs still operate, many do not.
The subsurface of an Oil rig is the perfect structure for coral to grow, live and flourish. Even though many oil rigs are abandoned and forgotten, these offshore mega structures are host to thousands of baitfish which attract other species of larger fish. Offshore rigs such as these Platforms located off the coast of Texas, are the richest marine habitats on planet earth. They are inundated with fish and underwater life.
Look at all the Oil Rigs off Texas! We provide nearly 700 Old Rig locations in the Texas Gulf. Some are still operational, some abandoned and some are cut off for Oil Rig Reefs. View the Rig GPS spots and locations loaded to a GPS below. Each users installed mapping or GPS settings are different. Your view may vary greatly depending on GPS brand and installed Chart/Mapping. However, this image does show every rig location users will receive. Works with marine GPS, Google Earth or use with the Navionics Boating app for superb mapping and navigation on any mobile device!
OLD TEXAS OIL RIGS – ONLY $119.99 (CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE)
See the old Texas Oil Rig fishing spots loaded to Google Earth. Use with Google Earth on Mobile devices or most any computer.
OLD TEXAS OIL RIGS – ONLY $119.99 (CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE)
Like all our Fishing Spots, you can load our old Texas Oil Rigs to your boats GPS, Phone or Tablet!
Why would I want the Old Oil Rig Locations? Many of these old Oil Rigs have been simply abandoned due to several economic recessions, Covid and other impactful economic and environmental reasons. We provide these old oil rig locations dating back to 2004, ready for anglers GPS and mobile devices. Many of them still exist. Many of them only have cut off parts or only remains and bottom debris. No matter the condition of the rig, most all of them make for top shelf fishing! Catch Snapper and Grouper along with Trigger Fish, Spade Fish, Cobia, amberjack, Barrel fish, Tilefish and so many more fish species that lurk around rigs. Whether they are operational, abandoned or torn down rig remains. The fishing around these areas can be very rewarding.
FISHERMAN’S OIL RIG FACT! Did you know, here in the United States, the practice of turning rigs into coral reefs dates back nearly 40 years. Not just cut off rigs, COMPLETE rigs as well. Back in 1980’s, the US Congress passed the National Fishing Enhancement Act to recognize the benefits of artificial reefs to anglers, and the increased sustainability of many fisheries. This plan encouraged Gulf states to develop plans to convert abandoned and old oil rigs and gas platforms into reefs. Texas is one of the five Gulf of Mexico coastal states that have implemented rigs to reefs programs in the Gulf of Mexico. They have converted over 500 oil and gas platforms into offshore reefs. Others remain abandoned, and some rigs have been removed but ALL have left much fish attracting debris on the ocean floor that hold bait and large fish.
Purchase Note:–These old Oil Rig locations and GPS coordinates will be in no certain name order or current condition because it’s nearly impossible to know which are now cut off oil rigs, currently operating oil rigs, removed oil rigs, abandoned oil rigs or the like, as this changes all the time. Using these old oil rig spots, it will be up to you to check the areas and see what remains. There are hundreds of these spots dating back in our books from 2004. We have the old Oil Rig spots locations available for the entire state of Texas offshore and past the Flower Gardens area, see the images on this page for the layout coverage. These spots will load to your boats GPS, Phone or Tablet. There are hundreds of old Oil Rig spots, so keep in mind when you load this file to your GPS, it will add around 700 waypoints to your GPS waypoints list and mapping. Also, you users can load these spots to Mobile Devices. How do I purchase the Old Texas offshore Oil Rig Locations and Map? Buy it here.