Fishing Report For August 13 through August 19, 2013

By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Hot and Cool weather also tells the tale of last weeks angling with hot action being replaced by cool action. Speckled trout were still the #1 item on the anglers menu but a few nice reds came in for the redfish anglers. Rollover’s not far off from its annual Redfish and Golden Croaker runs that should start by the 2nd week of September. Then the long awaited Flounder run will occur from late September through November.

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Speckled Trout
Early morning and night-shift anglers connecting with the specks with mostly 2 lb schooly trout with some 4 and 5 lb-ers are still being boxed (Limit: 15 inch minimum for 10 trout with only one 25 inch trout per day allowed as part of your daily limit).

Redfish (Red Drum)
Mostly rats reds in the cut with a few slot reds coming in, but the Bull Reds should start their Fall run soon (Limit: 20 inches minimum to 28 inch maximum for 3 reds per day, one over 28 inch red -plus bonus red- allowed when properly tagged in addition to your 3 fish limit).

Black Drum
Puppy Drum and some keeper eaters being caught mostly on the bay side (Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed).

Flounder
Sporadic at best with 1 out of 5 being a keeper (Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day)

Sheepshead
SLOW (Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)

Gafftop Catfish
Slow with a few really nice Gaffs to 2 lbs still being caught (Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel).

Whiting/Croaker
Lots of croaker in the cut with good whiting mainly in the surf and on the Gulf side of the cut (No Limits).

Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Some really nice sized sandies to 14 inches coming in (No Limits).

Blue Claw Crab
GREAT CRABBING (Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed).

Stone Crabs
A few stones coming in from the rocky areas (Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first knuckle).

Stingaree Bait Camp Report
Excellent speck and red action around East Bay flats, reefs, and grass. Many limits being had on both bait and plastic anglers when weather and tides allow. A 28 inch, 8lb-13oz speck was weighed in at Stingaree for the STAR tournament.

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2 Responses to “Fishing Report For August 13 through August 19, 2013”

  1. Nelva Maxey says:

    Also our website has the tide info electronically

  2. Nelva Maxey says:

    Can we advertise or sponsor your report?

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