By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
The annual September Redfish Run is in full swing with plenty of Bulls and slots in the surf and cut providing great fishing action for the anglers. Specks in the surf mainly a hit or miss event for wade anglers, but when it’s hit the waders are connecting with trout to 7 lbs. Night-shift anglers doing well at times, fishing mainly live baits. Flounder anglers picking up a few quality fish along the bulkheads with night giggers sticking nice limits on the flats. The croaker run is still sporadic with the larger golden croaker starting to run.
Speckled Trout
Surf waders doing well at times on either incoming or outgoing tides with a few quality trout to 7 lbs coming in. Cut anglers getting a few schooly specks on bottom baits rigged with live shrimp or finger mullet (Limit: 15 inches minimum for 10 trout with only one over 25 inch trout per day allowed as part of your daily limit).
Redfish (Red Drum)
The September run of redfish IS on with lots of Bulls and slots in the surf and cut being caught by anglers fishing mainly live finger mullet on the bottom (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
SLOW (Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed).
Flounder
Picking up with a few nice quality flatfish coming in from the bulkheads (Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day).
Sheepshead
SLOW (Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel).
Gafftop Catfish
Slow (Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel).
Whiting/Croaker
Excellent whiting and croaker in the surf and the cut but only a few goldens being reported (No Limits).
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Good sandies being caught at night but no silvers (gulf) being reported as yet (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)
This report sponsored by Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp, Crystal Beach Local News, and The Beach Triton.
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ed how are the tides are they real high from the storm down in mexico. i will be there on the 17th thanks.
ED you are so right about the red run it is awesome at roll over pass for reds. croaker will be better after the reds slow down. Golden croaker will also get better after the first cool front which will come about the 2nd week in oct. my party of 4 and i caught so many reds last week until we was putting 20 to 27 inc reds back in the water. we only save our limit. THANKS