Rollover Pass Fishing Report, Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2014

By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Ice Age storms and arctic winds chilled bay waters, putting fishing action on hold. The bite has been sporadic with warming trends providing a few catches for anglers with ice-berg fronts freezing the bite for un-nipped baits. The fish photo page shows off the few catches anglers managed to land from January freeze outs until now. Fortunately, we are nearing the end of our winterized fishery, edging towards a Spring warm up. Bull Drum runs will start soon with Speckled trout action not far behind. The Red fish should begin soon after with the Spring flounder run right behind. The magic of Rollover pass is about to happen folks…it’s just a matter of time…TICK, TICK, TICK!

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Speckled Trout
A few being caught when tides, water temps, and conditions allow with soft plastics being the best choice.
(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)
A few being caught on the Gulf side.
(Limit: 20 inch 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
The annual bull drum run should be starting soon.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)

Flounder
A few small males being caught.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day limit)

Sheepshead
A few being caught on shrimp.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)

Gafftop Catfish
No Report.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)

Whiting/Croaker
A few croaker in the surf with whiting.
(No Limits)

Sandtrout/Gulftrout
No Report.
(No Limits)

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

Stone Crabs
No Report.
(Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first Knuckle)

This report sponsored by
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Crystal Beach Local News
www.FishingWorld.com
The Beach Triton


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