By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Monsoon rains conditioned the bite for Rollover last week with INCHES of the wet stuff dumped on our area. But now, as we start evaporating into our humidities for the dry out phase, the already wet fish are coming out to play. Reds, drum, whiting, croaker, and flounder are making their angler encores with the spotlight zeroing in on the speckled trout. The cut has survived again, folks.
Speckled Trout
Smaller schooly specks are replacing the larger specks now; watched quite a bit of surface activity Sunday morning as chicken trout gorged themselves on shad. Lots of good speck action occurring now.
(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)
Still slow but slightly more action in the cut and the surf.
(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
And THE BIGGUNS keep on coming. Even though the spring drum run is over, bulls to 48 inches are still intimidating anglers.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Slow but active flounder action; trick is fish no more than 10 ft off the bulkheads with either Berkely Gulp or live minnows.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day limit)
Sheepshead
Slow.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)
Gafftop Catfish
Slow.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)
Whiting/Croaker
Great whiting and croaker in the cut and the surf.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
(No Limits)
Blue Claw Crab
Getting Crabbier.
(Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed)
Stone Crabs
Slow.
(Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first Knuckle)
Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp
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www.FishingWorld.com
The Beach Triton
Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting July 22, 2014.
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