By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
WEEDS, especially of the sargassum variety, are causing severe problems at the pass and along our coastal shores, BUT there is absolutely NOTHING we can do about it! Somehow the anglers are working around this irritation and catching fish. The fish ARE still there under the weed mats but are hard to catch. All we can do is fish when the weeds are lightest between the tides. We don’t know how much longer we have to endure this weedy situation so just smile and hope for the best.
Speckled Trout
Excellent trout early AM in the surf, then again in the surf and near the bridge on the PM outgoing. Night-shift anglers are also tethering up good specks under the lights.
(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)
Only a few being caught and landed but these that do make the creel are gooduns.
(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
Drum run is over but a few keeper eaters still around.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Those that know FLOUNDER are reaping the benefit with good limits of keepers.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day limit)
Sheepshead
Slow.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)
Gafftop Catfish
GETTING BETTER– MAYBE!!
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)
Whiting/Croaker
Good whiting in the surf and in the cut.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Sandies beginning to show, especially at night.
(No Limits)
Blue Claw Crab
GETTING CRABBIER.
(Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed)
Stone Crabs
Good but slowing.
(Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first Knuckle)
Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp
Crystal Beach Local News
www.FishingWorld.com
The Beach Triton
Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting June 3, 2014.
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