By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Cooling waters insure hotter fishing action at Rollover Pass for flounder, reds, and speckled trout as pods of shrimp pass thru to the Gulf. BUT anglers beware as the 2 flounder per day conservation phase kicked in on Saturday (Nov-1). This conservation phase for flounder will be November l through December 15 before reverting back to the 5 flounder per-day limit. Those who remembered to turn their clocks back 1 hour got an extra hour’s sleep, those who didn’t missed out. Dredging operations will start soon, limiting fishing areas on the west side of the Pass. Be careful out there folks, THE FISH ARE BITING!!
Speckled Trout
Good speck action at night or early post dawn morning for trout from legal 15 to 27 inches- free-lined live shrimp is the key.
(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)
Great slot and bull red action in the cut or off the west wall rocks.
(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
Steady action for keeper eaters with some bulls being caught and released.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Flounder action for the larger females is heating up as waters cool.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 2 fish per day limit from Nov 1 to Dec 15)
Sheepshead
Slow.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)
Gafftop Catfish
Slow.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)
Whiting/Croaker
Whiting and croaker action in cut and surf good with bull croaker mainly in surf.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Best at night and good during day.
(No Limits)
Blue Claw Crab
Claws still around but not in numbers.
(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
Crystal Beach Local News
www.FishingWorld.com
The Beach Triton
Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting Nov 4, 2014.
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