By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
The fishing action really turned on this past week with anglers catching redfish, trout, and flounder. Early runs of reds and flounder seem to be occurring for the cut, the surf, and the bay. Included in the action were great runs of spanish mackerel, skip-jack, sand trout, black drum, with a scattering of pompano. The flounder are beginning to show up in numbers with larger flounder to 20 inches being caught and boxed by anglers.
Speckled Trout
Good trout action in the cut and bay, but the surf is where the bigger specks are with 3 to 6 pounders taking live bait and plastics.
(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)
NOT AWESOME yet but pretty darn close.
(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
Good action for pups and keeper eaters.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Picking up on the bay side in numbers and sizes with the Gulf side providing a few.
(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
Good croaker with a few goldens to 12 inches beginning to show; great bull whiting in the cut and the surf.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Good sandy action with a few gulf trout showing up.
(No Limits)
Blue Claw Crab
Good in shallow water areas.
(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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The Beach Triton
Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting Sept 9, 2014.
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