By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Steady action for most of the week with good tides and sandy green water. Night-shift anglers caught trout on the tide changes with early morning waders stringing specks in the surf and flounder in the bay. The Croaker, whiting, and redfish are providing action for the cut anglers. Sunday morning provided some incredible excitement for anglers when large schools of big Shark arrived to start a frenzy feed on massive rafts of menhaden (bunker shad) which in turn brought in bull reds. Then swarms of shark that were eventually chased off by a large pod of Dolphin. Quite the show folks!!

Speckled Trout
Steady speck action mostly at night under lights or early morning, but outgoing sandy green tides providing mid-day action for bttom fishing with finger mullet, shad, shrimp, or croaker (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)
Slow but flurries of action for Bulls and slots with lots of rats beginning to show up (Limit: 20 inches 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
Slow with some Bulls still being caught along with keeper eaters and puppies (Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)

Flounder
Off and On action for flounder for the bayside bulkhead anglers and bay waders (Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day)

Sheepshead
SLOW (Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)

Gafftop Catfish
Slow with a few really nice Gaffs to 3 lbs still being caught, but a few keeper eaters being caught (Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)

Whiting/Croaker
LOTS OF CROAKER in the cut for those who want a cooler of fish fries with most either handsized or under. Whiting good sized and hitting in the cut and surf (No Limit)

Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Night shift anglers dong well on the sandies (No Limit)

Blue Claw Crab
GREAT CRABBING (Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed)

Stone Crabs
A few stones coming in from the rocky areas (Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first knuckle)

Stingaree Bait Camp Report
Excellent speck and red action around East Bay flats, reefs, and grass; many limits being had on both bait and plastic anglers when weather and tides allow. A 28 inch, 8lb-13oz speck was weighed in at Stingaree for the STAR tournament.

Special Note Stingaree Bait Camp is now open 7 days – Sat/Sun weekends from 6am to 4pm. Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp is Now Open 7 days – Fri-Sat-Sun 6am to 6pm

This report sponsored by Miss Nancy’s Bait Camp, Crystal Beach Local News, and Stingaree Bait Camp. NOTICE- Live Shrimp Now Available at both Stingaree and Miss Nancy’s bait camps.
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