By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
After two days of wind and rain and two days of freshwater runoffs, the pass was sluggish in its offerings, but still produced for day-shift and night-shift anglers when the tides were right. Good flounder to 6 lbs and specks to 5 lbs were caught and boxed. The redfish also kept anglers busy on both the Gulf side and the bay side. The larger female flounder should start showing up in numbers after the freshwater runoffs ease. Their spawning instinct along with cooler bay waters will get them moving towards the Gulf and their appointments with the male flounder. PSSSST, It’s time folks!!
Speckled Trout
Reports of Night/30 action for specks under lights (Limit: 15 inches minimum for 10 trout with only one over 25 inch trout per day allowed as part of your daily limit).
Redfish-(Red Drum)
Night time action and daytime action giving proof to the fact that the redfish run IS NOT OVER YET!! (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
Plenty of puppy, and keeper eater drum hitting as well as those HUGE ego busters (Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed).
Flounder
Sporadic runs of male flounder are still hitting with anglers having to measure for the 14 inch keepers, BUT BE AWARE that the November Conservation limit of 2 flounder per person per day is now in effect and the Wardens are actively awarding citations (Limit: 14 inch minimum for 2 fish per day).
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 whiting in the surf and BIG golden croaker are still biting in the cut (No Limit).
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Plenty of good sized sandies to be caught and boxed (No Limit).
Blue Claw Crab
Slow (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)
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