By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Fishing action at Rollover Pass is beginning to warm up with the water; night-fishing and day time anglers are boxing specks, sand trout, reds, drum, and flounder. A weeks worth of sunny skies with baitfish and shrimp migrating through the pass should do it-TICK, TICK, TICK!!
Speckled Trout
Specks to 28 inches are beginning to show up for day anglers as well as night-shift anglers.
(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)
Hit or miss with anglers catching a few to 40 inches.
(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
The drum run is in full swing with anglers catching quite a few keeper eaters as well as some bulls to 50 inches.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Steady spring flounder action with 1 out of 5 caught making the keeper limit.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day limit)
Sheepshead
No Report.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)
Gafftop Catfish
No Report.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)
Whiting/Croaker
A few croaker in the pass- Whiting in the surf.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Sandies are starting to show with some good 15 inchers making the angler creel.
(No Limits)
Blue Claw Crab
Some good sized blues grabbing baits and chicken necks.
(Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed)
Stone Crabs
A few starting to show with one large stone providing a 7.5 inch claw to one crabber.
(Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first Knuckle)
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Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting April 1, 2014.