By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Post storm conditions along with tide flushes put fishing back on line for anglers looking for specks and flounder. The speckled trout action warmed up on both sides of the bridge and in the surf for three to five pound fish coming in, topped with 27 to 28 inch mega-trout. The flounder pounders are once again picking up flatfish with a ratio of 5 throwbacks to one keeper, from 16 to 17 inch averages with a 23 inch doormat flounder being caught. Both bayside and bay waders are catching whiting, small drum, and rat reds. Small sheepshead are also filling out angler thrills. Alligator Gar are feeding and rolling in the cut with one angler hooking up and landing a 4 foot, 60 lb specimen after a toe-to-toe battle.

Speckled Trout
GREAT early action for specks around the bridge on both tides with the surf beginning to produce good specks. These specks are running from 2 to 5 lbs with some 25 to 28 inch trophy trout showing up.
(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 on slots and bulls with rats beginning to show up.
(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
Mostly small drum with a few keeper eaters being caught.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)

Flounder
Spring run starting back up with 1 out of 5 making the legal limit. A nice 23 inch doormat was landed by a bay wader.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for 5 fish per day limit)

Sheepshead
Mostly small but active biters.
(Limit: 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel)

Gafftop Catfish
Slow now but beginning to pick up.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum for no limit creel)

Whiting/Croaker
Good whiting with a few keeper croaker coming in.
(No Limits)

Sandtrout/Gulftrout
SOON on sandies but no on gulf.
(No Limits)

Blue Claw Crab
Nice keeper crabs (mostly male) are coming in with a few females (redtips).
(Limit: 5 inches between points with no berry crabs (females with eggs) allowed)

Stone Crabs
Active near bridge.
(Limit: only right claw may be kept when 2-1/2 inches above first Knuckle)

Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting May 19, 2015.