By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
This past week provided plenty of trout action, mainly on the gulf side after the morning tide change from ingoing to outgoing. Pods of shrimp began moving through to the gulf, which attracted sea birds, which then attracted trout hungry anglers. Most of the trout were banana size with one out of seven being a 15 inch keeper, but a few nice 2 and 3 pounders came in as well. Night-shifters had poor to great action depending on where you had your lights; bay-waders had flounder, trout, and redfish activity; day-shifters took flounder, trout, reds, and plenty of croaker; and surf-waders were mostly left begging. The surf-rodders took shark, bull reds, and drum. This weeks angling was great for the most part for trout and croaker.
Speckled Trout
Tide changes from incoming to outgoing was the key for some great trout action.
(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)
Slot and bull reds beginning to show up early for their annual redfish run.
(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
Plenty of keeper eaters.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)
Flounder
Steady flounder action with some nice ones being caught from 14 to 19 inches.
(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
Whiting GOOD – Croaker EXCELLENT.
(No Limits)
Sandtrout/Gulftrout
For some reason, the sandies are not here yet.
(No Limits)
Shark
EXCELLENT SHARK ACTION with good numbers of 5 footer blacktips hitting the beach.
Blue Claw Crab
Plenty of claws in the cut.
(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)
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Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting August 25, 2015.
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