By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
Fishing action produced excellent trout and red catches in the beginning of the week but took a serious dive when the weekly storms barged through to roil the surf once again. As of Sunday, the surf and tides are clearing, improving the fishing action. Hopefully, these staccato storm systems will cease and allow our Spring fishing action to normalize.

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Speckled Trout:
Excellent to Poor to Good depending on the storms and tidal conditions -but when the speck bite is on the stringers hold many 4 to 6 lbers with the schooly trout (2 to 3 lbers) beginning to move in – (Limits- 15inch minimum for 10 trout per-day with only one 25inch trout per day allowed as part of your daily limit).

Redfish-(Red Drum):
Redfish from 20 to 39 inches are still exciting anglers. (Limits, 20 inches minimum to 28 inch maximum for 3 reds per-day- one over 28 inch red allowed when tagged and as a part of your 3 fish limit).

Black Drum:
Although the drum run is over there are still some really nice keeper eater size drum being caught (14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per-day with one OVER 52 inches allowed when a part of your daily limit).

Flounder:
Slow, only to those anglers without patience but steady for those anglers who have the patience (14 inch minimum for 5 fish per-day).

Sheepshead:
Slow with most being caught on the gulf side, (Limit- 15 inch minimum with 5 per day Creel).

Gafftop Catfish:
The Gafftop run is HOT AND HEAVY with many gaffs to 8lbs bending the fishing rods and filling the fish fry boxes. (14 inch minimum for no limit creel)

Whiting/Croaker:
Bay croaker are hitting well in the cut with good sized whiting in the surf. (No Limit).

Sandtrout/Gulftrout:
Sand trout are fair to good in the cut. (No Limits)

Blue Claw Crab:
Steady crab but slow in numbers. (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.

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Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX, starting with May 13, 2013.

Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      % Moon

           /Low      Time    Feet    Sunset                    Visible

M   13      Low   3:34 AM     0.0   6:26 AM    Rise  9:15 AM      7

    13     High   1:12 PM     1.4   8:02 PM     Set 11:12 PM

Tu  14      Low   4:11 AM     0.1   6:26 AM    Rise 10:06 AM      12

    14     High   1:59 PM     1.4   8:03 PM     Set 11:54 PM

W   15      Low   4:50 AM     0.1   6:25 AM    Rise 10:58 AM      19

    15     High   2:47 PM     1.4   8:04 PM

Th  16      Low   5:33 AM     0.2   6:25 AM     Set 12:32 AM      27

    16     High   3:31 PM     1.3   8:04 PM    Rise 11:51 AM

F   17      Low   6:21 AM     0.2   6:24 AM     Set  1:09 AM      36

    17     High   4:08 PM     1.3   8:05 PM    Rise 12:45 PM

Sa  18      Low   7:17 AM     0.3   6:24 AM     Set  1:45 AM      46

    18     High   4:36 PM     1.2   8:05 PM    Rise  1:40 PM

    18      Low  10:49 PM     0.4

Su  19     High   4:28 AM     0.9   6:23 AM     Set  2:20 AM      56

    19      Low   8:26 AM     0.4   8:06 PM    Rise  2:36 PM

    19     High   4:58 PM     1.2

    19      Low  10:42 PM     0.3

M   20     High   6:07 AM     1.0   6:23 AM     Set  2:56 AM      66

    20      Low   9:48 AM     0.5   8:07 PM    Rise  3:35 PM

    20     High   5:14 PM     1.2

    20      Low  11:00 PM     0.2