By Ed Snyder/Outdoors
This past Labor Day Weekend was a dilly for the amount of visitors who arrived, but wasn’t a dilly when it came to the fish that were caught. But, despite the inactive fishery, the Holiday Revelers seemed to enjoy Rollover Pass and Bolivar’s beacher. Prior to this holiday weekend, the reds, trout, flounder, and other species were as HOT as the temperature gauge, but rest assured, the fish will be back as we’re coming up on the redfish run, the golden croaker run, and the annual flounder run. Finding room within all these runs will be the speckled trout, along with the odds and ends of other species such as pompano, mangrove snapper, and spanish mackerel. The Fall season is almost upon us folks and with it the cool weather and hot action.

Speckled Trout
Slow in the pass but warming up in the bays and surf; almost time for “The Birds”.
(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)
Was HOT with slots and bulls hitting. Slow now, but should be very active soon.
(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
AGAIN, STEADY action for keeper eaters and bulls.
(Limit: 14 inch minimum to 30 inch maximum for 5 fish per day with one OVER 52 inches allowed)

Flounder
Steady action on both sides of the cut; Rollover Bay paying off for waders and giggers.
(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
Croaker slow some days but better other days. Anglers reporting good golden croaker starting up with hand-sized to man-sized (12-14-inchers).
(No Limits)

Sandtrout/Gulftrout
Sandies showing up at night under the lights.
(No Limits)

Shark
300 to 400 surf yards seems to be the target zone for setting out shark baits.

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)

Tides for Rollover Pass, East Bay TX starting Sept 8, 2015.