Speckled Trout Fishing Chesapeake Bay

Fly Fishing for Striped Bass and Speckled Trout on the Chesapeake Bay In This video we talk about shallow water fly fishing in the Chesapeake Bay for Striped.
Speckled trout fishing chesapeake bay. 01062020 This was our first time targeting speckled trout in the Chesapeake Bay and to say we had a good day would be an understatement. And its the shallowest parts of these places where youll find some of the most epic fishing. 15062020 The trout were hungry and we.
McGrath along with VIMS professor Eric Hilton have been tagging and tracking speckled trout since 2016 to find out more about these cold-stun events. Species Minimum Size Limits Season Creel Limit Remarks American Eel 9 inches Jan 1Aug 31 except open year round for spears and baited traps or pots Daily25 Bass Largemouth and Smallmouth 15 inches March 1June 15 Open Year Round Daily5 in aggregate 12 inches June 16 through last day in February Black Drum 16 inches Open Year Round Daily1 Boat Limit6 Black. Charter Fishing Guide for the Day The Captain welcomes you to the L.
The spotted seatrout is also known as specs or speckled trout. The Speckled Sea Trout The Whole Trout and Nothing But The Trout. T for your day fishing the Chesapeake Bay.
This is in no small part thanks to relatively healthy SAV submerged aquatic vegetation which for some reason consistently does better here than in other near-by bodies of water. A popular sport fish the world record spotted seatrout weighed in at 17 pounds 7 ounces. Spring Speckled Sea Trout on the Chesapeake Bay Spring signals the beginning of speckled sea trout fishing season for me.
I know there is fishing to be done in winter but I have grown a bit lazy in recent years and usually wait until the warming days of spring. The seatrout is a member of the drum family which includes spot weakfish red drum black drum and Atlantic croaker. Year in and year out as fishing hotspots come and go Mobjack Bay usually holds its own for light-tackle casting to stripers speckled sea trout and redfish.
While fishing for speckled trout anglers in the Chesapeake Bay also catch gray trout croaker striped bass bluefish black drum red drum and other species. Ive had great luck catching specks in grass beds current rips rockpiles around islands and around shallow wrecks. This is when I uncover my boat and get it ready for that first trip of the year.