Texas Speckled Trout Fishing

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Texas speckled trout fishing. Known by the scientific community as the Spotted Seatrout locally it is referred to simply as a trout or a spec. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources SCDNR has an interesting perspective on the issue. At a distance.

Some of the biggest fish of the year come when temperatures dip. The spotted seatrout commonly called speckled trout is one of the most popular sport fish along the Texas coast. 21022019 The first difference is diet.

Find ribbonfish scurrying to the surface in panic and you will find big trout. While big-trout enthusiasts often head south for the winter East Matagorda Bay sits tranquil serene and crawling with some of the heaviest gator trout Texas has to offer. Reefs wrecks and rocks all magnets for baitfish draw speckled trout from May through November.

Speckled Trout are the most widely caught game fish in the Texas Coastal Bend. It is not every day that you get the Texas surf almost completely flat so I decided to head down the coast to Port Aransas to attempt to do some Texas surf. 1 14 when it is 2 fish flounder may be taken by any legal means including gigging.

02022021 Shane is the Coastal Advocacy Director for the Coastal Conservation Association and work for years with speckled trout in the Texas Parks. Speckled trout are aggressively feeding at these times and good size catches are common. That said 15-pound test is just about ideal for speckled trout.

12082020 Fishing Line Again the choice here depends a bit on whether you like topwater where mono can be advantageous or subsurface lures in which case braid is usually the favorite. In this second edition of Chester Moores Higher Calling Gulf Coast podcast the two experienced anglers dig deep into the topic. It is widely distributed throughout the bays of the Texas.