One cast landed to the right of a small rock structure and the popping cork went under for a brief second before resurfacing. The other cast -- from the same boat -- landed on the opposite side of the ...

If there was ever a best time of the year to catch a big speckled trout, I would say that this is that time. If there was ever a best bait to use to catch that big trout, I would have to say that live ...

During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

Speckled trout along the Central Coast left even veteran fishermen scratching their heads last week. The previous week, trout from Four Bayous Pass west into Timbalier Bay singled out live croakers ...

Not so long ago that anyone has forgotten, a vocal minority of coastal fishermen in Texas told anyone who would listen that speckled trout were headed to extinction in a hand basket unless croakers ...

All traditional tackle techniques used today began as nontraditional methods. In the timeline of angling history, free-lining live croaker is a recent development. And since the inception of using a ...

FLOUR BLUFF — Hooking into a 4-inch croaker fresh from the live well, guide Scott Hibbetts appeared to be unconcerned as a brisk 20 mile per hour wind bounced his boat anchored about 15 minutes from ...

BAFFIN BAY — Saltwater action seekers hooking into some of the best speckled trout battles of the year are turning to a bait that has a well-deserved reputation of giving anglers an almost unfair ...

Capt. Brandon Carter caught this lunker speckled trout on a live croaker this week in Venice. The trout ate the baitfish because it was hungry, not because it caught it eating its eggs. This is ...

A smorgasbord of saline species swarmed the water over and around the submerged reef, the incoming tide triggering a rush of activity as prey and predator jockeyed for advantage under the changing ...