Speckled Trout Archives - Page 8 of 12

July 22, 2026

Speckled trout will invade Mississippi Sound and Biloxi Marsh when the surface water temperature climbs into the 70s.

Water temperature affects specks

March 27, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Just as much as coastal fishermen will be checking salinity levels in April, they will also be eyeing their water-temperature gauges to get a jump on speckled trout fishing.

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You can secure the hooks of your double rig by running one jighead through a rod guide, back up towards the other jighead and then just hooking the two together. If the guides are too small, just wrap one pigtail around the reel stem and then secure the hooks together.

Tying and securing a double rig

February 20, 2018 Devin Denman

The double rig is an awesome way to load up on trout, but it can be a pain to secure when not in use. Here’s the best way. […]

Study tide charts for December trout success, veteran guide says

December 27, 2017 Andy Crawford

We’ve all been there: We pull up to our favorite fishing hole to find the trout absolutely mauling anything hitting the water — and then the tide stops moving and you can’t buy a bite. […]

Catch Mississippi Gulf Coast trout when they’re on the move this month.

On the move – November puts Gulf Coast gamefish on the move, and anglers can learn to intercept them

November 1, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Guide Ronnie Daniels knows November to be a fickle, feast-or-famine fishing month on the waters of and connected to the Gulf of Mexico, off Mississippi’s coast. […]

Florida’s Capt. Joshua Lim shows off a 25 ½-inch, 6-pound speckled trout caught this summer in Pensacola Bay with a Matrix Shad rigged as a shrimp imitation twitchbait.

Turn a Matrix Shad into a shrimp-imitation twitchbait

September 19, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Many coastal anglers are probably familiar with Matrix Shad soft-plastic paddletail lures and how deadly they are when jigging for speckled trout.

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Patrick McDowell of Slidell holds a 4-pound speckled trout caught Friday just south of Cat Island in the Mississippi Sound. Notice the slick in the photo behind McDowell. The slick popped up on a grass bed in 2.5 feet of water and it was full of bait and trout.

Cat Island trout still spawning

July 17, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Tommy Sutton was idling down a break line off the south shore of Cat Island Friday, about 8 miles across the Mississippi Sound due south of Pass Christian. […]

Hot saltwater tips for summer trips

July 1, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters shares tips for finding speckled trout, redfish and tripletail in the heat of the summer. […]

Sammy Romano, left, and Cabot Corso enjoyed an epic day in the surf last April, catching limits of specks using suspended jerkbaits.

Gearing up for the surf

May 15, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Sammy Romano recommended some “must have” items to bring along when surf fishing for speckled trout. […]

A clip-on crappie float will help keep your double rigs from sinking below trout, guide Ted DeAgano III said.

Twice as nice: Try these tandem rig tips

April 16, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Ted DeAgano III always builds his rigs with a lighter jighead and smaller bait in front, with a slightly larger bait behind. […]

Island trout

April 10, 2017 Sam Davis

It’s April my friends. We finally made it to the time when the trout are cruising the barrier island grass flats and troughs. […]

The author caught this healthy speckled trout working a suspending hard bait close to the rocks of an inshore reef.

Alot of conversations on the Gulf Coast start with “Where’s the trout?” It’s a fun way to kick off a conversation, and everyone knows some tall tales are about to be spun. The truth typically comes out somewhere in the mix of boasting and sandbagging. […]

Slow lure fall key to February specks

February 15, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Slowing the fall of your bait and focusing on flats during warm days will result in speckled trout bites this month. […]