Middle Texas Coast

HotSPOTlight: Port Aransas

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LOCATION: Aransas Bay
HOTSPOT: Traylor Island
GPS: N 27 56.6849, W 97 4.4609
(27.9448 -97.0744)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Live croaker
TIPS: Size of the croaker is not that important unless they aren’t smaller than a silver dollar.

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LOCATION: Espirito Santo Bay
HOTSPOT: City Slicker Flats
GPS: N 28 24.283, W 96 24.148
(28.4047 -96.4025)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Live croaker, plastics
TIPS: Wade close to drop-off, cast to sand pockets and grass; dawn through morning, dusk through night.

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LOCATION: Port Lavaca
HOTSPOT: Cadual Reef
GPS: N 28 38.107, W 96 19.594
(28.6351 -96.3266)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: DOA Soft Plastics
TIPS: Look for structure…reefs out in the middle of the bay, spoil banks.

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LOCATION: Redfish Bay
HOTSPOT: Dagger Islands
GPS: N 27 50.1019, W 97 10.2659
(27.8350 -97.1711)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Live croaker
TIPS: Pop the croaker a little bit with rod tip every 30-40 seconds. Do it by moving your wrist, not your arm.

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LOCATION: Rockport
HOTSPOT: Bay Oil Wells and Pads
GPS: N 28 2.742, W 96 57.8339
(28.0457 -96.9639)

SPECIES: Speckled Trout
BEST BAITS: Corkies or Soft Plastics
TIPS: A Berkley Gulp in a pearl color also works great in the clearer water.

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LOCATION: Upper Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: Intracoastal Spoil Banks
GPS: N 27 33.6839, W 97 16.759
(27.5614 -97.2793)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters
TIPS: Wade fishing is your best bet for spawning trout.

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LOCATION: Upper Laguna Madre
HOTSPOT: King Ranch Shoreline
GPS: N 27 29.134, W 97 21.1079
(27.4856 -97.3518)

SPECIES: Speckled trout
BEST BAITS: Topwaters
TIPS: A bone/silver She Dog, with a Walk-the-Dog retrieve should produce results.

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