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January 17, 2023

Three Tactics for Winter Specks

Winter can be a great time to target speckled trout, and although the bite may be on the slow side some days, this is a time of year when some real gators show up. You say […]
November 30, 2021

3 Critical Factors for Speck Fishing

You want to catch some speckled sea trout, right? Of course you do! There are lots of ways to make it happen, but whatever tactic, technique, or bait you intend to deploy, you won’t catch fish […]
November 3, 2020

Choosing the Best Jig Head

Whether you’re working a grass-bed in the shallows for specks or bouncing a jig along the bottom for flounder, you probably stare at your box of jig heads and wonder: which one is the best pick? […]
August 12, 2020

The Ultimate Speckled Trout Gear

Choosing fishing gear is truly a matter of personal preference – what makes the ultimate speckled trout rod and reel to me may well not be your first choice. So take the following with a grain […]
August 11, 2020

The Ultimate Speckled Trout Hotspot

Funny things about fishing hotspots: they come and they go. The place that you killed ’em last year may be completely beat this year, and next year is a totally fresh roll of the dice. Occasionally […]
October 22, 2019

Speckled Sea Trout Tactics: The Retrieve

A true story: there were five very experienced anglers aboard a boat creeping through the shallows with an electric trolling motor, hitting Spot-Lock when points with current or a trough came into casting range. All five […]
December 6, 2018

Cool Weather Tips for Monster Trout

Abrupt weather changes force different behavior from many species, and one that’s strongly impacted is speckled trout. After a strong front pushes through they may well change feeding locations, depths, and even what prey they focus […]
June 14, 2018

Speckled Trout: Finding the Monsters

Monster Speckled Trout Do you want to find the real monster speckled trout? Not the one-pounders, not the two-pounders, but fish that weigh five, seven, or even 10 pounds? Of course you do! On a recent […]
March 29, 2018

The Ultimate (But Often Ignored) Saltwater Fishing Bait

One of the best saltwater fishing baits on the face of the planet all too often gets ignored by anglers: “soft” blue crabs. Crabs grow by shedding their shell, and for a short period of time […]
June 16, 2015

Bait Versus Lures for Stripers and Speckled Sea Trout

Got Bait IV is now live, and in this episode, we put soft crab baits up against BKDs and Bust ‘Em Baits. What’s really different in this episode, however, is our boat: we’re on a Yahama […]