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January 11, 2023

Strange Strategies For Winter Specks

Some of the biggest speckled trout come during winter months. The famous Jim Wallace record fish of 1996 came during February in Baffin Bay and hardcore trout enthusiasts spend much time targeting big fish when the […]
February 16, 2022

Drifting And Jigging For Specks

This time of year is magical on the Lower Laguna Madre for what I like to call the angler’s Texas Two Step; drifting and jigging. While the odds of catching trophy specks while wade fishing during […]
July 1, 2021

Binge On Speckled Trout Podcasts

Want to binge on speckled trout information? Then check out all seven episodes of Higher Calling Gulf Coast’s “Speckled Trout Saga” series. With topics ranging from tactics for catching trout in the surf to learning why […]
June 24, 2021

Biggest Trout Live In the Gulf?

Do the biggest speckled trout live in the Gulf? In my opinion they do. I have seen huge trout coming from the short rigs out of the Sabine and Cameron area and talk with several anglers […]
May 23, 2021

How To Catch The Mega Trout Of South Padre

Have you ever dreamed of catching one of the super-sized speckled trout of the Lower Laguna Madre? The region not only produced the Texas state record but has produced many lifetime dream catches for anglers from […]
May 18, 2021

Why Does Laguna Madre Produce So Many Big Trout?

Ever wonder why Laguna Madre produces so many big trout? Get the answer to this question and much more on the second of the Speckled Trout Saga series of the Higher Calling Gulf Coast podcast. Dr. […]
October 21, 2020

Create Your Own Trout School!

Mark Davis works a popping cork like no one I have ever seen. The host of The Outdoor Channel’s highest-rated fishing show, “Big Water Adventures,” pops his super hard, leaving only a brief pause for fish […]
October 15, 2020

Topwater/Plastic Combo For Big Trout

Witnessing the blowup of a big sow speck can be the most impressive or underwhelming thing an angler can witness. Sometimes they strike with such vigor they force the lure into the air causing the heart to […]
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 […]
January 9, 2020

Reds, Specks and Flounder In January

January is the beginning of Texas’ truly cold weather. Savvy anglers however realize in Texas the fishing never shuts down, it just changes. That means the beginning of the year offers overlooked and in some cases […]