Texas Fish & Game

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December 18, 2023

Time Running Out To Comment On Trout Changes

Time is running out to let your voice be heard as to whether you support or disagree with the major speckled trout regulation proposal. The comment period lasts until Jan. 23. The proposed rules would reduce […]
June 27, 2023

Comment On the Future of TX Speckled Trout Fishery

Texas speckled trout fishery is at a crossroads. Post freeze of 2021, attitudes and even regulations of speckled trout have been impacted along the Texas Coast. We would like your opinion on a few key questions […]
March 7, 2023

Record Shows 20 Pound Speckled Trout Hybrid-Caught In Texas!

It’s a story few in the modern era have heard. And it involves the hybridization of speckled trout with a close cousin from the Pacific that were not only stocked in Texas but produced an official […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 1, 2018

Crazy Tips to Help You Catch Huge Speckled Trout

Speckled Trout Tactics In 2009 , I introduced the F.L.E.X. Fishing system, a dedicated plan for catching big fish of any species-including speckled trout. F.L.E.X. stands for Focus-Learn-Eliminate-Experience and it has revolutionized my personal fishing. The […]
February 22, 2018

The Truth About Galveston and Laguna Madre Trout Migration

  Make no mistake about it, the speckled trout is the most important saltwater fish on the Texas coast. Catching trout is what drives most Texas anglers to spend their spare time braving brutal heat, dangerous […]