Live shrimp certainly attract bites from speckled trout this time of year, but Capt. Theophile Bourgeois has no problem catching his share on topwater plugs like this Bomber Badonk-A-Donk. (Photo by ...

The recent high level of the Mississippi River has kept speckled trout away from Breton Island, but that sure isn't true of its neighbors to the north. Whenever Mother Nature takes a day off from her ...

In certain situations, topwater lures are unrivaled in mimicking mullet and drawing strikes from the largest speckled trout in a school, but no bait is perfect. Topwaters are bulky and heavy, and ...

Speckled sea trout, also known as spotted sea trout, are a popular inshore gamefish species found across the eastern and southern coasts. While they resemble their freshwater cousins in looks, these ...

If you ever get a chance to fish along the Atlantic coast, redfish are an awesome species to target. These hard-charging muscle torpedoes will aggressively chase down swimbaits, flies and topwater ...

There has been a good run of big kingfish off the Space Coast this week. Sometimes they will skyrocket on baits, trolled or simply free jumping, resembling a SpaceX flight taking launch. Inshore, the ...

No matter where you target specks, it’s hard to beat a paddletail soft-plastic, and the Sea Shad emits a strong vibration that these fish can’t resist. The One Knocker is a modern cousin of the ...

1: At Big Pier 60 in Clearwater, good numbers of both speckled and silver trout, along with whiting, were caught this past week. Steady numbers of sheepshead are consistently biting around the pilings ...

Fishing regulations intended to hasten the recovery of spotted seatrout on Texas’ middle and lower coasts after a significant fish kill ended last night. Today, the reduced bag and altered slot limits ...

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has been tagging speckled trout to track the success of their stock enhancement program. Anglers who catch a tagged fish are asked to report the tag ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved changes to spotted seatrout regulations Thursday at a meeting at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department headquarters in Austin. The daily bag limit ...

Capt. Theophile Bourgeois is an admitted topwater diehard. He'll fish surface plugs during the seasons of the year when other anglers don't even carry them in their tackle boxes. He loves seeing ...