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9.9-pound trout leads Speckled Trout Challenge
With a week left to go and the speckled trout biting like mad along the Carolina Beach coast, the 12th Annual Chasin’ Tails Speckled Trout Challenge is far from over. […]
Speckled Trout
Fishing
Stono river specks offer plenty of winter action
Many inshore anglers don’t give much thought or effort into catching speckled trout in February, but plenty of specks are still active in the Stono River, south of Charleston, S.C., and except on the most brutal of cold days, they’re willing to bite. […]
Columns
Look out the ‘window’ for the big trout
Big speckled trout have particular feeding windows. Pinpoint those in your area and you’ll consistently catch larger fish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout are on fire along SC coast
The D.O.A. PT-7 is one of the hottest speckled trout lures along the Carolina coast right now, especially when worked in a “walk-the-dog” pattern. […]
Field Notes
Speckled trout anglers, slow down!
With less and less daylight and cooler water temperatures settling in, slowing down your presentation is often key to catching December speckled trout. […]
Features
Get down deep for winter trout in mountain streams
A large, dark shadow was visible in a bathtub-sized pool. The pool downstream from where I stood had produced several average-sized rainbow trout for quick release. The shadow was in a tiny pool upstream in the middle of a turbulent riffle. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Murrells Inlet speckled trout are keyed in on shrimp
Warm fall has given speckled trout bite around Murrells Inlet a late start. […]
Columns
For big speckled trout, you have to think ‘big’
It takes a big-fish mindset to successfully target big speckled trout. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing is still on fire in the Southport/Oak Island area
The recent cold fronts haven’t slowed down the saltwater bite in the Southport/Oak Island area one bit. Speckled trout, drum, king mackerel, snapper…you name it, and it’s still biting! […]
Columns
The Corky: when it’s cold, it’s hot
Sink rates are key to understanding Paul Brown baits’ productivity in cold weather. […]
Features
It’s trout time in North Carolina’s Brunswick County
The speckled trout are biting aggressively along the waterways of Brunswick County, N.C., and the bite won’t slow down anytime soon. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Fish structure, rising tides for Lowcountry speckled trout
The speckled trout in South Carolina’s lowcountry are biting aggressively, especially on artificial shrimp under popping corks. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Little River specks keying on shrimp in November
Speckled trout ganging up around departing shrimp in Little River area. […]
Fishing Hotspots
SENC specks going great guns around bait concentrations
North Carolina anglers are having the best speckled trout bite they’ve experienced in many years. […]