Over the next month, Texas coastal fisheries managers will ask the state's 800,000 or so saltwater angler a seemingly simple question about the hugely popular speckled trout fishery. "It comes down to ...

Catch limits for Louisiana's most popular fish are finally set to change after four years of discussion on how to address plummeting stocks for speckled trout -- and the controversial new rules will ...

An untold number of Louisianans live to fish – and David Cresson represents many of them. As executive director of the conservation association CCA Louisiana, he contributes to discussions on how to ...

Some of the best speckled trout anglers in the state call Lake Pontchartrain home, and that's not an accident. The lake produces some incredible catches of beautiful trout, but there are times 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 ...

Fishing the Cape Lookout rock jetty in North Carolina for speckled trout. This week on the Journal, we fish the Cape Lookout rock jetty in North Carolina for speckled trout. In "Gear Time," our ...

I'm writing from Cocodrie, La. Cocodrie, or "Coco" as it's known to the locals, is the speckled trout capital of the world. I've been coming down here with my wife's family for going on 10 years now, ...

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 ...

As winter approaches and the temperatures drop it's time to dress warm and fish all night for trophy speckled trout. The post ...

Concern about increasing fishing pressure, the efficiency of exploding ranks of professional fishing guides and a shrinking of the average size of speckled trout in Texas bays triggered state ...

More than a year after broaching the issue, state marine fisheries managers this past week officially proposed changes in fishing regulations aimed primarily at improving the quality of Texas speckled ...