If there was ever a best time of the year to catch a big speckled trout, I would say that this is that time. If there was ever a best bait to use to catch that big trout, I would have to say that live ...

During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

ROCKPORT — On any given trip to this anglers' playground, Pirates of the Bay guide Doug Stanford is quick to dip into his “arsenal” to help haul keeper speckled trout, redfish and black drum into his ...

A mottled matrix of shoal grass swards dotted by patches of bare black mud carpeted the bottom of the flat along the Espiritu Santo Bay shoreline. We could see the marine landscape beneath the shallow ...

Until something better comes along, which it never will, count on live bait to help Texas anglers catch a variety of quality fish along the coast. Contrary to some pluggers' opinions, it isn't just ...

Speckled trout along the Central Coast left even veteran fishermen scratching their heads last week. The previous week, trout from Four Bayous Pass west into Timbalier Bay singled out live croakers ...

All traditional tackle techniques used today began as nontraditional methods. In the timeline of angling history, free-lining live croaker is a recent development. And since the inception of using a ...

FLOUR BLUFF — Hooking into a 4-inch croaker fresh from the live well, guide Scott Hibbetts appeared to be unconcerned as a brisk 20 mile per hour wind bounced his boat anchored about 15 minutes from ...

A mottled matrix of shoal grass swards dotted by patches of bare black mud carpeted the bottom of the flat along the Espiritu Santo Bay shoreline. We could see the marine landscape beneath the shallow ...