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 ...

For speckled trout and redfish, this time of year is like arriving at an all-you-can-eat buffet 15 minutes after your local college-football team has left. There might be some food left over, but not ...

Paddletail lures are, by far, the most popular style of baits among South Louisiana's coastal anglers. Many anglers are fiercely loyal to particular brands. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times ...

The speckled trout action in the area has been light, but the redfish action has been stellar. "There have been a few speckled trout caught lately," Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service said, "but it's ...

Lake picked up where he left off last week and spent Wednesday racking up on specked trout. "It’s as good as it gets right now," Lake said. "The trout are on fire." Prime Day Deals: Shop sales in tech ...

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

This time of year, the most worn-out piece of equipment on Larry Frey's 22-foot Kenner is the key. The best speckled-trout anglers -- and Frey is an exceptionally good one -- are never patient. They ...

The water was the exact color of a bottle of flat Barq's. Any lure lowered beneath the surface became the hue of caramel about 2 feet down before finally vanishing in a sea of opacity. It was the ...

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 ...

With that tip, we jumped into the pickup and headed for Chris’ Bait & Tackle on Virginia’s Eastern Shore three miles north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Chris knew why we were there. We were ...

Speckled trout lures can be used to catch seatrout as far north as Southern New Jersey and as far south as Northern Mexico. But the sweet spot for these popular gamefish is from the Carolinas, around ...