How to Identify a Speckled Trout

• Silvery body, dark gray/blue back, distinct black spots scattered over upper body, tail, and second dorsal fin
• One or two large canine fangs at the tip of the upper jaw
• Black spots extend onto the soft dorsal and caudal (tail) fins, but NOT onto the spiny first dorsal
• Elongate, somewhat compressed body; no chin barbels
• Yellow-orange inside the mouth

Tell it apart: The pair of prominent canine fangs at the front of the upper jaw plus loose black spots that run onto the soft dorsal and tail (never on the spiny first dorsal) confirm a spotted seatrout; the spots are discrete black dots, not the rosette pattern of a redfish.

How to Catch Speckled Trout

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• Peaks in spring and fall; throw topwater and soft plastics over grass flats, then fish deeper holes and slow jigs in cold winter.GearSoft-plastic shrimp1/4 oz jigheadsPopping cork rigs
• Warm months — work topwater and paddletails fast over grass flats; cold months — crawl a slow-sinking twitchbait through deeper mud holes.GearMirrOlure twitchbaitsPaddletails + jigheadsPopping corks

When & Where Speckled Trout Are in Season

Speckled Trout Regulations

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