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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dan McNeil hauls in a speckled trout during a Monday morning trip with Capt. Mike Gallo to the islands east of the Biloxi Marsh. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd Masson) In ...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announces new speckled trout regulations going into effect Nov. 20, 2023. The new regulations are as follows: Size limit: 13-20 inches total length, only ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — If you like to ...

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 ...

In fall, large speckled trout move up the Mississippi River to feed on plentiful mullet, menhaden and shrimp. Few places in Louisiana produce the numbers and size of speckled trout that the ...

One advantage of a major fishing contest is that the widespread competition provides documented data difficult to obtain by chuck-and-chance angling. The State of Texas Anglers Rodeo is a good example ...

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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — If you like to fish for speckled trout, new regulations are kicking in starting on Monday, Nov. 20. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be enforcing ...