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 regulations intended to hasten the recovery of spotted seatrout on Texas’ middle and lower coasts after a significant fish kill ended last night. Today, the reduced bag and altered slot limits ...

Above is a common spotted sea trout, sometimes called a speckled sea trout; “speck” for short. Feisty, crafty, and tasty, Gulf Coast anglers love them. In Texas, speck are closed to commercial fishing ...

The Alvin Sun is Brazoria County’s first and oldest newspaper and was established on August 8, 1890 as the Alvin News. In 1892, it became the Alvin Sun and was published weekly for many years.

Redfish BayGOOD. 64 degrees. Cooler temperatures have the fish fired up the redfish bite on cut mullet and dead shrimp. Drum ...

The Barataria Basin has seen an off speckled-trout summer because of high west winds, but now that winds have changed direction, the fish are moving back up the basin, to the delight of Capts. James ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved changes to spotted seatrout regulations Thursday at a meeting at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department headquarters in Austin. The daily bag limit ...

Derek Billiot had a blast Tuesday afternoon raking in speckled trout on a glow Mud Minnow under a popping cork while fishing Barataria Bay. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd ...

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 ...