Trout, Speckled

Bait or Lure
Bait or Lure

Artificial lures (mirro-sided plugs, bucktails, plastic tail jigs), peeler crab, live bait (small spot, mullet); live shrimp

Methods
Methods

Spring method: peeler crab baits fished near shore of marshy or grassy areas on flooding tides; Fall method: casting artificial lures; also some live bait fishing, trolling and jigging

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Location

Spring: Mobjack Bay area (North, Ware, East, Piankatank Rivers); submerged grass flats and marshes of northern Eastern Shore bayside, Rudee Inlet with lures. Fall: Lynnhaven Inlet, Rudee Inlet; Eastern Shore bayside creeks, Mobjack Bay area, Windmill Point and Gwynn’s Island; Poquoson Flats

seasons
Seasons

April — Middle December; peak May — middle June and September — November

Average weight
Average Weights

2 – 4 pounds

state record
State Record

16 pounds; caught at Mason’s Beach on Eastern Shore bayside in 1977 by William Katko

Rules to catch Trout, Speckled

  • Timings for catiching Trout, Speckled are 00:00 to 05:00 am
  • Trout, Speckled is rare species, requires license etc
  • there are many rules but this is a mockup info for catching Trout, Speckled
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