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Your personal best speckled trout?
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:26 pm
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:26 pm
Where, when, conditions, and what bait. Just curious.
Mine: 7 lbs., 27" (if I remember correctly), Tee Butte in mid May about 15 years ago, less than 1 ft seas, green water, on an LSU queen cocahoe. (Great trip. Caught 12 fish, but every one was over 4 lbs.)
Mine: 7 lbs., 27" (if I remember correctly), Tee Butte in mid May about 15 years ago, less than 1 ft seas, green water, on an LSU queen cocahoe. (Great trip. Caught 12 fish, but every one was over 4 lbs.)
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Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:35 pm to bhtigerfan
3.5lbs. I stay inshore when I fish so he was a nice surprise.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:38 pm to boom roasted
quote:You don't have to go offshore to catch the big ones bro, plenty of big fish are caught inshore.
3.5lbs. I stay inshore when I fish so he was a nice surprise.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:42 pm to bhtigerfan
I know. I guess we've never really targeted them. More just shoot for reds and pick up whichever trout come along. Hope to change that this year. Finally got a boat that can make the run to the wellheads and islands.
I know you can catch some nice ones in Boudreaux, it's just a little difficult getting there from where our camp is at.
I know you can catch some nice ones in Boudreaux, it's just a little difficult getting there from where our camp is at.
This post was edited on 4/11/15 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:45 pm to bhtigerfan
Never have figured out the trick to catching the big ones. . .
Biggest I have slung over the side has only been about 21-22" and a little over 3lb.
One day. . .
Biggest I have slung over the side has only been about 21-22" and a little over 3lb.
One day. . .
Posted on 4/11/15 at 8:58 pm to bhtigerfan
Around 5 lbs. - think he was around 25 inches.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 9:06 pm to bhtigerfan
Probably just south of 4lbs if I had to guess.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 9:20 pm to bhtigerfan
Mine was longer than the ice chest, I wad 10 years old and caught it on a zebco 33, which it broke.
Men that had been fishing all their lives said it was the biggest one they have ever seen.
Was using large shrimp as bait, my people though I was playing around until they saw the ripples in the water.
Men that had been fishing all their lives said it was the biggest one they have ever seen.
Was using large shrimp as bait, my people though I was playing around until they saw the ripples in the water.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 10:06 pm to bhtigerfan
6.6 lbs 26 in
May about 4 years ago
Live shrimp under LN train bridge
May about 4 years ago
Live shrimp under LN train bridge
Posted on 4/11/15 at 11:19 pm to jgthunt
4.5. I want to figure out how to catch the bigger ones, never really targeted specks.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 11:21 pm to jgthunt
I've been fishing for about 35 years in Louisiana and have caught tons of trout (12 - 24") but my best was only like 3.5 - 4 pounds. I took one trip to Baffin Bay, TX and I caught a 10.5 pounder. Baffin Bay is one of the saltiest bays on the coast, which means huge trout. if you want a monster, go there.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 11:30 pm to bhtigerfan
6-1/2 pond. Caught in June 1969 on my first fishing trip with my dad in a boat. Delacroix Island. My dad got it mounted, still have the mount at my mom's house.
Posted on 4/11/15 at 11:33 pm to bhtigerfan
5.8 lbs
Posted on 4/11/15 at 11:59 pm to Sparkplug#1
quote:I plan on doing that. The southern coast of Texas has some monster specks. I'd also love to fish the Indian River on the East coast of Florida (world record from there, I think over 17 lbs.)
I took one trip to Baffin Bay, TX and I caught a 10.5 pounder. Baffin Bay is one of the saltiest bays on the coast, which means huge trout. if you want a monster, go there.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 12:56 am to bhtigerfan
6 pounds in the Louisiana marsh about 10 years ago.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 5:18 am to bhtigerfan
Several 4.5 lb fish. Can't seem to break 5 lbs despite lots and lots of fishing. If I catch a 6 lb fish it's getting mounted. I hate saying I deserve something but with the amount of fishing I do and the time I put in, I deserve a big fish. I'm due.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 6:06 am to bhtigerfan
5.5 lbs
Baffin Bay. May. Plastic under cork.
1 foot chop (always windy there and feb/march is best for huge trout)
My dad caught a 6.5 lb trout on a norton sand eel.
I did hook back to back 6+ lb trout in Lake Mechant on Top Dogs but lost them both at the boat.
Baffin Bay. May. Plastic under cork.
1 foot chop (always windy there and feb/march is best for huge trout)
My dad caught a 6.5 lb trout on a norton sand eel.
I did hook back to back 6+ lb trout in Lake Mechant on Top Dogs but lost them both at the boat.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 7:17 am to Topwater Trout
10# 11oz Mosquito Lagoon(part of Indian River Lagoon in Central Florida) on 7wt fly rod. It was a great day.
The number of really big trout one see's laid up from January through mid-April is ridiculous. They are spookier than bonefish or permit though.
The number of really big trout one see's laid up from January through mid-April is ridiculous. They are spookier than bonefish or permit though.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 7:50 am to BooDreaux
that's a beaut...I'm like Motorboat...Can't seem to break the 5# mark...but one evening in Grand Bayou Caillou in the Treasure Bayou area I got on a top dawg bite that was unbelievable...all trout were 2.5 - 3# or better...
the gnats were eating me up and I couldn't stop fishing to put anything on...the next morning I looked like I had the measles..
I'll remember that the rest of my life...
the gnats were eating me up and I couldn't stop fishing to put anything on...the next morning I looked like I had the measles..
I'll remember that the rest of my life...
Posted on 4/12/15 at 8:31 am to bhtigerfan
between 5.5 and 6 lbs wade fishing Elmers at the cut. Had another near the same spot a year later right to me that may have bested it, but she shook off. Use to catch my own finger mullet behind the island and free line them in the current around the cut.
Have not been there in a long time, redfish have my focus.
Have not been there in a long time, redfish have my focus.
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