During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

The fronts are picking up some steam. When they pass through, winds climb, rain falls hard for about 20 minutes and if you're caught on the water, you may feel a little vulnerable. But the good news ...

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Autumn, when cool fronts trigger shrimp migration toward the Gulf and flocks of gulls hover over huge schools of specks gorging on the massed crustaceans, may be the most pleasant time of the year to ...

Water clarity has been good, bait shrimp stocks have improved, but anglers have struggled for success. Only a handful of speckled trout were reported Thursday, said Jim Vratis of Stingaree Marina.

All traditional tackle techniques used today began as nontraditional methods. In the timeline of angling history, free-lining live croaker is a recent development. And since the inception of using a ...