Spotted Seatrout
My favorite time for Spotted Seatrout fishing happens when the water gets cold and the big trout sun themselves over white potholes in the grassy bottom. Wait, that’s right now, man!
You can sight fish spotted seatrout now. The flies that work best are unweighted streamers. My favorite flies though, are surface flies- gurglers and poppers.
You will have by far the best results if you get in the water and wade. You will need waders- the water is cold, remember?
Although a big one will pull line off the reel, generally Seatrout do not pull very hard. They jump only rarely. Frankly, they’re not terribly exciting to catch, unless you get a real big one or you get them on a top-water lure. That visual strike is usually the best part of the fight.
Below are some of my favorite images of spotted seatrout. I hope you all get a chance to catch some nice ones of your own this winter. Please carefully release those big ones, too!
Son Maxx with a trout he caught many years ago in Everglades National Park. The fish took a DOA Bait Buster.
A few years later Maxx and Mike Brown got this seatrout double in the Indian River Lagoon. DOA Shrimp did the trick this time.
Mr. DOA himself, Mark Nichols, with a handsome Indian River Lagoon seatrout.
An unweighted streamer fooled this big Mosquito Lagoon seatrout.
Vic Attardo and son Alex with a Banana River Lagoon seatrout double.
Capt. Chris Myers with a handsome seatrout from Mosquito Lagoon.
This seatrout nailed a gurgler.
This trout nailed a foam popper, and chewed it to pieces.
John Kumiski
http://www.spottedtail.com
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