How to Use speckled trout in a Sentence

speckled trout

noun
  • Fresh catch from a day spent out on the water could be black drum, grouper, striped bass or speckled trout.
    — Megha McSwain, Chron, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Bass in lakes and ponds or speckled trout and redfish along the coast — same basic pattern.
    — Joe Doggett, Chron, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Gill net surveys will help tell the tale of how adult redfish and speckled trout survived the storm.
    — Matt Watt, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2021
  • State hatcheries have more than tripled their production of speckled trout.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • But speckled trout, founder, croaker, drum and other marine fish have been found in the traps.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The same applies to coastal anglers targeting speckled trout.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Chron, 11 June 2021
  • Kiene said speckled trout seem to be constant travelers, but redfish are unpredictable.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 6 June 2021
  • Also, please leave a comment telling us what your favorite artificial baits are in the fall for speckled trout, redfish and marsh bass.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • An angler could literally pierce a cut rag on a jighead, and lure a strike from a ravenous speckled trout or redfish.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Redfish, speckled trout and flounder make for an exciting trio when fishing Texas' coastal waters.
    — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The reefs will provide hard-bottom habitat where saltwater sport fish such as speckled trout, redfish and flounder are likely to hang out.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • After all, there were speckled trout and redfish just waiting to be pulled from Lake Pontchartrain’s brackish waters.
    — Staff Report, NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2021
  • The marshes right now are loaded with easy limits of speckled trout, but Marsh Man Masson and Capt.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 29 Dec. 2017
  • Todd Masson set out in search of speckled trout in some big water this week hoping the forecast of subsiding winds in the afternoon would hold true.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Fisher said that speckled trout have a few biological advantages that can help with recovery.
    — Matt Watt, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Manatees and dolphins are commonly seen here, and fishing for species like tarpon, redfish, and speckled trout is considered world-class.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
  • The trip started slowly but quickly ramped up, with a variety of species -- including redfish, speckled trout, marsh bass and more -- coming over the gunwale.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • On those days, speckled trout and redfish will move out of deeper water and onto the flats, following the mullet and other forage fish drawn to the warming shallows.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Croakers, members of the redfish and speckled trout family, are considered bycatch when shrimpers are harvesting bait and table fare.
    — Ralph Winingham, San Antonio Express-News, 28 June 2018
  • Though bluefish depart cooler waters, gray trout and speckled trout become more accessible along with white perch, yellow perch and brackish water pickerel.
    — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Arguably the most underrated pattern along the entire Gulf Coast is throwing big, noisy topwater plugs to speckled trout as long as a man's arm during the late-winter and early spring months.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Brook trout, also known as speckled trout, have pink or red spots surrounded by blue halos on their sides, with a marbled pattern on their olive-green backs, according to the CPW press release.
    — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The sudden electricity that shot up the line when a trout slammed the MirrOlure and, with it, that overwhelming feeling of being directly connected to something so much larger than a speckled trout.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Some of those guides are among the speakers during the show's perpetual seminars covering topics on fishing for specific species such as largemouth bass, redfish and speckled trout, and fishing tactics for specific lakes and bays.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Spring has definitely sprung in South Louisiana, and that means everything is active, including speckled trout and alligators.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 2 May 2018
  • Those emergency regulations have expired, but the commission will revisit speckled trout regulations at the next meeting in November and at future meetings.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The regulations likely will go into effect in mid-March to provide the full benefit for speckled trout spawning season, a protracted and prolific production period from late spring to early autumn.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The refuge spans 26 miles of coastal Louisiana in Cameron and Vermilion parishes, provides recreational fishing opportunities for crabs, shrimp, redfish, speckled trout, black drum, largemouth bass and other species.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2019

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