Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Speckled Trout Love Nuclear Chicken

We've been out of the office this week for one very good reason, fishing. We spent a few days doing a little inshore fishing near Oriental and are excited to report that the redfish (a.k.a. puppy drum, red drum, etc.) and speckled trout are most certainly here. While we were only able to find the redfish intermittently, the specks seem to be everywhere. With several mild winters in a row, speckled trout populations have made some impressive gains.

We found huge schools of 2 to 4 pound speckled trout on the flats that were ready to bite the right colors. While we've preached the gospel of Berkley Gulp Baits before, the speckled trout devoured the "Nuclear Chicken" color of both Gulp jerk shads and shrimp. We fished a half-dozen other colors, several other lures, and even live baits, but found that the hard to find Nuclear Chicken color drew several times the number of strikes. In addition to giving the crew time to unwind and unplug, our trip also allowed us to test a bunch of new gear and inshore techniques. We'll have some new articles early next week with some great info for inshore fishermen.

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