speckled trout

noun

|Updated on: 26 May 2018

Definition of speckled trout

1 : brook trout

2 : spotted sea trout

Recent Examples of speckled trout from the Web

Spring has definitely sprung in South Louisiana, and that means everything is active, including speckled trout and alligators.

— todd masson, NOLA.com, "Lambasting speckled trout next to huge alligator," 2 May 2018
Captain Bobby Abruscato and other anglers are reporting heavy catches of speckled trout around the bait slicks as far up the bay as the Fowl River area, as well as in Mississippi Sound.

— frank sargeant, AL.com, "Time for post spawn bassing on Alabama lakes," 25 Apr. 2018
The speckled trout were not tentative, cold-numbed things.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Coastal fishing in February can be rewarding," 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, "Houston Fishing Show means spring is near," 28 Feb. 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, "Coastal fishing in February can be rewarding," 3 Feb. 2018
The marshes right now are loaded with easy limits of speckled trout, but Marsh Man Masson and Capt.

— todd masson, NOLA.com, "Quest for a 4-pound speckled trout," 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, "Where to fish after fall cold fronts," 27 Oct. 2017
As regular readers of NOLA.com/outdoors know, Romano has been smoking the speckled trout in the surf at Elmer's Island.

— the washington post, NOLA.com, "Many who got hurricane relief in Texas aren't sure Puerto Ricans should," 20 Oct. 2017

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