![]() Both spinning and casting models can satisfy the need for this technique, but longer 7’6” rod versions are preferred in medium to medium-heavy action styles to gain distance and to allow solid hook sets. Combining backbone and excellent fish-fighting power makes these rods a perfect match for casting live shrimp along the rock jetties or into a deep channel for oversized speckled trout. Croix Mojo Inshore Series would be hard to beat. For casting live bait compound gear, the St. Croix offers an entire line of rods from ultra light to heavy action for both freshwater to saltwater applications. And when casting a live shrimp rig, it is nearly mandatory to have a long, medium-action rod with significant backbone to make accurate casts with compound gear, such as an adjustable-depth floating rigs. Trout are typically staging in their ambush positions near the bottom and waiting for bait to pass by in their radar. Most anglers will typically rig a live shrimp suspended under a variable-depth, sliding bobber. Anglers can either net live shrimp or purchase from local bait shops. ![]() Many anglers prefer to use live bait, and shrimp are the most popular live bait for speckled trout. ![]() Trout will find places to feed where the current is broken from an undulation in the estuary bottom, marsh point, oyster mound, or any kind of a man-made structure.Īgain, trout are in the feeding mode during the fall season and are ready and willing to eat a wide variety of groceries. My favorite trout spots are typically along some type of structure with a deep channel at least six feet deep nearby, including: oyster-lined creek mouths, rock walls, inlet jetties, or the oyster-armored creek channels within close vicinity of the ocean. Trout will set up along current breaks near structure in waters from three to 20 feet in hopes of snagging an easy meal. When they arrive, they stop at various places from the rock jetties armoring the inlets to the main creek mouths inside the estuaries. And luckily, they are traveling in large schools this time of year that makes it easy to load up a cooler when they are located. While some speckled trout are year-around residents, a large migration of specks invade Carolina estuaries during the fall months when the water temperatures reach the 60’s. Anglers can use both live shrimp and artificial shrimp to effectively catch speckled trout during the fall months during the run. Everything likes shrimp and it’s by far the preferred forage species for speckled trout. The eastern seaboard hosts large populations of pink, brown, and white shrimp. Speckled trout are eating a wide range of forage this time of year, including small fish and their favorite of all, shrimp. And the fall season is prime time for targeting speckled trout along the eastern seaboard. I routinely go out of my way to catch speckled trout even when other species may be biting better. If anybody knows me personally, they know speckled trout are my favorites.
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