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Some of the trout I caught in Florida were like that, very olive colored. I figured it was from the real tanin stained waters they live in. The trout I caught over there in areas with clearer water and grass flats were more silver. But their spots still looked different from our fish, bigger and more of them.
If you really get use to looking at trout you can see differences in how they look in Texas from bay to bay.
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Originally posted by Capt Glenn View PostI don't think they are a different strain but there are genetic differences from bay system to bay system, even between bays in Texas. Still the same species though.
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Originally posted by Capt Glenn View PostSome of the trout I caught in Florida were like that, very olive colored. I figured it was from the real tanin stained waters they live in. The trout I caught over there in areas with clearer water and grass flats were more silver. But their spots still looked different from our fish, bigger and more of them.
If you really get use to looking at trout you can see differences in how they look in Texas from bay to bay.
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Originally posted by Capt Glenn View PostSome of the trout I caught in Florida were like that, very olive colored. I figured it was from the real tanin stained waters they live in. The trout I caught over there in areas with clearer water and grass flats were more silver. But their spots still looked different from our fish, bigger and more of them.
If you really get use to looking at trout you can see differences in how they look in Texas from bay to bay.
I fished Flamingo Florida and the Upper Keys when I lived and worked there years ago. The difference between Upper Key specks and backwater - glades specks, they had a different coloration as well. Spots and size same - olive colorations on the backwater fish.
If you ever get a chance to fish Flamingo - it truly is an experience anyone in Texas would greatly appreciate. Especially the flats and skinny water anglers of us here.
We have GULF TROUT - which are smaller and not sandtrout. Silvery and shiny and very different than a sandtrout and or speck. I caught a lot of them around the North Jetty area of Galveston - surf zone in the first three cuts, when I fished that area literally everyday as a kid.
Mullet in those tanin zones - olive as well. Darker lures - with olive stains are the lures of choice.Last edited by AtTheWall; 08-03-2021, 01:35 PM.
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Originally posted by JES View PostI did a quick search and I think that fish is a weakfish, not a speckled trout. You can tell by the elongated soots, not as round as a trout’s spots.
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2021 Salty H20 Fishing Thread Part II
Originally posted by Capt Glenn View PostI always have been under the assumption that a speckled trout and a spotted weakfish are one and the same. Cynoscion nebulosus
I’ve caught both. I worked for a couple years on the NE coast, definitely different fish. Weakfish is like a giant sand trout with croaker like markings, yellow fins, and live in different water than speckled trout. They like deep water, you catch them on metal jigs, smaller ones can be caught in the bays. They have them in Florida but you wouldn’t catch one wading. They tend to stay offshore.
Last edited by panhandlehunter; 08-03-2021, 04:05 PM.
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Originally posted by AtTheWall View PostWe have GULF TROUT - which are smaller and not sandtrout. Silvery and shiny and very different than a sandtrout and or speck. I caught a lot of them around the North Jetty area of Galveston - surf zone in the first three cuts, when I fished that area literally everyday as a kid.
We always have sand trout but the gulf trout come and go.
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Originally posted by panhandlehunter View PostI’ve caught both. I worked for a couple years on the NE coast, definitely different fish. Weakfish is like a giant sand trout with croaker like markings, yellow fins, and live in different water than speckled trout. They like deep water, you catch them on metal jigs, smaller ones can be caught in the bays. They have them in Florida but you wouldn’t catch one wading. They tend to stay offshore.
That is a weakfish, not a spotted weakfish. Cynoscion regalis
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