Streamlined shape; large mouth with prominent canine teeth; color gray or silvery with many prominent black spots on sides. Background may be quite dark, or gold, when fish are in back bays or streams.
Usually 1-2 pounds; common on both coasts to about four pounds. Largest fish, both in average size and maximum size, come from East Central region, where fish to 10 pounds are taken at times and where potential is to 15 pounds or more. Gulf Coast trout are considered large at 5-8 pounds, but can top 10. World and Florida records 17 pounds, 7 ounces.
A table favorite.
Not exceedingly strong or active, but a hard striker on a variety of baits and quite sporty on light gear. Showy, surface-thrashing fighter but not a long runner. Sometimes jumps.
Spinning, baitcasting and fly tackle are all effective and sporting. Best natural baits are live shrimp, live baitfish and strips of cut Mullet or Pinfish. Most popular lures are bait-tail jigs, swimming plugs and topwater plugs. Poppers are productive fly rod lures over the flats; large streamers work in all waters.
Drifting; Still Fishing; Casting.
All Florida coasts.
Spotted Seatrout can be caught in virtually any of Florida’s inshore waters, from the outside surf to far up coastal rivers, and, at times, in fairly deep Gulf water. Most commonly caught from spring through fall on shallow grassy flats and in grass-lined channels and holes. During cold snaps, they run far up coastal rivers.
Double Trout
Forum member Capt.Jared has been on a hot trout bite in Tampa Bay. Here's a few happy clients with a double header.
Sanibel Trout
Forum member Gray Beard with his personal best trout at 25 inches.
Biscayne Trout
Young angler with a beautiful Biscayne Bay trout.
Indian River Gator
Forum member Rulesman69 with a nice trout from the Indian River.
Gators in the Northeast
Forum member PTFBrian shows off a nice seatrout.
Trout Haul
Forum member, piner_wahoo1, shows off his clients haul for the day in the Keys.
Trout
Forum Member ranckgarman caught this nice Trout out of his kayak on a D.O.A. shrimp
30 inch Gator
Cricket Larsen caught this beauty of a gator trout using 10 pound braid with greenies
St. Johns Trout
Nice Trout caught on the St. Johns River using live shrimp
Flamingo Fishing
FS Member USNavy_Angler and his friends had quite the successful trip to Flamingo Island
Patrick's Baby Trout
Patrick Kelly caught this bruiser of a trout on a \"Slow but fun\" day of fishing
Patricks big trout
Patrick \"Patar\" Kelly with an impressive trout caught in the St. Lucie River
23.5 Inch Trout
FS Member Bassin Assassin caught this trout in Domino Park
Monster Trout
FS Member GoneFi5hin caught this monster 29\", 9lb trout on a chunk bait
31' Trout
Caught this 31 inch beauty on cut pinfish late in the afternoon right along the grass line.
SeaTrout
FS Member Nick caught this massive haul of Seatrout fishing in Cedar Key
Minister Trout
May 21, 2013 Hunter Hadden of Tallahassee, FL caught this monster 25\" trout fishing Jugg Creek in Charlotte Harbor in 6 feet of water.
Red and Trout!
Good day of inshore fishing with a red and a trout!
Back- to- Back Red and trout
Floyd Williams, Wildwood, Fl. 26 inch redfish and 17 inch trout caught in Lemon Bay, Englewood, Fl. Both caught with a baby torpedo on back to back cast.
Robert's First Trout
Robert Baity caught this awesome 1st trout with Captain Mark Benson on January 2, 2013 on Mosquito Lagoon around 8:30 a.m.
Mosquito Lagoon Trout
Robert Baity caught this awesome trout with Captain Mark Benson while fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon.
Mikaela's Trout
Mikaela Mcshane with a nice trout she caught and released while on spring break from FSU. She caught it on a yozuri diving plug in the Indian River near Cocoa
Cassidy's Trout
Cassidy Mcshane with a 23 inch trout she caught on a yozuri shrimp in the Indian River near Cocoa
Zorin's Seatrout
2-year old Zorin DeSantis caught this sea trout in Ormond Beach, FL. Way to go Zorin!
Sean's Sea Trout
Sean Merle's 24\" seatrout. Sean says, \" I caught in the St. Lucie inlet at my secret spot. I caught it on a mullet and had caught a 28\" sea trout the day before at the same exact spot!\"
West Coast Trout
Hector Laureano caught this 25 inch seatrout in the Apollo Beach area of Tampa Bay.
Seatrout Surprise
Nine year old Weston Baptiste caught this 22- inch seatrout at the Indian River lagoon on a live shrimp.
Good Day on the Water
The morning low tide didn't make catching pinfish easy. So we headed out to 60ft in choppy seas without much bait. Bounced around a couple spots until we located the fish. Hit a spot in 62ft and boxed 11 keeper red grouper up to 28\" in about 45 minutes. Made a couple more stops to finish out our limit by 3:00 when the seas slicked off. We headed inshore with about an hour to kill so trout were on the chopping block. Caught 12 legal trout on gulp in about 30 minutes until the storms rolled in.
Longboat Trout
Christine Wilder caught this 16.5 inch trout on Longboat Key with frozen shrimp.
Grand Lagoon Trouts
Elliot Hart of Dothan, Alabama caught 2 of a kind (matching speckle trout) while fishing with live shrimp in the Grand Lagoon at PC Beach
Out with the Trout
Kurt Hopson and friend caught this seatrout near Matlacha.
Memorial Day Seatrout
Sabrina caught this sea trout, and a few others, over the Memorial Day weekend in Vero Beach.
Rock Island Bay Seatrout
John Emerson with a nice trout caught in Rock Island Bay on the coast of Hernando County.
Sharp Trout
Ashley Sharp caught this banana river trout.
Florida Bay Flamingo Trout
Mikaela and Cassidy McShane caught this flamingo trout on live shrimp this June while friend Christina D'Amico looks on.
Pensacola Trout
Natalie Biggs, 6, caught this 3.9lb trout in Pensacola Bay, Florida.
Caught through a Tropical Depression
I caught this seatrout in the calm before tropical depression byerl, wading the banks at the Merritt Island National Conservation area, caught her on a 8 wt reddington with a okuma slv reel on a mullet pattern dry fly.
Sarasota Seatrout
Doug Millett caught this seatrout in the Sarasota area.
Mosquito Lagoon Trout
R.J. Malones caught this 25 1/2 inch trout in mosquito lagoon on a mullet.
First Time Trout
Jake McDonald, age 5, made his dad and grandpa proud when he caught his first trout at Waccasassa in the Turtle Bay flats. He was using a new penny Gulp shrimp beneath a Cajun Thunder popping cork, with a 2 1/2' leader.
Sebastian Trout
Jonas DeWitte
Sebastian, FL
Caught at Inlet Marina just north of Sebastian Inlet on live finger mullet.
29 inches, 7.6 pounds
Garrot's Seatrout
Trout caught by FS Member Garrot of Fort Myers.
Miami Seatrout
The seatrout is the star of this photo.
Wading for Trout
Taylor proudly displays this nice seatrout caught while wading.
Topwater Trout
Sam caught this spotted seatrout on topwater.
Flounder and Seatrout Combo
Phillip Baker caught his curltail grubs inshore Jacksonville.
Spotted Seatrout and Redfish
Pontoon Trout
Nice trout on a not so nice day
Gator Trout
Monster trout caught while wading
Eek! Trout!
Youngin with a nice trout
Chiefland Tournament
Spotted Seatrout
No Competition Here
William Polk of Auburn, Al. and his father caught two speckled trout in Choctawhatchie Bay. His trout is the larger one at 25 inches and his Dad, Bill Polk caught the smaller trout - just 24 and 1/2 inches.
Troutman Seatrout
Florida Sportsman member troutman lives up to his name.
Spotted Seatrout
Cam Simon's 22 inch seatrout caught off the flats of Whitebait, FL.
Fat Trout
Caught in the Sanibel sound with Captain Kaminski.
Edgewater Trout
Bonnie Fitzwater Caught this 23.5 inch spotted sea trout in Edgewater, Fl.
Flats Trout
Florida Sportsman simeoncoleman caught this nice trout on the flats in the southwest region.
Keith's Trout
Keith Lozott's 6 pound trout caught in Newfound Harbor, Merritt Island.
Seatrout
Pandich Junior caught this 22 inch seatrout while fishing in Ormond Beach.
Flats Trout
Florida Sportsman member zar2764 caught this flats trout in the southeast region.
Aliyah's Trout
5 year old Aliyah Lai with her huge trout!
Pensacola Trout and Reds
FS Member Pensacola Fishing posted this bountiful mixed bag of fish caught near Shoreline Park.
Jacksonville Trout
FS Member LightTackleKing caught this 29-inch trout near Jacksonville.
Trout Bag
FS Member mudbuggy shows off a Flagler County trout bag.
Homosassa Trout
FS Member angler18 posted this trout photo from Homosassa.
Homosassa Trout
FS Member angler18 posted this trout photo from Homosassa.
Tampa Bay Gator Trout
Captina Steven Markovich posted this gator trout closeup from Tampa Bay.
Fort Desoto Trout
FS Member RawDaws posted this kayak trout catch from near Fort Desoto.
West Central Trout
FS Member onthemarkcharters caught this nice trout in West central Florida.
Tomoka River Trout
FS Member CaptScott posted this trout photo from the Tomoka River.
Titusville Trout
FS Member bigmanT33 posted this redfish near Titusville.
Titusville Trout
FS Member bigmanT33 caught this trout near Titusville.
Indian River Lagoon Trout
FS Member flkayakangler landed this trout in the Indian River Lagoon.
Palm Coast Mixed Bag
FS Member mudbuggy shows off a nice trout, redfish, flounder mixed bag from near Palm coast.
Homosassa Trout
FS Member troutman57 caught this trout off Homosassa.
Big Bend Trout
FS Member deerfly caught this trout off the Big Bend.
Sarasota Trout
FS Member saltfishr posted this Sarasota Bay trout.
Crystal River Trout
FS Member shuterkng caught this trout near Crystal River.
Pine Island Trout
FS Member GatorInPISound posted this Pine Island trout.
Cockroach Bay Trout
FS Member flatsjunkie88 caught this large trout, in Cockroach Bay.
Sarasota Bay Smiles
FS Member Flat_Top posted this big \"Gator\" trout from Sarasota Bay.
Sarasota Seatrout
FS Member Flat_Top posted this big \"Gator\" trout from Sarasota Bay.
Spotted Seatrout
Spotted seatrout on the flats. The action is hot all year-long.
Homosassa Catchin'
FS Member troutman57 posted this trout photo from Homosassa.
Homosassa Trout
FS Member troutman57 posted this trout photo from Homosassa.
Flamingo Seatrout
Florida Sportsman member Rizangler posted this trout caught near Flamingo.
Middle Bank Seatrout
Florida Sportsman member Rizangler posted this trout caught in the Middle Bank are near Flamingo.
Flamingo Seatrout
Florida Sportsman member Reporte de Pesca posted this trout off Flamingo.
Colleen's Trout
FS MEmber troutman57 posted this photo of Colleen with a trout she caught.
Flamingo Trout
John from Rhode Island shows off a nice Flamingo trout.
Taylor's Trout
Taylor Custer caught this 29 inch spotted seatrout while throwing a topwater on the flats by the Gandi Bridge in Old Tampa Bay.
Seatrout Salute
The flats are expansive in Florida Bay. Seatrout catches are common.
Pinellas Point Trout
Drew Maccini, 7, of St. Petersburg, caught this trout off Pinellas Point on a soft plastic lure.
Cedar Key Trout
FS Member Big Bend Brian posted this trout photo from the Cedar Key area.
Titusville Trout
Keith Lozott caught this 6 plus pound trout while hiding from the wind in the Honest John's canals in Sebastian, Florida.
St. Marks Marsh Seatrout
FS Member tpasurf caught this trout in the St. Marks Marsh.
Dustin Rodeo Hula Trout
November 28, 2011. Janice Bowman better known as Artificial Al's Lady Angler Friend spent the better part of the Halloween day searching for the elusive Hula trout and finally after tagging and releasing 15 sub slot trout and using a variety of artificials including the popular Legelure she landed this classic 3 pounder for a show stopper on the final day of the Destin Rodeo making Headline News and laughs and cheers from the fish gallery that had assembled to see this rare never before seen trout being the first ever to be weighed in at the Destin Rodeo.
Melbourne Beach Trout
FS Member Ryanc caught this big trout near Melbourne Beach.
St. Pete Seatrout
Kristina Gemayel with a gator trout caught while fishing with Capt. John Ritters in Petersburg, FL.
seatrout_0
Nice seatrout caught on the Indian River Lagoon
Northwest Seatrout
FS Member beer thirty caught this trout in Northwest Florida.
Titusville Seatrout
Andrew Polasek landed this 22\" trout on a super fluke worm in the grass flats of Titusville.
