As it turns out, these seven or 10 years later, using live croakers for bait has not decimated Texas' speckled trout population. The state's most popular gamefish is in good shape and faces greater ...

During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

BAFFIN BAY — Saltwater action seekers hooking into some of the best speckled trout battles of the year are turning to a bait that has a well-deserved reputation of giving anglers an almost unfair ...