Controversy over the use of croakers as summertime speckled trout bait is based in large part on misinformation. Croakers work, but they pose no greater threat to Texas' trout population than anything ...

Castaway Sporting Goods, (804) 706-9100, reports minnows are the best bait. Croaker are hitting real well, and people are buying squid. Spot are starting to show up, and bloodworms should work well.

This was a new one for Louie Viavant of Chef Harbor Marina: There were too many fish. "There's some bigger trout on the bottom, but they're having trouble getting the bait past the white trout and ...