Speckled Trout Bite is on fire!

Well as you can imagine its my time of year when the trout are stacked up and as I stated earlier in the year this is the best season in years. I have not fished a creek, sound or ocean that I have not found trout. The hot bit has been Mirrolures for me since that is mostly what I throw. I have been having luck with the new CMR17 in a Purple color along with the traditional MR 17's in every color I have thrown. The MR27 is producing some but the MR17's are producing more fish. I did catch a nice 20" fish weighing 2 lb 8 oz in early November on an MR19 in the 808 color.

Everyone seems to be picking up drum mixed with the trout bite on the same baits.

Lately the hot bite has been the easiest to get to in Atlantic Beach, NC at the public access near the Oceana pier. I stopped by Saturday at dusk and there must have been 50 people surf fishing for the Specks. There was a 7 lb trout reported caught from there on 11/23/12 according to the Chasing Tails Bait shop website. Live shrimp, live minnows and Mirrolures are all catching trout. If you toss jigs you will add some drum to your bag. If you fish the creeks stay in the backs since that is where the trout seem to be concentrated. I am catching a few in the river but they are larger back in the creeks. Good luck. This is my 5 year old with his first Mirrolure trout. He caught several this summer on jibs but I am most proud of this one!