Spotted Seatrout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Also called speckled trout, specs, trout, seatrout, sea trout
A popular inshore gamefish with distinctive black spots along its silver sides and a prominent pair of canine teeth. Despite its name, it's actually a member of the drum family, not a true trout.
Spotted Seatrout at a glance
- Scientific name
- Cynoscion nebulosus
- Typical size
- 14-24 inches
- IGFA world record
- 17 lbs 7 oz
- State record
- 17 lbs 7 oz
- Water
- Saltwater
- Habitat
- Inshore
- Rarity in the Fishdex™
- Uncommon
Habitat
Grass flats, sandy potholes, around structure. Found over seagrass beds.
Catch one and it is yours
Log a spotted seatrout through the Cobia Camera and this entry fills in with your photo, your personal best, and the exact conditions on the day. The app also carries the slot and season rules for wherever you are standing.
How the Fishdex™ worksWhat to throw for spotted seatrout
The lure classes that produce for spotted seatrout, drawn from the same species map Cobia reasons about. Each one opens a full page on what it is, when it works and how to fish it.
Which one, in which color and which weight, depends on the water in front of you today. That part is the app.
Spotted Seatrout questions people ask
Spotted Seatrout is Cynoscion nebulosus. Anglers also call it speckled trout, specs, trout, seatrout, sea trout.
A typical spotted seatrout runs 14-24 inches. The IGFA all tackle world record stands at 17 lbs 7 oz. Cobia records the length and weight of every spotted seatrout you log and keeps your personal best on its Fishdex entry.
Grass flats, sandy potholes, around structure. Found over seagrass beds. It is a salt water species, filed under inshore in the Fishdex.
The IGFA all tackle world record spotted seatrout weighed 17 lbs 7 oz.
Soft swimbaits and paddletails, jigheads, jerkbaits and topwater walkers all produce. Which one, in which color and which weight, depends on the season, the water temperature and the tide on the day, which is the part Cobia works out against the lures you already own.
Yes. Log one through the Cobia Camera and this entry fills in with your own photo, your personal best, and the conditions on the day you caught it. The app also carries the slot limits and season dates for wherever you are standing. It is free.
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