V Bay

[YellowMouth7]

I heard of some folks catching Solid Trout arount Blue point and the trash pile.......can anyone verify this?

TB

[longsidelandry]

Heard the same

[wtretrievers]

I thought when the river was high the trout moved out of V bay ?????

[Armand16]

Inshore Saltwater Fishing Reports: New Boat - SaltyCajun.com

Inshore Saltwater Fishing Reports: New Boat - SaltyCajun.com

[Montauk17]

My uncles podna went friday and caught 43 at the trash pile/weeks bay. I dont understand why they are still inshore. Salinity can't be much more than 5 or 6 ppt,trout need more than that to spawn.

[duckfreak]

Originally Posted by YellowMouth7

I heard of some folks catching Solid Trout arount Blue point and the trash pile.......can anyone verify this?

TB

Check out my report from this weekend. Titled NEW BOAT!

[Montauk17]

Maybe so....

Salinity levels matter greatly in choice of spawning locations. Water can't be too fresh, or fertilized eggs will sink to the bottom, and survival will be greatly reduced. But salinity can't be too high, either; salinity levels of 45 parts per thousand or higher are deadly to trout eggs.
Speckled trout prefer to spawn in water with 18-25 ppt salinity — pretty darn salty — but that can vary between bay systems. Female trout in bay systems such as Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake, which have generally lower salinity levels than bays down the coast, appear to have developed a physiological adaptation that allows their eggs to more easily float in water of lower salinity.
Those female trout produce eggs that have a bit more "oil" around each of them, making them more buoyant, Fisher said.
Squads of male specks gathering in spawning areas announce their presence to females through sounds. Loud sounds.
Male specks have a specially designed flap of muscle along their stomach adjacent to their swim bladders. This "sonic muscle" enlarges during the spawning season, and by vibrating the muscle against their swim bladder, males produce a variety of sounds. It's this sonic muscle that produces the "croak" anglers hear from male trout they land during the summer.
Male trout begin their cicada-like "songs" — most commonly a chattering series of grunts and croaks and knocks — as dusk descends. And it's easy for females ready to release eggs to find those males. The chattering and grunts can be so loud that on dead-calm nights, some fisheries researchers have reported hearing male vocalizations while sitting in boats over spawning areas.
"You can hear them through the hull of a boat," Fisher said. "They are that loud."
Speckled trout are what biologists term "synchronous batch spawners." As the two sexes mix together, chattering, croaking males bump the flanks and bellies of lazily circling females, helping trigger the female's releasing of tens of thousands of eggs. The trailing males then release clouds of milt that fertilize the eggs.
This always-nocturnal dance typically begins soon after dusk and continues for three or four hours.
The individual fertilized eggs float (if they are lucky) away on the current and into the night.
Those eggs are the subject of persistent mythology among many Texas trout anglers. Many believe Atlantic croaker and spot, two smallish bay fish, prey heavily on trout eggs. Live croaker and spot make such great summertime trout baits, believers say, because specks violently attack the baitfish in an effort to protect their eggs.
Not true.
Trout eggs are tiny, averaging about 1.5 millimeters, or 0.05 inches. The eggs are far too small to draw the attention of croaker or spot. Only filter-feeding organisms — comb jellies, menhaden, bay anchovies — consume trout eggs, and mostly by accident.
Plus, fertilized trout eggs aren't around long enough to be eaten. The eggs hatch within 12-16 hours of being fertilized, with most of that incubation time spent under cover of darkness.
The day after an evening speck-spawning event, tide and wind and current carry lucky larvae into estuaries, where they find food and cover and begin their struggle to survive.
Such spawning events occur throughout the summer and into autumn. A female speckled trout spawns multiple times through the summer, usually at least once a month from May into September.
Texas typically sees two spawning peaks, both of which are tied to optimum water temperature. The first peak begins in May and continues into early July. The second cranks up in late summer after water temperatures begin moderating from the brutal heat of August.
"When water gets really hot, you see a drop," Fisher said. "But it picks up again when it begins to cool a little."
While trout can and do spawn almost any evening from May through September, some nights appear to see more activity than others.
"They really like to have current to carry the eggs, and the strongest tidal movement is around full moons and new moons," Fisher said.

[YellowMouth7]

Thanks for the responses guys!!!!!
I may go Sat.

TB