Three sad reasons Florida will always have bigger trout.

[capt coonassty]

If I remember correctly Floridas estuaries lack enough nutrients, unlike any of Louisiana's. Nutrients start primary production, this brings in forage, and the fish follow. I really don't think this guy really knows anything about fish biology. He mentions the thin gill plates(assuming he means the operculum) and turbidity. Yes if the turbidity is too high it can suppress gill function and a fish can suffocate. But this condition would usually be at the mouths of fresh rivers and bayous with low salinity where these larger trout would be anyway.

[Duck Butter]

Nice article but maybe the title should be "Three Reasons I Think Florida Will Always Have Bigger Trout"

If dirtier water is one of the reasons, then explain how Texas trout are that big

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

If dirtier water is one of the reasons, then explain how Texas trout are that big

Once you get past Galveston the water really starts to clear up.

[Hebert]

Fla. has a 2 speck limit...sucks! not even worth fishing for them...

[Sightwindow]

Originally Posted by Hebert

Fla. has a 2 speck limit...sucks! not even worth fishing for them...

http://myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/r...tted-seatrout/

In the state's "southeast" region where the big trout are mostly taken, limit is four with only one over 20 inches. Also, Mosquito Lagoon/India River where many, many of the giants are caught, there's no tide. That's right, as hard as it is to believe, there's zero tidal water movement.

So, there's that.

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by PaulMyers

Once you get past Galveston the water really starts to clear up.

Never been over there