Let's look at the fishing lures you want to use for jigging speckled trout: The Best Lures For Jigging Speckled Trout Jigging for speckled trout requires lures with a specific design to allow the technique to work, and must posses these qualities: must sink in the water column must be streamlined must have a single exposed hook A good example of such a lure would be a 3" soft plastic rigged onto a lead jighead, like what's hanging out of this trout's mouth: Just for fun, bad examples include, but are not limited to: spinnerbaits (too much surface area for current to grab) gold spoons (again, too much surface area) crankbaits (won't dive until you start retrieving) Believe me, if you find a red-hot bite, you can get speckled trout to bite anything, even deep diving crankbaits
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Before I get into the different gear, lets take a quick look at the different actions of these two baits and when each works better
The drawstring is typically made of durable rope or cord, which is threaded through the lead line or attached to it at intervals
It holds your fly line and backing ( a thin, braided line ) that gives you extra length when a fish runs far