Heading Outdoors: In cold water, fish deeper and slower for big trout

Many anglers wait for warmer weather to fish, but cold days can produce hot action on big speckled trout. Anglers just need to watch the weather and fish a little differently.

“Many people give up on trout during the winter, but we catch many big trout when it’s cold,” stated Bobby Abruscato with A-Team Fishing Adventures (251-661-7696, www.ateamfishing.com) in Mobile. “Some people look forward to the winter because it can be some of the best trout fishing all year.”

Cold-blooded specks can tolerate frosty conditions if water temperatures don’t stay below freezing too long. Trout don’t like sudden fluctuations. When conditions change drastically, fishing shuts down…

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