The fronts are picking up some steam. When they pass through, winds climb, rain falls hard for about 20 minutes and if you're caught on the water, you may feel a little vulnerable. But the good news ...

Every March, an influx of croakers fires up the speckled trout and flounder bite in the marshes of South Louisiana. The post ...

During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

1. Unlike spot, croaker prefer strips of squid and cut bait. 2. Use longshanked No. 1 or No. 2 hooks; anything else is too much hook for these little guys. 3. Small croakers are plentiful around the ...

While most drum fishing centers around the red and black variety of the species, there is another member of the family that garners far more attention for a longer portion of the year. Croaker are the ...

Last weekend’s windy weather didn’t make for great fishing, but plenty of fish were landed throughout the week. On the Lower Shore, croaker are starting to bite while cobia and flounder are still ...

All traditional tackle techniques used today began as nontraditional methods. In the timeline of angling history, free-lining live croaker is a recent development. And since the inception of using a ...

The marine weather forecast is calling for pretty inhospitable conditions throughout the weekend. There will be a small craft advisory through Sunday, and likely beyond. That will force anglers who ...

Reports from almost every station this week indicate large croaker are the dominant catch on the local fishing scene. According to some area experts, keeper flounder are running a close second and ...