Best spotted seatrout lakes in Texas
7 Texas waters hold spotted seatrout, 7 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The speckled grass-flat predator of southern estuaries — potholes and drop-offs by day, popping corks and topwaters at dawn.
- Matagorda Bay — 103 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder, Sheepshead
- Aransas Bay — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder, Sheepshead
- Sabine Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder
- East Matagorda Bay — 7 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder
- Copano Bay — 11 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder, Sheepshead
- Lavaca Bay — 10 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder
- Espiritu Santo Bay — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Red Drum (Redfish), Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder
When to fish spotted seatrout in Texas
- Spring 2–10 ft — Pre-spawn gators prowl grass flats in 2-6 ft — walk a topwater over potholes at first light.
- Summer 4–15 ft — Fish deep grass edges and moving water early, then follow them to 8-15 ft breaks; night lights are a sure thing.
- Fall 3–12 ft — Falling water temps spread feeding schools across the flats behind the shrimp and mullet migrations.
- Winter 5–20 ft — Cold pushes trout into deep holes, canals and river bends — a slow suspending twitchbait crawled past the school.
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Spotted Seatrout elsewhere: Florida