Speckled Trout Pro Tips | Episode 1 | Capt. Bud Bishop | Giving up Secrets 

On the decline of the fishery, I truly think keeping the trawls and nets out of the nursery areas, which is basically from the inter-coastal to all inland waters, is the only answer to reviving flounder, reds, and specks, not to mention the grey trout, they are almost extinct. We have seen this play out in every state from Virginia to Texas. Why is North Carolina not done this yet? POLITICS! Every state that has done this, they have flourished with the rebound of every species! The shrimp trawls kill millions, if not billions of every species every year!! I have personally witnessed this on the water! Get on board NC!!! Great video Cap!!

Learn something every time you guys do a video. Agree with the slot limits and thanks for passing along your knowledge while preserving your livelihood.

love your videos. You have a great narrators/teachers voice. Good work.Should be down. there by May 2023~!!!

Awesome video!!! Love this content. Big trout are special fish and my favorite thing to chase.

Appreciate you bringing up the regulations subject. Good thoughts and info there.

Another excellent video! I would love to hear more from Lawrence on fishing those lures and jigs. The footage of the lure in the water was great! As always a great video with real information delivered in a respectful and teaching manner!

Nice catch! Keep it up

Congrats on 2k! Keep it up!

Best of the best! Humble man!

Top notch video. Thank you for doing it

Capt Bud is the man. Excellent fisherman

Nice video my friend . Great fishing

I really enjoyed this episode! Great stuff

Another GREAT video bro! Very informative

Super high quality video I enjoyed it. 👍

Great content...I really appreciate the teaching and tips provided. I've fished the New Bern area for 5yrs (live in the Raleigh NC area) Cpt. Bud is spot on. My target species were primarily Red's and Flounder. The regulations have pushed me to Trout. I've not had much success, never even caught a limit. I still have a blast though. New challenges. As Cpt. Bud mentioned, figuring out what, when, where, and why. This gives me hope.. I can't wait for my next trip.. I'll try some back creeks and hope for better luck. Thanks guys!!!

Great video! Capt Bud's opening quote is some of the best fishing advice I've heard for the novice fisherman. "The biggest is just figure out why those fish are there. There's gotta be a reason. Could be a spot that holds a lot of bait...maybe it's a little bit deeper...but there's always gonna be a reason why they're there and if you can figure out the reason, and you can duplicate that, then the spots will just be endless at that point".

Videos are good ..hope to see you this up coming season

Those shots in the open with folksy music under were gorgeous--I assume a couple of those were drone shots--nice! It's amazing watching someone who has spent so much of their lives on the water, and what that length and breadth of experience enables them to achieve in finding and catching fish!

Holy smokes… where to start.. 1) To everyone on the boat .. nice job guys! Great day of fishing! Great info related to a number of topics. Appreciate the insight. 2) @halty… the quality of your videos is ridiculous! Excellent work! I feel like I’m watching a show from the outdoor channel or similar. Great shots from start to finish with good sound. Hats off to you sir! 3) I see Capt Bud was using Cashion rods, which are phenomenal rods. I have switched over to them exclusively and love every minute I fish with them. Did you get a chance to try one out? (Hopefully you got a chance to fish!). Maybe a video with the Cashion crew in Sanford with a tour of the facility. Great guys up there. 4) The spec limit… been hearing this tossed around for a while. I think he was spot on with thought on slot limits, to allow the breeders to live. I know the CCA was pushing the release over 20”, which I try to uphold.. will be honest here.. if the only fish I catch all day after coming down from Wake Forest area is slightly over 20.. it’s a keeper… but this goes to the thoughts on this vid about allowing a trophy over the slot.. which sounds similar to black drum. Thanks again for the great video !!

Great Video! Thanks so much!

I have watched this video multiple times, brother you just absolutely nailed it on this one. Incredible job!!

I totally agree with him on the size limits and like he said it's all for nothing if we have a freeze

Nice video, watching from the New Orleans area

I like how these guys don't slam the fish down in in the boat after a net job. You can tell these guys really care about the fishery.🤙🏼

Great video brother 👍🎣

Great fishing trout... But I got to be honest when I was only 16 years old I filled 2 big coolers with 20 to 30 inch trout in Chesapeake bay near bouy # 9 with my father. That was 45 years ago. We must have caught at least 30 fish just swimming on the surface of the water in less than 2 hours.

I agree with you on the slot limit in Alabama we're allowed to keep five I release ever fish over twenty inches and after I catch a good fish I'm through keeping very seldom do I keep a second fish but I can fish several days a week

Here in South Texas our trout limits were 17"-23" no oversized and only 3 bag limit per person per day. Just recently it went back to our normal limit of 15"-25" with one oversized and 5 bag limit per person per day.

Awesome video! Can I ask what size reel you use? 2500 or 3000?

Nice video, I also agree with slot limit but I return all my fish. The thrill is in the hunt not the eat. What's your opinion on replacing the treble hooks with inline single ones on your PB lures?

Capt. please tell me what structure should I build to draw to my dock?

The larger females we catch this time of year in VA usually have very few spots while the drinks are all freckled up.

What reel is he using on the Cashion?

Forgive me ahead of time if I missed it. How do I get somebof the gummy worms?

Speckled trout

Like the reg recommendations but there’s not a inshore fisherman in the state of NC that has any faith what so ever that DMF will do the right thing when it comes down to it.

You nailed it with the regulations. Government seems to think it OWNS the fish, instead of managing the public's fishery. When they start closing off all other species, it puts more pressure on the few remaining. Start regulating the commercial guys, and balance the fishery - works in FL, works in LA, works everywhere but here. NC is basically a communist state from a fisheries perspective. You have to have a license to fish, but you can't keep the government's fish because they are so busy selling them to the highest bidder.

What about Gill betters and Commercial fishermen effecting trout populations!!! Catch the big ones and the Dinks swim:(

The only reason I still fish in NC is trout fishing. If they go to a season, I will be fishing in SC moving forward. I am 50 and have lived here my entire life. Truly unfortunate if that's what they decide.

#collab

All these guides gotta do is get a real job problem solved 😂

Does anyone eat fish, I'm old school I catch them and clean and then I cook them up into some good recipes, obviously y'all don't eat fish

To many guides fishing and makimg money they go to the same place every day stop selling the sport

Congrats on 2k! Keep it up!