Specks in the spot light

Friday night we headed down to the east end of Galveston to do some trout fishing. After the lights and generator were fired up it didn’t take long for the trout to show up. The trout were not in there usual numbers but there were some decent size fish in the lights (18-20”). I started throwing the usual baits, mirrodine, small finesse shad, and bass assassins with little luck besides some throw backs. I decided to tie on one of the new baits I picked up from KICKER FISH BAITS and that was the ticket. First cast with a pearl pepper saltwater shadstick landed an 18” trout. A couple of casts later another 18” trout, and many more after that. The shadstick was rigged up weed less with a bass hook, about 6” of leader line, and a swivel (no weight). The trout couldn’t stand the action that the shadstick has. The best retrieve was slow letting it sink about a foot down and then twitching it a few times back to the surface. We only kept enough fish for a meal and let the rest go back. If you get a chance to do some night fishing I would suggest getting some shadsticks, they were a life saver and kept me from getting skunked at the hole.