Smith caught 34-inch monster at night on an Egret Baits wedgetail mullet
Five ounces. Five measly ounces.
That’s all that stood between Gulfport’s Alex Smith and Mississippi’s new state record speckled trout last weekend.
Maybe if the big fish hadn’t upchucked a mullet shortly after being caught, or maybe if it had been weighed sooner than 12 hours after being netted, the 34-inch beauty might have tipped the scales at more than 10 ½ pounds and put Smith on top in the Magnolia State record books.
He was fishing at night with his brother-in-law with an Egret Baits creole magic wedgetail mullet when the big trout hit on a cast to the edge of dirty water where light and shadows met.
“I didn’t even work it, she hit as soon as it hit the water,” he said.
For the full story on Smith landed the trophy trout of a lifetime, click here to read the entire article by Sam Davis and our friends at MississippiSportsman.com.
