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Grandpa
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Location: Friendswood, Texas
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 Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:48 am Post subject: Speckled Trout Sold Commercially |
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Hi all, Quick question I was at a fish market in Kemah, TX they had Speckled Trout for sale. The trout are good size 18"-20". Just curious about the commercial harvest of trout. I'm sure these are not Texas trout but where are they from? They are selling for $3.27 LB.
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BayFly
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Joined: 02 Sep 2014
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Location: Austin/Flour Bluff
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| Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| It never hurts to call Operation Game Thief and let the Texas Game Wardens check it out:800-792-4263. |
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TailStalker
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| Could possibly be from Louisiana. They are still allowed commercially there IF you meet several special stipulations. Definitely not as targeted as redfish commercially there, however there are surely a few still possessing their spotted seatrout permit there. Problem is their legal season ended in July, so it still wouldn't be legal from there either. |
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Tyler
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I saw specks for sale in Alabama too. They also sell farm raised redfish here too I know Fisherman's Bait stand sells redfish.
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Lone-star
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| Speckled trout are fished commercially legally in many states and in Mexico. Most of the seafood you see in a typical seafood market comes from nowhere near here, no reason to assume the trout would be. |
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bd0202
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Location: SATX
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I'm going to bet farm raised. Check the maps near Palacios especially - LOTS of fish "farms" producing mostly redfish privately, and ironically close to a TPWD hatchery. Most of them that have websites that seem to focus on reds, but I bet they produce trout too. There may be a special license/law/etc to produce them farm raised to sell directly to markets.
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