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Spotted seatrout (speckled trout) size limit in Texas

You can keep one today — within these limits

Spotted seatrout (speckled trout) identification illustration — side view for checking Texas size limits
Spotted seatrout (speckled trout), drawn to show the marks that identify it. It is an illustration, not a photo — where identification decides a fine, TPWD is the authority.

Statewide

Open year-round
Slot size 15–20 inches total length
Daily bag 3 per person per day
Possession 6 total you may hold

A slot means the fish must fall between those two numbers. Shorter than 15 inches goes back, and so does longer than 20.

Same tag mechanism as red drum, but the oversize threshold is 28 inches while the slot tops out at 20. That leaves a gap: a trout between 20 and 28 inches cannot be kept at all, tag or no tag. Two tagged fish over 28 inches per licence year, on top of the daily bag.

TPWD source page

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