On October 26th, I had the honor and opportunity to fish with two of my best friends and neighbors, Steve Rowe and Todd Sauls. We signed up for the 11th Annual Jacksonville Speckled Trout Tournament, held out of Casper's Marina in Swansboro. A beautiful venue for a well-run tournament.
The Tournament Director, Daniel Sbrocco, checked out 38 boats at safe light. The conditions were perfect, except for a cold front that had moved in the night before. The air temps at checkout was 34 degrees, with a north wind blowing 10 mph. My fishing partners and I headed west for 30 miles and fished a spot none of us had fished before. In hindsight, probably not the best plan, as we did not catch a speckled trout all day. Skip Smith of Swansboro won with a 4-trout total weight of 20.55 lbs.
On October 27th, I texted Dwayne Smith about 6 AM, telling him to meet me at 9 AM for some trout and redfish. We ended up taking his boat out on a low tide that was rising. Air temps were a much more comfortable 47 degrees and the wind was northwest at 10 mph. We fished a marsh complex, and the wind died as the tide rose. 
Slow, but steady fishing. We ended up catching about 10 speckled trout, a few of them 16-18". Also caught a couple of redfish. Dwayne fished a tried-and-true trout soft plastic, and I fished the Salty Bay Red Devil in green on a 1/8 oz. unpainted jighead.
Video of the trip:
Mobile - Fall Trout and Redfish
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