Spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), also known as speckled trout, is a common estuarine fish found in the southern United States along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and the coastal Atlantic Ocean from Maryland to Florida.

While most of these fish are caught on shallow, grassy flats, spotted seatrout reside in virtually any inshore waters, from the surf of outside islands to far up coastal rivers, where they often come for shelter during cold weather.

It is popular for commercial and especially recreational fishing in coastal waters of the southeastern United States.

Spotted seatrout live in the top of the water column and are most numerous along the coasts of the southeastern states, such as Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida.

[citation needed] Small trout eat large amounts of shrimp and other crustaceans.

[6] By the end of the first year, spotted seatrout are about 250 mm long and about half of them are mature enough to reproduce.

[9] The coefficient c and the exponent b are found by fitting an equation of this form to measured weight-length data.

For some fish, including spotted seatrout, the weight-length relationships vary with the seasons and with gender.

Almost all spotted seatrout are caught with hook and line, as many places have banned fishing for them with gillnets.

According to the NOAA, spotted seatrout are in the top ten species for recreational fishing in the United States.

[5] Along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia, more than half a million speckled trout were caught by recreational fishermen each year between 2005 and 2008.