Quick Facts & Highlights
Species Name: Speckled Trout or Spotted Seatrout
Scientific Name: Cynoscion nebulosus
Common Nicknames: Spotted Seatrout, Speck
Species Category: Inshore Game Fish
Available Lengths Range: 11'' to 39''
Mount Options & Base Rates:
Half Wall Mount: Starts at $160 minimum charge (applies 11" to 16")
Full Wall Mount: Starts at $17 per inch ($187 for 11")
360° Suspension Mount: Starts at $20 per inch ($220 for 11")
Catch Photo Matching: Included at no extra charge
Materials & Construction: High-density fiberglass composite cast from first-generation molds, hand-painted glass eyes set in epoxy, automotive-grade airbrush pigments, and UV-resistant urethane clear coat, built in the USA
Turnaround Time: Check the "Current Production Time" link in the website footer
 
Specks, Gator Trout, and the Grass Flat Bite
The Speckled Trout is not a trout. It belongs to the drum family, alongside redfish and black drum, and carries the proper name Spotted Seatrout across most of its range. Anglers just call them specks.
They hold on grass flats, sand potholes, and oyster edges from Texas to the Carolinas. Specks ambush bait at first light and blow up on topwater plugs. The mouth is soft and tears easily, which is why so many good ones come unbuttoned at the boat.
The oversized fish get their own name. A gator trout is the one that stops the conversation on board, and the IGFA all-tackle world record still belongs to a 17 pound 7 ounce speck caught near Fort Pierce in the Indian River Lagoon in 1995. Florida water produced the benchmark. Florida Fish Mounts builds the replica that keeps yours on the wall.
 
First-Generation Molds and the Details That Identify a Speck
Every Speckled Trout replica starts as a casting pulled from a first-generation mold taken off a real fish. That is what carries scale texture, fin ray spacing, and body taper into the fiberglass instead of approximating them.
Greg Cassell hand-sculpts the mouth and the two prominent canine teeth in the upper jaw, the feature that separates a speck from every other silver fish on the flat. The eye is a genuine taxidermy glass eye. Greg hand-paints the iris on each one and sets it in sculpting epoxy.
The spot pattern is the other identifier. On a Spotted Seatrout the round black spots run across the back and continue onto the dorsal and tail fins, which is what tells it apart from a sand seatrout. Greg matches spot density and placement to your catch photo rather than airbrushing a house pattern.
 
Why a Fiberglass Reproduction Outlasts a Speckled Trout Skin Mount
A skin mount is working against this fish from the start. Speck skin is thin, the scales shed at a touch, and the silver-violet sheen along the flank comes from reflective crystal structures in living tissue. Those structures stop working the moment the skin dries, so the color has to be painted back onto a shrinking surface anyway.
From there a skin mount fades, pulls tight against its form, and curls at the fin edges. Odor is a common complaint on older ones.
A fiberglass reproduction has no organic material in it. There is nothing to dry, shrink, or decay. Greg builds the color in multiple automotive-grade airbrush stages over a translucent pearl base, then seals it under a UV-resistant urethane clear coat. That is the same class of finish used on a show car, and it holds the same way.
 
Keep the Fillets or Release the Gator, You Get the Mount Either Way
Specks are loved for both their fight and their flavor, and most anglers who land a good one are not giving up the fillets to hang it on a wall. You do not have to choose. The replica is built from a photograph, so the fish goes in the cooler and the mount still gets made.
The trophy fish is the other case. Florida manages Speckled Trout with a slot limit, so the biggest speck of the day is often the one that has to swim off. A fiberglass replica is the only way to put that fish on the wall. Send the photo and the length.
 
Photo Matching and Paint Approval, Included
Photo matching costs nothing extra. Upload a clear side-profile shot of your catch through the photo upload link, before or after you order. Greg works from that image to match spot pattern, flank color, fin condition, and any scarring specific to your fish.
No photo, no problem. Greg paints a representative Speckled Trout in its natural coloration at the length you choose.
Before the clear coat goes on, we email high-resolution photos of the finished paintwork. Nothing is sealed or crated until you approve it.
 
Shipping and Final Invoicing
Shipping is invoiced separately once your mount is crated and exact dimensions are confirmed. Mount sizes vary too much for a flat rate, so no shipping is charged at checkout.
Every mount is built to order in the USA and ships nationwide by UPS Ground. Larger mounts travel in custom-built wooden crates.
For current lead times, check the Current Production Time link in the site footer.
 
Select Your Mount Type and Length
Use the dropdown menus above to choose your Mount Type and Length. Speckled Trout molds run 11 to 39 inches.
Half Wall Mount is the single-sided wall mount, $10 per inch, with a $160 minimum that covers fish from 11 to 16 inches. It carries one hand-painted glass eye, a painted back, and an adjustable hanging wire for flush wall mounting.
Full Wall Mount is the double-sided build, $17 per inch, starting at $187 for an 11 inch fish. Both sides are painted and detailed, both glass eyes are hand-painted, and a heavy-duty metal hanging bracket is included.
360° Mount is the full 3D build, $20 per inch, starting at $220 for an 11 inch fish. It hangs from a ceiling on included suspension hardware, sits flat on a mantle, shelf, or table, and is the build used as the base for pedestal and habitat work.
Speckled Trout price at one per-inch rate across the whole 11 to 39 inch range, so a longer fish costs more but the rate does not step up. Driftwood and pedestal mounts are quoted individually.
The price updates as soon as both selections are made.