During the past 20 years, the bait-stand price of juvenile croaker has doubled, more or less. A dozen of these mostly summertime baits for speckled trout has gone from $6 retail to as high as a dollar ...

Croakers are deadly effective on summer trout, and experts say the baitfish pose no threat to inshore fisheries. Coastal bait camps always have attracted customers with white flags to signify ...