How To Catch Weakfish [Gray Trout] From Shore - Best Rigs & Bait

We got on some Weakfish for the first time this year but still waiting to catch our first speckled trout! Anyone having luck targeting them? Would love to get some recommendations on how to target them! Thanks yall!

In the spring, shedder crab and bloodworms are the best baits for weakfish. Drifting the back bays with a Cape May Float Rig loaded with shedder crab or bloodworms is a super effective way to catch them. It is also an excellent way to find your own weakfish hot spot. In the fall, live-lined snapper blues can't be beat. 

if you ask where to found weakfish? Weakfish are found along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to southern Florida, straying occasionally to Nova Scotia, Canada and into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. They are most abundant from New York to North Carolina. Adults migrate north and south, and onshore/offshore seasonally along the Atlantic coast. 

Use your electronics to find drop-offs as weakfish will sit on the deeper edge of abrupt depth changes during the day. Shallow structure in western Long Island Sound will also hold weakfish during the summer months, and anglers have success both trolling and jigging for squeteague in these areas.