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	Big speckled trout arrive at Grand Isle 7 hours ago After hearing that plenty of big trout were being caught on live shrimp at the end of the rocks in Caminada Pass in Grand Isle, our group bought 150 live shrimp and headed out.

	Free Fishing Weekend to be held June 8-9 11 hours ago Louisiana residents and visitors will get to take advantage of an opportunity to fish without the purchase of a recreational fishing license on June 8 and 9.

	Make mine live May 20 at 9:00 am For most power boats, the use of live bait is such a given that livewells almost always come as standard equipment. Many don’t think that taking live bait along in a kayak is a viable option.

	STAR kicks off Memorial Day Weekend May 17 at 9:39 am The 2013 STAR begins May 25, with more than $500,000 in prizes up for grabs. This year's saltwater fishing tournament spans the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.

	7-pound trout snatched from South Pass jetties May 16 at 11:11 am When Capt. Allen Moreau set the hook Tuesday, he knew he had a good fish. It turned out to be a 7-pound speckled trout.

	Proper fishing tackling for speckled trout May 15 at 7:00 am Capt. Anthony Randazzo fishes most of his trout artificials on a 7-foot, 2-inch medium Shimano Crucial graphite rod with an extra-fast tip.

	No boat? No problem at Grand Isle May 15 at 7:00 am Chris Macaluso is a very good speckled-trout fisherman, but that probably wouldn’t be the case if his dad hadn’t toted him along to Grand Isle during at least one summer weekend a year.

	Eschete, Jordan take Calcasieu Lake HT Series redfish event May 06 at 11:47 am Madisonville’s Dwayne Eschete and Texas’ Clark Jordan teamed up to win the 2013 HT Redfish H20 Shock Series tournament held on Calcasieu Lake Friday and Saturday.

	Taming Timbalier May 01 at 7:00 am It’s axiomatic that you never leave feeding fish to find feeding fish. That old adage might make a great bumper sticker, but you’ll never find it on Capt. Chad Billiot’s truck. The Houma Indian, a veteran of 23 years of guiding in the Timbalier and Barataria basins, spent a picture-perfect, flat-calm, Chamber-of-Commerce morning last May fishing several islands and platforms in Timbalier Bay looking for bait.

	Top Shelf — Where you should fish to catch a state-record speck May 01 at 7:00 am In the latter days of May 2012, Capt. Kirk Stansel of Hackberry Rod and Gun was on a run of big speckled trout in Calcasieu Lake. He was doing some dogwalking over some shell humps on an area east of Long Point where he could do no wrong with an orange Rapala Skitter Walk. “In a three-day period there, I had taken four trout over 6 pounds,” the guide said. “My clients were taking specks in the 2- to 4-pound range at that time.”

	Text of the letter from governors asking for state management of red snapper April 17 at 11:39 am The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida have signed a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, House of Representatives Speaker Rep. John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi asking that red snapper management be turned over to their states.

	The Matrix Shad April 17 at 9:00 am There are sound reasons behind the growing success of one of the hottest soft plastics for saltwater and, even, freshwater fish from Biloxi, Miss., to Houma and beyond in the Sportsman’s Paradise.