Cover: May 2005

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ON THE COVER: From Sabine to the Rigolets, anglers will be chasing big speckled trout this month, and we’ve got some of the hottest spots mapped out.

Photo by TODD MASSON.

Ending Louisiana’s duck detour

According to Eddie Berthelot, Jr. with Spots & Specks Charters, speckled trout go into the larger, deeper bays and lakes in August.[…]

When monster spawning redfish move in from offshore, they pass through Lake Borgne and proceed through the Rigolets.[…]