Field Reports
Sight fishing redfish after Hurricane Ida
Chas Champagne of DockSide TV shows the excitement of sight fishing Louisiana redfish using the “Kamikaze” Vortex Shad. […]
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Field Reports
Hurricane Ida pushes trout into residential canals
Speckled trout are just starting to move in and Hurricane Ida has them in some unconventional places right now. […]
Field Reports
Cold water crappie
DockSide TV breaks out the micro spins and push buttons and gears up with the Matrix Mini to target wintertime crappie. […]
Field Reports
Topwater trout, deepwater bass and sightfishing reds
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne uses many different techniques to fish in the summer time marsh using Matrix Shad products. […]
Speckled Trout
New Matrix XShad battles trout in Chalmette
Chas Champagne breaks out the new Matrix XShad in Chalmette and shows how it catches trout after trout on this episode of Dockside TV. […]
Speckled Trout
Pulling big trout out of heavy structure
Trout fishing tends to slow down this time of year as far as numbers go, but targeting trophy size specks can heat up this month. […]
Inshore Fishing
Solitude on the Twin Span
Chas Champagne loves when the water drops out for marsh fishing as it consolidates the fish into the deeper bayous driving them out of the shallows. […]
Speckled Trout
Trout at the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles
If it stays a mild winter, the bridges of Lake Pontchartrain will continue to produce nice speckled trout along with the local man made canals. […]
Redfish
The Pumpkin Patch Matrix Craw goes to work on schools of redfish
In this episode of Dockside TV, the crew goes to work into a redfish-infested pond armed with the Pumpkin Patch Matrix Craw. […]
Redfish
Prime time sight fishing for redfish
Chas Champagne does some sight fishing for redfish off the ICW, Pearl River, and Chef Pass areas with the Matrix Craw on the latest Dockside TV episode. […]
Redfish
Tossing reds over the gunwale in Lake Borgne
Chas Champagne and his wife headed out across a rough Lake Pontchartrain and ended up in a slick calm Lake Borgne to sight fish for redfish. […]
Redfish
Redfish riding high
Ponds from Delacroix across to the Biloxi Marsh all the way back to the ICW are great places to sight-fish for reds this time of year. […]
Columns
Where did all our big trout go?
A subject that many trophy trout anglers across Louisiana continue to discuss is where have the big trout gone in Louisiana? […]
Speckled Trout
Trout will stack up as they start migrating out of Lake Pontchartrain
As fresh Mississippi River water pours into Lake Pontchartrain via the Bonnet Carré Spillway opening, here’s your chance to double down on speckled trout for the next few weeks. […]