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Redfish schools by the hundreds
Chas Champagne set sail a few weeks back on a warm winter day and found a clear shallow flat near Lake Borgne. The redfish were schooled up. […]
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Urban fishing next to New Orleans
As soon as the warming trend occurs, with consecutive southerly winds, look for the Seabrook area to come back to life for fishing. […]
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How to find clean water for specks in the dead of winter
Chas Champagne shares a great technique to put fish in the boat at Lake Pontchartrain during the toughest months of the year. […]
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Fishing the passes of Lake Catherine
Chas Champagne headed out to jig deep passes connecting Lake Catherine and the ICW and found speckled trout and flounder. […]
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Fishing post-front winter specks
When faced with cold and windy conditions, Chas Champagne breaks out the Matrix X-Shad “Cocahoe” and targets deep protected waters. […]
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Crushing big winter trout
Chas Champagne finds and catches monster speckled trout lurking the shoreline of eastern Lake Pontchartrain. […]
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Trout, reds and bass all over the grass
Chas Champagne finds trout over the shallow grass flats out front of Lake Pontchartrain and finishes off the day loading the boat with them. […]
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Winter bridge trout on bigger baits
Chas Champagne heads back to the bridges using the 4″ MEGA Matrix from Matrix Shad to catch beautiful winter trout on bigger baits. […]
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Digging ditches
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne digs deep into the marsh and fishes deep ditches that connect surrounding shallow flats. […]
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Monster redfish eating the Mega Matrix
Across the Gulf Coast it’s a common theme to chase the birds as temperatures cool with big beautiful redfish under them. […]
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Trout, redfish and bass in the dead of winter
After the brutal fronts we experienced, here is a video to have a game plan on fishing post-frontal conditions in low and cold water. […]
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Crushing the trout on a warm fall day
On this episode of DockSide TV, we are fishing big speckled trout over grass beds at the end of the fall entering the winter on a warm day. […]
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How to fish suspended jerkbaits
Chas Champagne continues to target speckled trout over grass beds. On this DockSide TV episode they are crushing the suspended jerkbaits. […]
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Shoreline specks under the Matrix Float
Chas Champagne set on out a cloudy fall day in search of shallow water speckled trout along the shorelines of Lake Pontchartrain. […]
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Targeting trout with the Matrix Float
Chas Champagne dodges the crowds and focuses on shoreline fishing using the Matrix Shad popping cork, the Matrix Float. […]
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Sight fishing redfish after Hurricane Ida
Chas Champagne of DockSide TV shows the excitement of sight fishing Louisiana redfish using the “Kamikaze” Vortex Shad. […]