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Trout Masters excerpt: Wade fishing at Lake Calcasieu
Will Drost specializes in catching trophy trout, but he uses his boat pretty much for scouting and transportation only.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Grand Isle’s tournament buster
Ulysse “Bootsie” Toups Jr. is known as a tournament buster, raking in numerous speckled trout awards since he started fishing rodeos in 1978.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Trolling for trout on Lake Pontchartrain
Harry Hildebrand is known for modifying his artificial lures with yellow and red paint to simulate blood and trigger instinctual bites from predatory trout.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Finding trophy trout on Calcasieu Lake
Calcasieu Lake definitely has an annual trout cycle, and few know it better than the co-owners of the Hackberry Rod and Gun Club. […]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Pursuing big specks with live croakers
Pursuing trophy trout can be a slow, pain-staking process – but Charlie Lieux would rather catch five big fish than 25 2- or 3-pounders.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Big trout at Big Lake
Jeff and Mary Poe are veteran Big Lake speckled trout anglers.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Finding prime speckled trout spots near Seabrook
Fishing out of Seabrook, the mouth of the Inner Harbor Canal to Lake Ponchartrain, Allen “Chink” Sumas Jr. once caught nine speckled trout that weighed-in at 9 to 9 ½ pounds – in a single day.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Mr. Official’ lands big Grand Isle specks
Grand Isle trout fisherman Terry St. Cyr is competitive on and off the water, but his passion is catching speckled trout.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Using soft plastics to catch big trout out of Cypremort Point
David ‘T-Coon’ Billeaud is not a fan of live bait.
He routinely uses soft plastics exclusively to catch big trout around Cypremort Point. […]
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Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Deadly Dudley’ discusses Lake Pontchartrain’s bridges, fishing the tide
Most people only dream about catching speckled trout that Capt. Dudley Vandenborre probably considers routine.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: catching big specks at the mouth of the river
Ed Sexton is known for catching oversized trout out of Venice near the mouth of the Mississippi River.[…]
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Trout Masters Too excerpt: targeting big specks on Big Lake
Lake Calcasieu is home to some big-time speckled trout, but it can be a tough place to fish if you aren’t familiar with reef locations and how the Ship Channel influences the bite.[…]
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Trout Masters Too excerpt: fishing for specks in the Lafitte area
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois III with Bourgeois Fishing Charters shares tips that everyone can use to catch more specks. […]
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Trout Masters Too excerpt: catching big specks on Lake Pontchartrain
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Eric Dumas with Living a Dream Guide Service talks about his obsession for speckled trout, and what he uses to catch them.[…]
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Trout Masters Too excerpt: catching specks in the marshes, lakes and bays of St. Bernard Parish
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Charlie Thomason with Capt. Charlie Thomason’s Bayou Charters shares tips and tactics that can be used by trout anglers across the coast. […]
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Trout Masters Too excerpt: fishing down the river in Plaquemines Parish
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Nash Roberts IV with Fishhunter Guide Service shares his thoughts on rods, reels and the line he uses to catch big speckled trout. […]