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Make Chalmette your New year’s speck resolution

January 12, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Mike Gallo offered a couple extra free tips to help you catch more fish on these colder days of winter.[…]

Matrix Shad’s Chas Champagne said trolling is one of the most effective ways to target speckled trout right now simply because you can cover so much area with the technique.

Trolling for North Shore specks

January 12, 2019 Joel Masson

For the past couple of winters, instead of jigging, Chas Champagne has been dragging baits behind his boat to entice bites from speckled trout.[…]

Capt. Chad Dufrene expects the redfish bite to remain consistent out of Delacroix - if Mother Nature cooperates.

Targeting reds and specks in Delacroix

January 11, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Chad Dufrene of Dufrene’s Guide Service in Delacroix Island expects the redfish bite to be phenomenal this winter.[…]

During some of the last cold fronts, Scott Toups fished the bayous around Catfish Lake in Golden Meadow. "There's a lot of fish close to the public launch, and they can easily be reached by kayak or a small boat. We focused on deep, dead-end bayous fishing with a variety of soft plastics."

Catfish Lake specks: Target shallow or deep as the temperature dictates

January 3, 2019 Joel Masson

Cold weather and north winds mean speckled trout can be caught in deep holes close to the launch out of Golden Meadow. […]

Bill McCarty holds two slabs caught in the Stephensville area.

Head to Stephensville docks for December sac-a-lait

December 20, 2018 Don Shoopman

Morgan City outdoorsman Bill McCarty said docks are definitely the ticket this month for slab sac-a-lait.[…]

Capt. Mike Gallo targets specks in deeper spots when water temps hit about 55 degrees.

Target deeper water for Lake Pontchartrain trout

December 19, 2018 Joel Masson

The Lake Pontchartrain estuary provides a lot of different types of fishing, and that can be super advantageous this time of year.[…]

Big crappie like this is why Brittney Naron loves D’Arbonne Bayou.

Bump a stump for D’Arbonne crappie

December 18, 2018 Kinny Haddox

Bayou D’Arbonne offers up some great slab crappie this time of year.[…]

Chris Lake holds a nice Lake Decade speckled trout.

Lake Mechant is a trout honey hole

December 17, 2018 Don Shoopman

There are two bayous in the northeast corner of Lake Mechant that year after year consistently give up speckled trout in December.[…]

Above: Noah Jarrett of Hallsville, Texas, caught this chunky bass while fishing in the FLW High School Open on Nov. 4 at Toledo Bend. Jarrett, who fished with Davis Butrum, is the son of Ben Jarrett. The father-and-son found bass in the same patterns as guide John Dean — in shallow areas around peppergrass and milfoil — on buzzbaits, plastic frogs and Flukes in the middle section of creeks keying on channel swings in 2- to 10-foot depths.

Action at Toledo Bend should improve

December 16, 2018 John Dean

A guide to catching bass in December at Toledo Bend.[…]

Soft plastics and spinnerbaits are both effective if you’re targeting redfish out of Lafitte this month, according to Capt. Theophile Bourgeois.

Watch the wind when fishing out of Lafitte

December 15, 2018 Joel Masson

What to do if you want to catch fish in Lafitte in the month of December.[…]

Capt. Nick Rando (right), owner of Fishaholic Fishing Charters, with Allen Buckley and a 45-pound black drum caught on shrimp under a Four-Horsemen popping cork in the Lost Lake area.

Make it a Delacroix December

December 14, 2018 Rusty Tardo

The fishing is fantastic and there’s action to be found all over the inside waters of Delacroix Island.[…]

Warren Maxwell with two nice Grand Bayou winter crappie.

It’s prime time for big crappie at Grand Bayou

December 13, 2018 Kinny Haddox

Grand Bayou is full of big, broad-shouldered crappie. And this is a grand month of the year to catch them.[…]

Joey Jeanfreau shows off a nice speckled trout, and said Chalmette locations typically get hot from October through about April.

Chalmette fishing action picks up in December

December 12, 2018 Rusty Tardo

Some truly prime winter fishing waters are accessed by three Chalmette area launches.[…]

Will Shell Beach fishing shine this month?

December 11, 2018 Joel Masson

The keys to having success with speckled trout at Shell Beach this month.[…]

A big bass like this one full of shad caught by Hunter Freeman is why many anglers go to Caney, but it’s the exception rather than the rule this month.

Caney Lake bass offer anglers two choices

November 11, 2018 Kinny Haddox

November is all about numbers of bass on Caney Lake – and here’s how you can catch them. […]

Frank Roberts said the trout transition was delayed this fall, but fish have finally moved inside.

Marsh speckled trout action on fire

November 11, 2018 Rusty Tardo

The trout transition was delayed this fall, but fish have finally moved inside.[…]