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. […]
Inshore Fishing
Field Reports
Top-smacking speckled trout already thick in marsh!
Speckled trout are inside — certainly not in the numbers they will be in a few weeks, but plenty enough to keep an angler entertained. […]
Fishing Hotspots
September means river reds in Venice
Guide Pete Miller of Rodbenders Charters said he’ll continue targeting bull reds until Labor Day, then switch gears and target slot reds in Venice. […]
Columns
Worst speckled trout month of the year?
High water toward the end of this month can often lead to action that will make you swear September isn’t the worst month for speckled trout fishing. […]
Features
How to understand September speckled trout
Post-spawn transition and dietary changes are factors Louisiana anglers should consider when trying to hunt down a limit of speckled trout. […]
Columns
Species spotlight: Atlantic tripletail
Tripletails have rounded dorsal and anal fins that extend back almost to their tails, giving them the appearance of three tails, hence their name. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Big Lake’s fall fishing run is on the horizon
Fall is easily the best time to be on the water at Calcasieu Lake chasing trout, redfish and flounder. They become much easier to fool with soft plastics. […]
Columns
Egret Baits’ Vudu Shad
The Egret Baits’ Vudu Shad 3-inch, ¼-ounce and 4-inch, 3/8-ounce models are tapping the triple crown of speckled trout, redfish and flounder consistently. […]
Columns
The COVID pandemic has pushed kayak sales much higher
An unexpected effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge uptick in sales of kayaks. People are turning to outdoor activities. […]
Field Notes
‘Scraping’ is a little-used, effective method for catching sheepshead
Fishermen should try scraping barnacles and oysters off pier posts and seawalls to chum sheepshead into biting this September. […]
Columns
What can you learn from your favorite trout bait?
One bait in particular stands out to anglers for speckled trout: a very colorful Floating Corky Fat Boy, aptly named Texas Turnip. […]
Field Reports
A little island, a lot of speckled trout!
Todd Masson and Capt. Justin Bowles got clues that the speckled trout began the move early this year, so they set out to intercept them at a halfway point. […]
Field Reports
Bowfishing in the Hopedale marsh
Shawn Nelson and his dad both got to experience bowfishing together for the first time and had a blast catching redfish and gar in Hopedale. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Hopedale lakes full of August specks
Frank Roberts, aka “Frankie Fillet” — the fastest fillet knife in the Gulf south — will fish the oyster reefs anywhere on the Hopedale side this month. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Hot weather fishing in August around Grand Isle
According to Owen Belknap, who runs the Michi offshore charterboat, just about everywhere you turn in Grand Isle in August, the fishing can be excellent. […]
Field Reports
BLAST on the BEACH: Speckled trout arrive!
The speckled trout have arrived on Louisiana’s beaches, and the action in Plaquemines Parish resembles that of the good ol’ days. […]