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Spring trout fishing is strong on Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne, owner of Matrix Shad, caught a 6-pound, 25-inch speckled trout on Tuesday, April 6, in Lake Pontchartrain. […]
Speckled Trout
Fishing Hotspots
Lakes in Dularge area fill with specks in April
Read the wind and the birds for a crack at April’s Dularge speckled trout. Use these tips from Capt. Travis Miller. […]
Columns
Spring fishing: Time for hard plastics
Twitch baits take center stage with Louisiana anglers when April arrives and big speckled trout are on the prowl. […]
Features
Strategies for spring speckled trout
In April, speckled trout are in transition in south Louisiana marshes, following water that’s clear, warming up and high in salinity. […]
Features
Trolling Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles” to fill the cooler with April trout
Don’t get stuck fishing in one spot. Trolling Lake Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles’ can shake up some speckled trout in April. […]
Field Reports
You’ve never cooked trout this way, but you will now
Todd Masson developed a stuffed speckled trout recipe that utilizes those bigger fish over about 18 inches. […]
Field Reports
Use topwater baits for top-shelf spring trout
Speckled trout are found roaming shallow water areas in the marsh, and they will destroy a topwater lure when it walks by them. […]
Field Reports
Big speckled trout already crowding this bridge!
Marsh Man Masson, Joel Masson and Capt. Justin Bowles head to the railroad bridge over Lake Pontchartrain to catch speckled trout. […]
Field Reports
How to troll for trout
Chas Champagne showcases Matrix Shad’s greatest new wintertime speckled trout lure, the Matrix X-Shad Cocahoe. […]
Field Reports
A limit of speckled trout at the Great Wall of Chalmette
Devin Denman explains how he throws strictly artificial lures when fishing the Great Wall of Chalmette for speckled trout. […]
Field Notes
Florida tricks work on Louisiana March specks
Terry Smith said his arsenal of speckled trout baits is fairly limited; he sticks with baits that have fooled fish in the past. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Popping corks are ticket for Lake Catherine trout
The past three years in March, Capt. Kris Robert of One Last Cast Charters has found very good speckled trout action in Lake Catherine. […]
Field Notes
Trout Praline
This is a sweet and savory fish dish that is sure to knock your socks off. It will have you licking your plate for the praline sauce. […]
Features
Hard baits for speckled trout. Which ones to use?
Twitchbaits, jerkbaits and stickbaits belong in the tackle boxes of speckled trout fishermen. Here’s how to choose and use them. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Golden Meadow trout you can bank on!
Reggie Legendre catches big trout in Golden Meadow off the bank and in his small eight-foot Pelican boat this time of year all along Hwy. 1. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Pick your days to fish Calcasieu in February
Calcasieu Lake trout bite best in February on pre-front days. There will be some big sow speckled trout landed this month. […]