Field Reports
How to catch WAY MORE fish on topwater lures
Marsh Man Masson decided to change out some of his split rings, and in this video, he shows you how to do it.[…]
Speckled Trout
Field Reports
Jigging deep water passes
Chas Champagne heads out to the L&N (CSX) Train Bridge in the Rigolets to target speckled trout. He uses a “Shrimp Creole” Matrix Shad.[…]
Field Reports
Speckled trout invasion ramps up!
Anglers started reporting speckled trout catches in interior marshes early. The number of inside fish has continued to increase.[…]
Newsletters
Solari and his “goal STAR” trout
John Solari explains how he caught his 2020 STAR champion 29-inch long, 8.27 pound speckled trout off Calcasieu Point.[…]
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.[…]
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
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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
Field Reports
Lots of SPECKS at a relic of the past
Capt. Frank Dreher, Chris Macaluso and Todd Masson hit East Timbalier Island in lower Lafourche Parish to target speckled trout.[…]
Field Reports
DockSide TV: “Gulls and Gills”
This episode of DockSide TV features Chas Champagne hooking trout one after the other under birds on the Matrix X-Shad “Smokin’ Shad.”[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Tiger Shoals still producing plenty of speckled trout
Despite fewer visible structures, Tiger Shoals is still a great speckled trout destination. Keo Khamphilavong of New Iberia explains why.[…]
Features
What are the trophy trout prospects for Louisiana?
Fisherman want to know why there are fewer trophy trout in Louisiana waters nowadays? Here are some answers and theories.[…]
Field Reports
Chumming trout with live pogies
Tommy Vidrine hits the jetties in Grand Isle on a mission for a CCA Star winning speckled trout using pogies. He caught a mess of nice fish with Jason Boh.[…]