Columns
May is an oasis for trout fishermen
For Capt. Justin Bowles, May is one of his favorite months of the year. Louisiana fishermen can’t wait for speckled trout to move in May.[…]
Speckled Trout
Field Reports
Big trout every cast in Grand Isle
On a recent trip out of Grand Isle, Tommy Vidrine got on a phenomenal speckled trout bite with big trout coming in on every cast.[…]
Field Reports
Trout to be found on Lake Pontchartrain trestles
According to Chas Champange, owner of Matrix Shad, any time between March and May is prime time for spring speckled trout fishing in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Columns
Matrix X-Shad
The Matrix XShad is the exact mold of the Matrix Shad, except it gives anglers the opportunity to rig it weedless or on an open-faced jighead.[…]
Newsletters
Catching trout on points with Capt. Charlie Thomason
In this Sportsman TV video, Captain Charlie Thomason breaks down how to properly fish points in the marsh for speckled trout.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Leeville offers kayakers plenty of opportunities
For many fish in the marsh, April is a transition period into their summer patterns. The marshes around Leeville fill with redfish in April.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
April speck action in Sulphur Mine, Catfish Lake
Capt. Mike Guidry, of Rippin Lip Guide Service, says he’ll fish the Sulphur Mine and Catfish Lake this month until the trout make their annual transition.[…]
Features
Trout in the grass, Understanding SAV
Speckled trout love grassbeds; learn how submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) helps fish, the environment and Louisiana fishermen.[…]
Newsletters
Finding speckled trout during a warm April
Our unusually warm March kicked the speckled trout into motion and they are moving down the estuary earlier than normal this year.[…]
Newsletters
How to catch trout in open water with Capt. Charlie Thomason
It’s a tough thing to figure out what speckled trout are doing in open water. Capt. Charlie Thomason breaks it all down in this Sportsman TV video.[…]
Newsletters
Topwater baits for spring trout
For a number of reasons, spring is the best time of the year to throw floating stick baits for speckled trout in Louisiana.[…]
Columns
Is overfishing really the cause of Louisiana’s speckled trout decline?
It’s unlikely Louisiana anglers will for very long enjoy the same speckled trout limits that have been in place for nearly four decades.[…]
Speckled Trout
Big sow trout in Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine shows how the spawn in beginning in Grand Isle. He caught a huge sow trout and some beautiful redfish on March 23.[…]
Columns
Never give up! that big speck won’t
More often than not, patience in letting a bite develop or changing techniques to target certain parts of the water column, has directly led to success.[…]
Newsletters
Good signs for Grand Isle trout anglers
Tommy Vidrine caught some great speckled trout in Grand Isle at the Caminada jetties on March 17. It’s starting to look like the spring time.[…]
Speckled Trout
New Matrix XShad battles trout in Chalmette
Chas Champagne breaks out the new Matrix XShad in Chalmette and shows how it catches trout after trout on this episode of Dockside TV.[…]