Outdoor Updates
7-pound mule trout caught at Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine caught and released a 7-pound mega-trout on Tuesday, April 23, along the backside of Grand Isle.[…]
Speckled Trout
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East Timbalier – Hazards and Hotspots
In most places you’ll fish, the desirable fishing hotspots and the underwater hazards you may have to traverse to get to them are two entirely separate things. But in Louisiana’s inshore and nearshore waters, the two are often one and the same.[…]
Features
The many benefits of using artificial shrimp
Whatever your preference, you’ll find artificial shrimp comprise a highly versatile lure family well deserving of prime space in your tackle tray. Here’s a handful of ideas for their use.[…]
Outdoor Updates
LDWF tight-lipped on 2019 speckled trout forecast
Patrick Banks, assistant secretary for fisheries, said trout limits for 2019 “probably” would not be affected while the results were being reevaluated by department biologists.[…]
Columns
Three twitch baits that lure uncommitted trout
Below the surface twitch baits provide the perfect hybrid capability for those finicky spring topwater trout. […]
Field Notes
Deep bayous get hot again
Although springtime is when most anglers forget about the inside bayous and target speckled trout in the open bays, many fish remain.[…]
Features
Competition drives action at the rigs
The engineers who designed all of the well heads, tank batteries and oil rigs that dot the state’s near-shore waters probably never thought once about all the fish that would be drawn to their structures.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Bank angler limits out on speckled trout
Reggie Legendre of Lafourche has been catching plenty of limits of speckled trout between Golden Meadow and Grand Isle recently by fishing from the bank with just a few pieces of tackle.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Hackberry guide catches big Calcasieu Lake trout
Capt. Brian Windsor of Hackberry caught this 7 ½-pound speckled trout on a bone-colored Heddon One Knocker Spook topwater lure at West Cove on March 14.[…]
Speckled Trout
Racking up trout at the rock jetties
Here’s a quick lesson by Tommy Vidrine on how to catch speckled trout near Louisiana’s rock jetties.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Pointe-aux-Chenes trout cranking up
Guide reveals top 3 areas to fish With the relatively warm, wet, dreary winter Louisiana has experienced so far this year, Capt. Ronnie Lisotta is expecting some serious speckled trout action this spring — and
Speckled Trout
Specks defy the odds and remain in Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne shows that there are still trout to be found in Lake Pontchartrain even after the Bonnet Carré Spillway opening.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Will spillway openings hurt April trout bite?
Even though the Bonnet Carré Spillway on the Mississippi River continues to pour out the remnants of a long, wet winter, the speckled trout bite should still be much better than it was in 2018.[…]
Breaking News
LDWF says early draft of study shows trout numbers down; new evaluation underway
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reassessing the state’s stock of speckled trout. […]
Field Notes
Move, move for specks
Spring speckled trout will move miles to get away from muddy water because they need water with higher salinity.[…]
Columns
Jerkbaits can give speckled trout fits
How to cast jerkbaits and get the merciless response that speckled trout exhibit after staring down its hard-plastic foe.[…]