Features
Anglers hammer trout on coastline islands
Louisiana’s barrier islands not only provide excellent fishing, but also give protection to our inshore marshes.[…]
Speckled Trout
Fishing Hotspots
Time to move out for Dularge trout
According to Capt. Lloyd Landry, owner of Outcast Fishing Charters, the trout will migrate out of the marsh this month looking to spawn.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Grand time at Grand Isle
Capt. Mark Scardino of Hard Times Charters in Grand Isle, said the trout fishing action started up early this year.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Tiger Shoals trout
Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry of Gotta Have Faith Charters has many options to take advantage of the speckled trout bite below Vermilion Bay.[…]
Features
How to “fix” the speckled trout game in your favor
While rigs exist to produce fuel, for Drake Morvant of Victory Bay Charters, these platforms exist to point him to the speckled trout.[…]
Features
Spawning speckled trout
Hopefully new regulations will keep more spawning trout in Louisiana waters so these highly prolific fish will continue to delight anglers.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
West Cove is where the specks stack up
Kirk Stansel of Hackberry Rod and Gun knows the potential this time of year for West Cove. It’s a gold mine for speckled trout.[…]
Features
Wade on in to catch big Calcasieu specks
Capt. Bruce Baugh is a local legend in Southwest Louisiana when it comes to wade fishing for the largest of Calcasieu Lake’s speckled trout.[…]
Features
The big trout bite
The new Louisiana regulations for speckled trout, which preserves more of the 3 year olds, will give our fishery a size boost.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Target bigger Hopedale specks
According to Capt. Charlie Thomason, large speckled trout are the norm when throwing hard-plastic lures in Hopedale this month.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: St. Marks, Florida
If you like small coastal towns and accessible natural environments, you should take a look at what St. Marks, Florida, has to offer.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Winter speckled trout in Chalmette area
Capt. Mike Gallo said one of the reasons the Chalmette area is so good in the winter is because the water is deeper and significantly warmer.[…]
Features
Mid-winter fronts are tough, but don’t give up on big speckled trout
A day speckled trout fishing after a cold front can be just as productive as opting to wait for better conditions to make your next trip.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Fish you can bank on
Large speckled trout can be found bank fishing the deep holes along Hwy. 1 between Leeville and Grand Isle during the wintertime.[…]
Field Notes
New speck numbers
Large speckled trout are often found along rocky shorelines and jetties where mullet and croakers congregate.[…]
Columns
Big or small, white shrimp are huge in importance to Louisiana’s anglers
The importance of white shrimp to Louisiana’s anglers can’t be measured by inches. They are small in stature, but huge in importance.[…]