Louisiana Sportsman

June 13, 2026

Tips to deal with the Spillway opening

March 9, 2018 Devin Denman

River water started pouring through the Bonnet Carré Spillway Thursday morning, and that rightly has inshore anglers concerned for the spring speckled trout run in Lake Pontchartrain. […]

Spring success around Dularge

March 7, 2018 Joel Masson

In fishing, many factors can determine your success, but in a transition month like March, temperature can be among the most critical elements.[…]

Frigid winter likely means delayed trout transition

March 6, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Unlike the last couple of years with relatively mild winters, Mother Nature brought her full force down on South Louisiana this time — and the speckled trout that endured those frigid conditions likely will take a little longer to transition out of the marsh this year.[…]

Bonnet Carré Spillway to open Thursday

March 5, 2018 Patrick Bonin

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday announced that because of high water on the Mississippi River, the Bonnet Carré Spillway will be opened Thursday morning at 10 a.m.[…]

Transition trout in Dularge

March 2, 2018 Don Shoopman

Want to find and catch speckled trout in the Dularge area in March?[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: More topwater trophy trout in entirely new area

March 1, 2018 Todd Masson

After boating some bruisers a few days earlier in Hopedale, I had topwater-trout fever, so I did some map study at home, and identified three areas that I suspected would hold some big ones.[…]

Trolling for springtime trout

March 1, 2018 Joel Masson

Many anglers love to know great fishing locations, and although that’s certainly important, avid angler Stan Mathes puts a lot of thought into his technique this time of year.[…]

The wind can be your friend

March 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

I loathe wind.

Mainly because it always blows when I don’t want it to. But also because it seems to follow me around.[…]

Caillou Island’s ‘Junkyard Trout’

March 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin called them “junk trout.”

It’s not often that you hear speckled trout, the fish of fishes in Louisiana, called anything at all relating to junk.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Trophy trout completely wreck topwater plugs

February 26, 2018 Todd Masson

Arguably the most underrated pattern along the entire Gulf Coast is throwing big, noisy topwater plugs to speckled trout as long as a man’s arm during the late-winter and early spring months.[…]

Hefty specks arrive near Last Island out of Cocodrie

February 20, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Solid speckled trout have returned to wellheads near Last Island out of Cocodrie — but Capt. Tommy Pellegrin said they’re not likely fish that have already transitioned out of the marsh because of the recent summer-like weather we’ve been experiencing. […]