Columns
Let’s go Mexican – Trout Quesadillas is perfection
Two recipes from Casey McLaurin; Lil Mac’s Smoky Trout Quesadillas and crab enchiladas that are packed with flavor and have a tender mouth-feel.[…]
Speckled Trout
Contents
Grand Isle is grand — Guide’s tips for more specks, reds
June means it’s time to head to Grand Isle for all the trout and redfish action you can handle. Find out how this veteran guide stays on fish all summer.[…]
Columns
Trolling for trout – Tips for putting more fish in the ’yak
Kayaks make excellent platforms to troll for trout. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the number of speckled trout you can drag into your kayak.[…]
Field Notes
Palm baitcasting reel to feel subtle trout bites
When you’re deepwater jigging for speckled trout, palm your baitcasting reel when the lure is falling through the strike zone to detect subtle bites.[…]
Field Notes
8 things not to do when surf fishing
There are a few things that can wreck your chances of success when you head to the beach to surf fish. Here are 8 things you should not do.[…]
Field Notes
Top 6 surf-fishing tactics
There’s more to catching trout in the surf than showing up and walking into the water. Here are some tips from Sammy Romano, who has perfected the tactics.[…]
Speckled Trout
Speckled trout anglers: Beware the Ides of March
The middle of March can actually be an awesome time to target speckled trout on topwater lures and jerkbaits.[…]
Columns
This doctor has a magic touch – Fishing addict prepares gourmet seafood dishes
Bob Weiss shares his recipes for Oysters and Tasso in Cream-sauced Pasta and Oven-finished Panko Trout with Baked Tomatoes.[…]
Columns
The Seafood Bible: In-laws found a kinship in the kitchen
Collette Weaver and Ron Harris are in-laws and both love to cook. Here are their recipes for Greek shrimp salad and trout meuniére.[…]
Sidebars
Capt. Rykert Toledano’s tips for night specks
While Away Charters’ Rykert Toledano Jr. loves to fish for speckled trout at night during August and September, the hottest time of the year.[…]
Contents
Night games — How to catch Delacroix trout after the dark
This Delacroix guide and his two buddies prefer to do their speckled trout fishing after the sun sets — when the crowds have left for home.[…]
Features
7 steps to clean trout
Nobody likes cleaning the day’s catch. But you’ll burn through these 7 steps to clean speckled trout and get these fish ready for the freezer or dinner.[…]
Features
Old-school jetty trout-fishing tactic
It’s no secret that jetties attract speckled trout, which hide in the rocks and feed on bait washing by. Here’s how you can find fishing spots on the rocks.[…]
Field Notes
Guide changes hooks to catch more speckled trout
Why Capt. Jakamo Laboureur, a longtime user of a No. 1 kahle hook, switched to the No. 2 live bait hook to catch speckled trout out of Shell Beach.[…]
Contents
Running in circles — Where to limit out on Galliano, Golden Meadow trout and reds
Captains Mike Guidry and T-Man Cheramie don’t let stiff winds keep them home. They know great fishing can be had out of Pointe-aux-Chenes.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana’s Top 10 May trout hotspots
Speckled trout should be practically begging to get into your ice chests this month — if you know where to focus your efforts.[…]