Fishing Hotspots
Wading puts winter trout within easier reach of anglers
When targeting winter trout, Capt. Adam Jaynes believes wading puts the odds ever more in your favor of landing a trophy trout.[…]
Speckled Trout
Fishing Hotspots
Avoid Pontchartrain’s crowded trestles and still catch November specks
Old pilings around camps on eastern end of Pontchartrain will hold November specks.[…]
Columns
Last week of Daylight Savings Time is No. 1 trout week
Nov. 1-6 is a great week to fish because it typically has delightful weather and fall speckled trout fishing is so easy.[…]
Features
Pop the top for fall trout
Topwater baits are extremely productive on fall speckled trout along the Gulf Coast. They’re hungry enough to eat anything that moves.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Guide gives plenty of ‘love’ for October at Calcasieu Lake
Anglers can take advantage of changing October weather putting speckled trout and redfish on feeding binge at Calcasieu Lake.[…]
Features
You can “rig” the trout game by knowing your oil and gas rigs
Nearshore, inshore oil and gas rigs along Louisiana coast provide speckled trout with places to fatten up around productive structure.[…]
Columns
October is prime time to “cork” a trout
A soft-plastic shrimp fished under a cork is the best thing you can offer a speckled trout on the Gulf Coast in October.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Sabine anglers need to watch birds to find trout quickly
Egrets, gulls can lead anglers to great fishing on Sabine Lake and Big Lake. The birds can lead you to shrimp and gamefish.[…]
Features
Seasonal diet changes drive trout behavior
Availability of bait causes seasonal changes in speckled trout behavior. Choose their favorite season foods and catch more fish.[…]
Features
Slidell guide sets trap for September specks
Adam Shields has a strategy to intercept a speckled trout’s transition this month by using travel routes and baitfish habits against them.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout are here, there and everywhere
Don’t go looking for September speckled trout schools; scattered fish are going to be your primary targets.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF asks anglers to complete survey on spotted seatrout management options
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released an updated survey to gather public input on spotted seatrout management.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Look for Delacroix reds, trout, in deeper waters
According to Jack Payne, anglers need to fish to outer bays, deeper water, for Delacroix speckled trout and redfish in August.[…]
Features
Wade your way to great Big Lake specks
Wading for speckled trout is a great tactic on Lake Calcasieu and it even works during August’s heat. Here’s how one expert does it.[…]
Newsletters
Dularge guide overcomes “Shark Week” to boat plenty of trout
Capt. Marty LaCoste of Absolute Fishing Charters in Dularge proved last week that storms and sharks can’t keep a good fisherman down.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Matrix X-Shad Croaker
Chas Champagne’s latest lure, the Matrix X-Shad Croaker, is a dead ringer for a speckled trout’s favorite summer meal.[…]