On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne heads away from the community holes and finds schooling speckled trout on a new rock jetty in Lake Pontchartrain. Champagne said pogie imitation baits becomes important in May and June for speckled trout. He uses the Matrix X-Shad “Smokin’ Shad” around points, coves and rigs this month.
Field Reports
Big specks between storms
Chas Champagne goes in between storms and catches some big speckled trout without any boats around due to the weather.[…]
Field Reports
This seasonal marsh pattern just kicking off!
Spring is when speckled trout enter one particular pattern — setting up in bayous to feast on young spring bait stocks.[…]
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.[…]