Louisiana Sportsman

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin finds big trout transitioning this month and intercepts them at major bayous.

Cocodrie trout hangouts

April 2, 2023 Joel Masson

The movement of speckled trout can be tough for some anglers, but Cocodrie guide Capt. Tommy Pellegrin uses this time to his advantage.[…]

Jigging summer specks in Cocodrie

August 10, 2021 Devin Denman

Cocodrie is an excellent summer pattern fishing hotspot for speckled trout once you figure the area out and reap the rewards.[…]

Speckled trout success in Cocodrie

August 3, 2021 Devin Denman

Devin Denman did some pre-trip planning and then tried his hand at catching summer speckled trout out of Cocodrie.[…]

Give bowfishing a shot

July 22, 2021 Will Martin

Jeremy Cable and his family operate Lite ’em Up Bowfishing, a charter service that specializes in nighttime fishing excursions in Cocodrie.[…]

Cocodrie’s beaches will fill with trout this month

June 25, 2021 Joel Masson

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin finds great success catching speckled trout out of Cocodrie on the beaches this month.[…]

A big day of snapper fishing for youth anglers

June 1, 2021 Field Reporter

Kids’ snapper haul Blake Blomkalns, Jacob Juul, and John Bier in Cocodrie June 2020 after a successful trip reeling in snapper.

Cocodrie double-rainbow

October 22, 2020 Joseph Palmisano

Eugene Earl captured this photo of a double-rainbow while fishing out of Cocodrie in Sept. 2020.

Offshore action out of Cocodrie should be great

August 27, 2020 Dora Lambert

Offshore is going to be the main focus in September at Cocodrie, according to Todd Black, a charter captain and owner of Fish Heads LA.[…]

Mangrove snapper are big Cocodrie draw

April 19, 2020 Dora Lambert

Mangrove snapper can be found anywhere from Venice to Grand Isle to Cocodrie, with Cocodrie perhaps the best-known mangrove snapper destination.[…]

Trout are so thick here, shrimpers are catching them in their nets

September 24, 2019 Anthony Taylor

According to Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, the speckled trout fishing action is back in full swing this September in the Cocodrie area.[…]

Cocodrie speckled smackdown

July 5, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Anglers in the Cocodrie area are enjoying the best speckled trout action they’ve seen in years. Capt. Tommy Pellegrin says the area is teeming with fish.[…]

Will spillway openings hurt April trout bite?

March 18, 2019 Brian Cope

Even though the Bonnet Carré Spillway on the Mississippi River continues to pour out the remnants of a long, wet winter, the speckled trout bite should still be much better than it was in 2018.[…]

Rusty Critselous and Hudson Brister from Ruston had a great day fishing out of Cocodrie on Feb. 17.

Fish bite turns on in Cocodrie

February 21, 2019 Ann Taylor

Fishing guide Tommy Pellegrin with Custom Charters has been slamming the speckled trout, black drum, redfish and sheepshead right now in the Terrebonne Bay area. […]

There’s nothing like throwing topwaters into a school of reds during a feeding frenzy.

Redfish in South Louisiana are plentiful 12 months out the year, and there are as many ways to catch them as lures to use. As with almost any fish, though, there’s no more fun way to catch a bull red than on a topwater lure.[…]

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin said speckled trout have been biting unusually well for the late-summer in Terrebonne Bay over about the last two weeks. Live shrimp and plastics have been the ticket to fill the box.

Trout bite back on in Terrebonne Bay

August 29, 2018 Ann Taylor

The trout bite has been on fire for the past two weeks in Terrebonne Bay, according to a local guide.[…]

Prairieville's Tyler Brockman caught these two 5-pounders on back-to-back casts on Friday while fishing with his dad, Steve Brockman, in Lake Pelto. The larger of these fish went 5.27-pounds, and should put him on the CCA STAR leaderboard.

Bounce around for solid Cocodrie trout

July 30, 2018 Andy Crawford

Trout fishing out of Cocodrie is a bit different this year, and it took Prairieville angler Steve Brockman a couple of trips to figure things out.[…]