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Fish the flats when the tide is rising!
Rising tides are key to speckled trout success in the spring. They definitely played a significant role on my most recent trip.[…]
Lake Borgne
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Lake Borgne’s trout treasure trove
When June arrives, Chas Champagne will be running from rig to rig on Lake Borgne, looking for a mother lode of speckled trout.[…]
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Fishing in extreme heat
Chas Champagne is back on the Lake Borgne shoreline for this episode of DockSide TV. He caught fish on the Pin Fish X-Shad from Matrix Shad.[…]
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Fishing Louisiana rigs
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne goes over a solid approach when targeting rig fishing for speckled trout.[…]
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Redfish schools by the hundreds
Chas Champagne set sail a few weeks back on a warm winter day and found a clear shallow flat near Lake Borgne. The redfish were schooled up.[…]
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Catching speckled trout before a cold front hits
Fall is the best season to target limits of speckled trout in Louisiana, especially if you’re looking to fill the box with tasty fillets.[…]
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West winds and schooling reds
Chas Champagne shows how he fishes a west wind. He tied on the Matrix Spin and went to work on the shorelines of Lake Borgne.[…]
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Limit of speckled trout at Martello Castle in Lake Borgne
Martello Castle is a “community honey hole” in Lake Borgne that tends to give up really good speckled trout fishing.[…]
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Summer speckled trout at Lake Borgne rigs
Lake Borgne is an awesome fishing destination that gives up generous numbers of speckled trout and redfish.[…]
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Thunder, lightning and a limit of speckled trout in Lake Borgne
Lightning and rain chased Devin Denman off his intended fishing spots, mostly rigs in Lake Borgne, and he had to roll with the punches.[…]
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Running the rigs for trout
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne catches nice speckled trout fishing the rigs in Lake Borgne.[…]
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Fishing Bayou Thomas and the MRGO rocks for speckled trout
Despite it being December, water temps are just beginning to reach the 50s and the speckled trout are biting.[…]
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Catching specks at the Rigolets
Chas Champagne heads to the Rigolets do some deep water fishing. Jigging speckled trout deep with then new X-Shad “Croaker.”[…]
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DockSide TV ‘Running of the Bulls’
Chas Champagne follows a flock of birds in Lake Borgne and battled bull redfish with the 4′ MEGA Matrix from Matrix Shad.[…]
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Chasing tripletail in Lake Borgne
New Orleans area fisherman Connely Wright hit Lake Borgne recently in search of tripletail. After a long search he was able to find a few tripletail.[…]
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LDWF agents rescue two Slidell men from Lake Borgne
LDWF agents successfully performed a search and rescue mission for two overdue boaters in St. Tammany Parish this morning, March 23.[…]