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April 13, 2021
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May 2020

Bass Fishing

Make a topwater Splash with post-spawn bass

May 19, 2020 Don Shoopman

Bass pro Greg Hackney of Gonzales likes the KVD Splash for post-spawn bass in May. He said the topwater will be effective anywhere he fishes now. […]

Crappie/Bream

Memorize Salters’ sac-a-lait bible

May 19, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Jiggin’ Pole’s inventor had plenty to say about crappie fishing, and his son J.B. “Blaine” Salter is keeping the religion alive. […]

Columns

Mudbugs, kayaks and kids

May 19, 2020 Chris Holmes

Activities like crawfishing from a kayak can be relatively inexpensive and productive. James and Kaleb Kellum go on crawfishing adventure in their kayaks. […]

Fishing Hotspots

Bay Eloi rocks, rigs for big trout, reds

May 19, 2020 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Marc Fradella said you can expect to find some big fish — nice-sized speckled trout and big redfish — around Bay Eloi wellheads and rigs. […]

Fishing Hotspots

Fish slicks for big trout at Big Lake, Sabine

May 19, 2020 Capt. Adam Jaynes

With the large numbers of baitfish that speckled trout and redfish alike are gorging on this time of year, slicks are a productive means of locating fish. […]

Bass Fishing

Frog bite should be on at Toledo Bend in May

May 19, 2020 John Dean

Bass were trying to get on a plastic frog bite in early April. Rising water and plenty of vegetation should send bass chomping on frog baits in May. […]

Bass Fishing

Lacassine Pool’s hawgs will hit frogs

May 14, 2020 Don Shoopman

According to Jonathan Quinn of Sweet Lake, who has been hunting big bass most of his life, May is a prime time to wrestle with big bass in Lacassine Pool. […]

Features

Grand Isle means grand speckled trout fishing in May

May 14, 2020 Dora Lambert

Capt. Daryl Carpenter and Danny Wray of Calmwater Charters point to ways you can catch your share of the speckled trout hanging around Grand Isle in May. […]

Bass Fishing

What’s the buzz about? Post-spawn buzzbaits

May 7, 2020 Don Shoopman

Port Allen bass pro Brent Bonadona talks about his favorite artificial lure for May. He loves a a 3/8- or ½-ounce buzzbait from Delta Lures in post-spawn. […]

Features

Speckled trout on the move

April 30, 2020 Jon Miller

Changing weather patterns and water conditions put speckled trout in a rush to change locations in Louisiana’s coastal marshes in May. […]

Crappie/Bream

Post-spawn D’Arbonne crappie

April 30, 2020 Kinny Haddox

While the crappie are still biting at Lake D’Arbonne, the technique and the places you’ll likelly catch them will change, according to Josh Thomas. […]

Columns

May is an oasis for trout fishermen

April 30, 2020 Todd Masson

For Capt. Justin Bowles, May is one of his favorite months of the year. Louisiana fishermen can’t wait for speckled trout to move in May. […]

Bass Fishing

Mister Twister Nightcrawlers is an old-fashioned favorite for bass pro

April 30, 2020 Don Shoopman

Glen Freeman of Zwolle, who specializes in putting bass in the boat on lakes like Toledo Bend, keeps it simple with the Mister Twister Nightcrawler. […]

Features

Sight-fishing for redfish requires a plan, and this guide has one

April 23, 2020 Sammy Romano

There’s a talent to the popular technique of sight-fishing for reds back in the marsh. This veteran guide shares his expertise. […]

The Matrix X-Shad is Chas Champagne’s latest offering. (Photos courtesy Chas Champagne)
Columns

Matrix X-Shad

April 23, 2020 Don Shoopman

The Matrix XShad is the exact mold of the Matrix Shad, except it gives anglers the opportunity to rig it weedless or on an open-faced jighead. […]

Columns

It’s time to crunch your deer numbers

April 23, 2020 Dave Moreland

Does your deer data match the way you’re managing them. Now is a good time to look at your collected data and do some ciphering. […]

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    April 8, 2021

    With the trout growing in size day by day, DockSide TV heads out with the big Matrix MEGA in search of a wall hanger speckled trout. […]

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