Fishing Hotspots
Fall success on Calcasieu leads to great expectations
After a woeful spring of freshwater inundation, inshore fall fishing has come on strong for speckled trout and redfish on Calcasieu Lake.[…]
Redfish
Features
December at Delacroix is still a fishing treat
December has long been a favorite time to fish the Delacroix area for speckled trout and redfish because of its diverse habitat.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Great Dularge trout bite is expected
When waters get cold, fishing can get hot south of Dularge. One veteran captain has a handful of strategies for December action.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Trout showing up inside at Hopedale, Shell Beach
It’s been a tough year for trout chasers, but that’s in the past. Speckled trout are showing up inside at Hopedale and Shell Beach in big numbers.[…]
Columns
Kayakers have great access to MRGO structure
Point your kayak towards the rock dam on the MRGO in Hopedale. It has easy access and consistently provides great fishing opportunities.[…]
Redfish
The Pumpkin Patch Matrix Craw goes to work on schools of redfish
In this episode of Dockside TV, the crew goes to work into a redfish-infested pond armed with the Pumpkin Patch Matrix Craw.[…]
Newsletters
Catching monster bull redfish in the Gulf with Charlie Thomason
The Gulf of Mexico is swarming with monster bull redfish. Capt. Charlie Thomason breaks it down so you know where to go and what to use.[…]
Bass Fishing
Destination Delacroix
The Delacroix marsh is one of those rare places where you could catch speckled trout, redfish, bass, flounder, perch or catfish.[…]
Features
Louisiana reds on the brain? Buras can do that to you
Capt. Todd Seither, a guide for Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, explains how he puts his clients on their limits of redfish.[…]
Columns
Young angling expert loves Rat-L-Traps when it comes to bull reds
Next time you’re looking for some kayak fishing excitement, tie on a Rat-L-Trap and go rattle up some bull redfish. Here’s some tips.[…]
Redfish
Prime time sight fishing for redfish
Chas Champagne does some sight fishing for redfish off the ICW, Pearl River, and Chef Pass areas with the Matrix Craw on the latest Dockside TV episode.[…]
Contents
Louisiana’s tropical storm trade-off is great fishing
Storms and hurricanes that go somewhere else along the Gulf Coast do a whole lot of good for the fishing in south Louisiana.[…]
Inshore Fishing
2019 STAR: ‘The year for youth’
Young anglers figured prominently on the final leaderboard in many categories for the 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
World’s largest artificial reef lies just off the Louisiana coast
Speckled trout, mangrove snapper, redfish, and cobia flock to this rig graveyard, located only 6 miles south of Barataria Pass.[…]
Redfish
Tossing reds over the gunwale in Lake Borgne
Chas Champagne and his wife headed out across a rough Lake Pontchartrain and ended up in a slick calm Lake Borgne to sight fish for redfish.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Biloxi marsh redfish have never quit biting, guide says
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin has had quite a unique year, but that’s fine with Capt. Justin Bowles, who targets September redfish in the Biloxi Marsh.[…]