Speckled Trout Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

The calendar may say it's wintertime, but Tommy Vidrine is catching speckled trout in his usual spring and summertime fishing holes on Grand Isle.

Spring break specks?

The calendar may say it’s the dead of winter, but Tommy Vidrine is catching big speckled trout right now near Grand Isle in some of his favorite spring and summer fishing holes. […]

Capt. Mike Gallo likes to switch to fluorocarbon line on colder days when he’s targeting wintertime speckled trout.

Make Chalmette your New year’s speck resolution

Rusty Tardo

Capt. Mike Gallo offered a couple extra free tips to help you catch more fish on these colder days of winter. […]

Matrix Shad’s Chas Champagne said trolling is one of the most effective ways to target speckled trout right now simply because you can cover so much area with the technique.

Trolling for North Shore specks

Joel Masson

For the past couple of winters, instead of jigging, Chas Champagne has been dragging baits behind his boat to entice bites from speckled trout. […]

Capt. Chad Dufrene expects the redfish bite to remain consistent out of Delacroix - if Mother Nature cooperates.

Targeting reds and specks in Delacroix

Rusty Tardo

Capt. Chad Dufrene of Dufrene’s Guide Service in Delacroix Island expects the redfish bite to be phenomenal this winter. […]

Fourchon: Speckled Trout still Biting at the Barges

Ann Taylor

Tommy Vidrine spanked some hungry specks in the Gulf on January 10! By most accounts, catching speckled trout in the Gulf is pretty unusual for January. But even though Vidrine was fishing in muddy water, […]

During some of the last cold fronts, Scott Toups fished the bayous around Catfish Lake in Golden Meadow. "There's a lot of fish close to the public launch, and they can easily be reached by kayak or a small boat. We focused on deep, dead-end bayous fishing with a variety of soft plastics."

Catfish Lake specks: Target shallow or deep as the temperature dictates

Joel Masson

Cold weather and north winds mean speckled trout can be caught in deep holes close to the launch out of Golden Meadow. […]

Marsh Man Masson video: The absolute best way to fillet speckled trout

Todd Masson

Speckled trout are Louisiana’s most popular coastal fish. They’re more plentiful in the Bayou State than anywhere else on the planet, and that means if you’re an angler down here, you probably regularly put a whole bunch on ice. And when you’ve got a box full of speckled trout to clean, you want to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible. […]