Louisiana Sportsman

During December, watch the weather for great and varied saltwater fishing in the Grand Isle-Barataria Estuary area.[…]

Chas Champagne hooked this speckled trout weighing a nearly 7 pounds at one of his favorite wintertime Lake Pontchartrain hotspots on Nov. 26.[…]

This time of year, the Mississippi River slows to a crawl, allowing all sorts of fish to move in and take advantage of rich bait stocks.[…]

Matt Migues shares some of his top fishing destinations to target speckled trout in and around Vermilion Bay.[…]

The Chalmette area waters remain a great place for colder weather anglers to catch a variety of highly prized fish.[…]

Two techniques that all kayak anglers should employ this time of year are trolling and drifting. Kayaks make excellent platforms for both.[…]

This week, Todd Masson and Chris Macaluso smoked the fish on hard-plastics fishing out of one of Masson’s favorite ports.[…]

All it takes is one good autumn blow to force white shrimp out of backwater marshes, and speckled trout chomp at their tails the whole way.[…]

There is no better time of the year for kayak anglers to pursue limits of speckled trout across the coast of Louisiana than November.[…]

There’s a certain speckled trout pattern that’s always money this time of year, and this week, Marsh Man Masson took advantage of it.[…]

John Gibby of Mandeville said the shoreline between Bayou Bonfouca and Goose Point consistently delivers good speckled trout action.[…]

Making your own Weed Eater line stringer is simple and cheap. You’ll probably have all the tools to make it sitting in your garage.[…]

This week, Marsh Man Masson, his son Joel, and grandson Liam fed the fish some soft- and hard-plastic baits to absolutely load the boat![…]

For Marsh Man Masson, fall kicks off when keeper speckled trout move into the marshes and slot-sized redfish seem to be everywhere.[…]

Capt. Sean Thornton, a 9-year veteran guide in the Delacroix marshes and coastal waters, said September is a transition month.[…]

Joey Gauthier of Mandeville has been fishing the Causeway his entire life and has seen the ebb and flow of speckled trout production.[…]