Field Reports
Topwater mayhem
Chas Champagne takes advantage of perfect conditions just before an approaching front and has an epic day catching speckled trout on topwater.[…]
Speckled Trout
Field Reports
Everything is biting at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Marsh Man Masson hopped aboard with Capt. Triston Elston to see what they could catch in Venice, and the action was virtually nonstop.[…]
Field Reports
Trout on drop shots
It had been a while since Jon Miller fished with a drop shot rig, but a bit of advice from another angler got him on the right track.[…]
Features
Understanding shrimp migration helps anglers
Shrimp are a critical component of estuarine and offshore food webs, as both predator and prey and a favorite prey for many sport fish.[…]
Columns
Boom Boom Shrimp
Aaron Pierce built one of the most popular popping corks, the Four Horsemen Tackle Popping Cork. He’s now created the Boom Boom Shrimp.[…]
Field Reports
Ditches like this are loaded with speckled trout!
Marsh Man Masson set out to find small bayous that drain white shrimp from backwater marshes, knowing where speckled trout would collect.[…]
Field Reports
Backyard speckled trout fishing
Chas Champagne and his wife find the speckled trout ganged up right in the mouth of the Eden Isles canal system.[…]
Field Reports
Shrimp draining from marsh at this spot!
An autumn falling tide sucks white shrimp from backwater marshes, basically hand-feeding them to marauding schools of speckled trout.[…]
Field Reports
Lake Catherine speckled trout in deep then shallow water
Chas Champagne starts the day off fishing the deep passes off Lake Catherine and then moved to the shorelines to catch specks in the shallows.[…]
Features
Strikes from large trout
The months of low river water set up a favorable inshore salinity gradient for larger speckled trout this October.[…]
Field Reports
Catching reds and trout after a temperature drop
Chas Champagne used big Golden Eye JigHeads to get the Pink Champagne Matrix down to the bottom where the speckled trout were hanging.[…]
Field Reports
Inshore trout haul shows fall is here!
The annual speckled trout migration from outside bays to the inside marshes is driven more by photoperiod and bait stocks than temperature.[…]
Columns
First voted down; now voted “up,” speckled trout proposal moves forward… maybe
It appears we’re getting close to a resolution on new speckled trout regulations, maybe. The new regs will be discussed on Sept. 21.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Delacroix’s September specks
Although it may not be at the very top of his list, Delacroix fishing guide Capt. Jack Payne finds great speckled trout action this month.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Late summer speckled trout fun at Pelican Pass
According to Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service, some fair to good speckled trout fishing should be in Pelican Pass in September.[…]
Features
Eelgrass Extravaganza
Kevin DiMaggio of Ponchatoula targets grass flats along the shoreline between Bayou Bonfouca and Goose Point for speckled trout.[…]