Features
You can “rig” the trout game by knowing your oil and gas rigs
Nearshore, inshore oil and gas rigs along Louisiana coast provide speckled trout with places to fatten up around productive structure.[…]
Speckled Trout
Columns
October is prime time to “cork” a trout
A soft-plastic shrimp fished under a cork is the best thing you can offer a speckled trout on the Gulf Coast in October.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Sabine anglers need to watch birds to find trout quickly
Egrets, gulls can lead anglers to great fishing on Sabine Lake and Big Lake. The birds can lead you to shrimp and gamefish.[…]
Field Reports
Hurricane Ida pushes trout into residential canals
Speckled trout are just starting to move in and Hurricane Ida has them in some unconventional places right now.[…]
Field Reports
This pattern delivered the SPECKLED TROUT!
Want some speckled trout? Marsh Man Masson says you’ve GOT to fish this way this time of year in Southeast Louisiana.[…]
Field Reports
BIG speckled trout on Rat-L-Traps in clear water!
Devin Denman hits the Grand Isle and Port Fourchon area to find a fun speckled trout bite before Hurricane Ida.[…]
Field Reports
First time fishing after Hurricane Ida
Just eight days after Hurricane Ida, Marsh Man Masson was able to survey the marsh and check on its fish populations.[…]
Features
Seasonal diet changes drive trout behavior
Availability of bait causes seasonal changes in speckled trout behavior. Choose their favorite season foods and catch more fish.[…]
Features
Slidell guide sets trap for September specks
Adam Shields has a strategy to intercept a speckled trout’s transition this month by using travel routes and baitfish habits against them.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout are here, there and everywhere
Don’t go looking for September speckled trout schools; scattered fish are going to be your primary targets.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF asks anglers to complete survey on spotted seatrout management options
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released an updated survey to gather public input on spotted seatrout management.[…]
Field Reports
Speckled trout bombard oyster reefs near beaches
For a number of reasons, this has been an EXCELLENT speckled trout season, and Capt. Sal Gagliano has been all up in the middle of it.[…]
Field Reports
No big speckled trout, but LOTS of them!
If you want nonstop action on fish that simply can’t resist a cork-suspended TKO Shrimp, Marsh Man Masson has the spot.[…]
Field Reports
Jigging summer specks in Cocodrie
Cocodrie is an excellent summer pattern fishing hotspot for speckled trout once you figure the area out and reap the rewards.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Look for Delacroix reds, trout, in deeper waters
According to Jack Payne, anglers need to fish to outer bays, deeper water, for Delacroix speckled trout and redfish in August.[…]
Field Reports
Speckled trout success in Cocodrie
Devin Denman did some pre-trip planning and then tried his hand at catching summer speckled trout out of Cocodrie.[…]