Inshore Fishing
Braid or fluorocarbon? Best options for speckled trout
On Lake Pontchartrain, Capt. Matt McCabe uses the lightest fluorocarbon he can get away with, and that usually means 10-pound-test, but sometimes it’s down to 8.[…]
Speckled Trout
Inshore Fishing
Bay Eloi: Trout no-brainer
The scenario plays out every spring. Anglers experience a dearth of freckled fish in March and April, and all hopes turn to May, in anxious anticipation. And always the questions are the same:[…]
Inshore Fishing
Reef fishing is a solid plan in Lafitte
Throughout the year, finding bait is essential to catching fish, but Lafitte guide Capt. Lane Zimmer feels it’s especially important to locate shrimp in May when targeting speckled trout.[…]
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Deep thoughts for springtime Delacroix specks
According to Larry Frey, taking a page from your wintertime playbook can pay big dividends for speckled trout fishermen in May.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Watch the tide to find trout
With buckets and buckets of rain falling in the region April 2, some saltwater fishermen who regularly fish Calcasieu Lake expected the upper end to freshen up considerably and, as a result, work their way to the southwest corner of the lake to catch speckled trout at Nine Mile Cut and Washout.[…]
Field Notes
The best springtime trout tactic
Speckled trout are invading inshore waters across the coast, and you can definitely build limits by drifting open-water bays. However, there’s a better way to fill your box with specks — but this tactic will only last a few more weeks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Choosing the right speckled trout bait
Cocodrie and Dularge guide Capt. Tommy Pellegrin isn’t necessarily a bait guru, but he pays close attention to what lure is on the end of his line this time of year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Work the current for Calcasieu specks
When Kirk Stansel, a veteran charter boat captain, wants to catch speckled trout in the Calcasieu Lake area in April, he fishes the Ship Channel from Lake Charles to the Intracoastal Waterway.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout bite ‘busted wide open’ out of Cocodrie
Anglers heading out of Cocodrie currently have lots of options on the table when targeting speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF: Pontchartrain anglers over speckled trout limit
Three Lake Pontchartrain anglers were ticketed on Monday for allegedly exceeding their daily limit of speckled trout, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lacombe is about more than speckled trout
Shannon Griffin is quick to admit that some very good speckled trout fishing can be found in Bayou Lacombe and Lake Pontchartrain near the bayou, but she will be the first to tell you Lake Road leads to a lot more outdoors opportunities.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide scores on 9.2-pound Big Lake trout
Westlake’s Lee Daughdrill and his wife Carrie were waiting out a Tuesday afternoon thunderstorm at Calcasieu Point Marina south of Lake Charles.[…]
Field Notes
Twice as nice: Tandem rig tips
Capt. Ted DeAgano III always builds his rigs with a lighter jighead and smaller bait in front, with a slightly larger bait behind.[…]
Fishing
Video: Guide details Dularge speckled trout bite
Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters details some of the hottest fishing in Louisiana right now.[…]
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Lacombe Spring Fling — Tips for speckled trout fishing out of Bayou Lacombe
It’s spring, and what Forrest Green calls the “mother lode” of speckled trout is here.
And it won’t last forever.[…]
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Get a move on — Tips for speckled trout success at Dularge
As many people in the older generation are quick to point out, kids these days are lazy.[…]