Louisiana Sportsman

Matrix Shad's Chas Champagne shows off some hammer Lake P specks — with cooler weather on the way, he expects action at the bridges to start heating up.

Fall trout bite starting to heat up along Lake Pontchartrain bridges

November 10, 2018 Chris Ginn

Chas Champagne said the trout bite on eastern Lake Pontchartrain could be picking up as cooler weather settles in. […]

This technique + wind = big speckled trout haul

November 9, 2018 Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson created a video featuring a great tactic to catch speckled trout in windy condtions. […]

Jon Miller is an engineer, lifetime fisherman, and host of the YouTube channel Jon Miller Fishing.

SPECKLED TROUT: How to fish deep holes for EASY fall and winter limits

November 7, 2018 louisianasportsman

Jon Miller, a new Sportsman Field Reporter, knocks this instructional fall and winter speckled trout video out-of-the-park.[…]

Speckled trout bite back at Grand Isle/Fourchon

November 5, 2018 Ann Taylor

Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine says after a few months of bad fishing, the speckled trout are back feeding along the coasts of Grand Isle and Fourchon.[…]

So far this fall, speckled trout are ahead of schedule and that should continue as temps turn a little cooler.

Speckled trout galore in a community hole

November 5, 2018 Todd Masson

After finding slower action than expected at our first stop of the day, Capt. Kris Robert and I went exploring, and located a non-stop speckled trout bite in an area known more for its wintertime

Cypremort Point specks surface at The Cove

November 1, 2018 Ann Taylor

Mike Malone of Sulphur, La. tallied up his best day of speckled trout fishing this past weekend while fishing in Vermilion Bay during a scouting trip for the upcoming Lafayette Kayak Club trout fishing tournament. And he wasn’t the only one.[…]

Trestle mania 2018

November 1, 2018 Patrick Bonin

When October arrives, Mother Nature typically loosens her grip on the heat and humidity that have gripped the state since early summer, and teases us with a few tantalizing cool fronts that usher in the start of fall.[…]

Perfect setup for a speckled trout blitz

October 25, 2018 Todd Masson

Slow speckled trout trips are part of a South Louisiana fisherman’s life, but no outing on the water can stay minimally productive when conditions are perfect on a beautiful fall day. My good fishing buddy

Marsh Man Masson went on a recent trout trip

The autumn speckled trout run begins

October 15, 2018 Todd Masson

Autumn. Fall. Harvest. Call it whatever you want. There’s simply no time of year like it, especially if you’re a speckled trout fisherman and you live anywhere near South Louisiana.[…]

After being devoured by speckled trout and redfish, clear-plastic baits like the shrimp creole-colored Matrix Shad on top, can change colors. A fresh new clear bait is shown below. (Photo by Todd Masson)

Keep a close eye on clear plastic baits

October 12, 2018 Todd Masson

After a few fish, clear baits are more white than they are translucent, and that can make them less attractive to speckled trout and redfish.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Catching speckled trout with a grizzly bear

October 2, 2018 Todd Masson

In recent weeks, speckled trout have been moving into inside waters across much of the Louisiana coast, with one glaring exception — southern Terrebonne Parish. […]

Keeper-sized specks look like they've finally made a good push inside around Dularge, according to Capt. Lloyd Landry.

Speckled-trout bite finally kicks off

September 26, 2018 Todd Masson

Baseball, it is said, is a game of inches. So, too, is speckled trout fishing.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Afternoon the time for hot speckled trout bite

September 24, 2018 Todd Masson

So far, the late summer and early fall season has proven to be one of the oddest in years in South Louisiana. The weather is unseasonably hot, with the area absolutely destroying high-temperature records many days.[…]

Capt. Lane Zimmer was catching a few speckled trout inside before Gordon's surge. He expects to see that trend accelerate in the coming days.

Gordon gives Lafitte the nudge it needed

September 14, 2018 Todd Masson

For the last couple weeks, Lafitte-area speckled trout were standing on the edge of the diving board, their toes curled, unsure of whether they wanted to commit yet to the inside pool.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: This confirms it. Speckled trout definitely inside the marsh

August 27, 2018 Todd Masson

Just a few days after locating a bunch of keeper speckled trout in an interior lake, Marsh Man Masson went way deep into the marsh looking for redfish and bass, and what did he find?[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Speckled trout? Inside? In summer? Oh, yeah!

August 21, 2018 Todd Masson

Autumn is still officially a month away, but Louisiana’s speckled trout don’t seem to realize that. The fish have already begun to move into shallow marshes in the eastern Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and probably other areas as well.[…]