Field Reports
The trout are crushing hard-plastics fished this way!
Marsh Man Masson ran across some really good water, and it was loaded with some of the biggest speckled trout he’s found in a long while.[…]
Speckled Trout
Field Reports
Roadside fishing for speckled trout
Roadside fishing for speckled trout offers an accessible way to experience the state’s rich angling opportunities without needing a boat.[…]
Field Reports
Spring speckled trout chomping on this bait
Marsh Man Masson took Wes Higgins of Bill Lewis Lures into the Louisiana marsh to use some suspending Scope Stiks on the speckled trout.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Spring trout fishing at Calcasieu Lake
The key factors in the search for spring trout are water temperature, water quality, wind, moving water and locating baitfish.[…]
Field Reports
The MRGO rocks are loaded with speckled trout!
Like catching speckled trout? The MRGO has got them by the bazillions, and as long as nights continue to get cool, the action shouldn’t slow.[…]
Features
An angler’s guide to the MRGO
The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet Channel is one of our nation’s most expensive, inadvertent speckled trout habitat construction projects.[…]
Field Reports
Speckled trout hugging to bridge pilings
Marsh Man Masson wanted to see if speckled trout were taking advantage of the temps to feast on baitfish near bridge pilings.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Mega Matrix Shad
The Mega Matrix Shad quickly rose to, well, mega go-to status for many saltwater fishermen across the Gulf Coast and elsewhere.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Bayou Bienvenue trout
According to Tony Cuccia over at Fisherman’s Friend Bait Shop, the MRGO has been producing fish on both sides of the Green Bridge.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Geoghegan trout game plan
Follow this game plan for February at Geoghegan Canal and maximize your chances of speckled trout success on this legendary fishing spot.[…]
Columns
The Rock Dam in Hopedale is the ultimate winter fishing spot for kayak anglers
There are those places that seem to be just made for kayak fishing. The Rock Dam in Hopedale is definitely one of them.[…]
Field Reports
This old-school bait seeing major resurgence!
Marsh Man Masson and Justin Bowles tried out the MirrOlure 52MR and caught far more speckled trout than they could of imagined.[…]
Field Reports
Targeting trophy trout at the Hwy. 11 bridge
Chas Champagne goes over how to focus on areas that have the chance to produce trophy trout while using bigger baits from Matrix Shad.[…]
Columns
An overview of the past year in the Louisiana outdoors
It’s the perfect time to look back on 2024 and the impacts the last 12 months have had on fishing and hunting in our Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Loads of specks and loads of bass
The fishing right now is better than it’s been in many years, with speckled trout and bass crowding in numbers that are almost hard to fathom.[…]
Field Reports
Monster speckled trout in this community hole
Marsh Man Masson and Justin Bowles teamed up on a little speckled trout fishing competition against some other friends.[…]