Louisiana Sportsman

Lisa Sambola’s beautiful speck

September 19, 2023 Field Reporter

Lisa Sambola caught this beautiful speckled trout on a recent trip to Grand Isle.[…]

Shae’s Grand Isle trout

August 10, 2023 Field Reporter

Shae Cummins caught this 4.42-pound trout in Grand Isle.[…]

Nerissa Carr’s trout

July 13, 2023 Field Reporter

Nerissa Carr with some beautiful trout caught June 7 at Freshwater City.[…]

Family trout haul

June 22, 2023 John

Nicole, Jake, 11, and Bruce, 15, with some nice trout caught around Isle Dernieres in May using Vudu Shrimp.[…]

Keith Arabie (right) and his son Drew Arabie, 12, along with James Helmer (left) and his daughter, Allie, 10, went out on a evening fishing trip out of Sweetwater Marina in Delacroix before school starts.[…]

Big trout in the Hopedale marsh

July 15, 2022 ChrisB504

On June 4, Chris Bell fished out of Hopedale/Shell Beach. He made that long run to the Long Rocks but was only catching little small school trout.[…]

Steve’s Grand isle trout

June 9, 2022 Field Reporter

Steve Ashy of Doug Ashy Building Materials with two “sow” trout “ from the beach off Grand Isle on May 5, 2022.[…]

MJ’s Grand Isle trout on the beach

May 23, 2022 Mancuso

With an overabundance of shrimp this year the trout are gorging themselves on live shrimp.[…]

Fourchon mule trout

October 12, 2020 Joseph Palmisano

Jacob Hall caught this five pound trout on the back end of a double-rig holding a pair of Deadly Dudley baits while fishing the eastern Fourchon rocks near Grand Isle.

Googans abound during the hot wintertime trout bite.

Googans abound: This guy nearly ran us over!

January 17, 2019 Todd Masson

Trout fishing can be fun, exciting and exhilerating during the wintertime bite. Unfortunately, sometimes, it can get a little dangerous, too, as this Marsh Man Masson video shows.[…]

Trout begin transitioning back into coastal marshes this month, so you can catch some specks in the same bays you’re targeting redfish.

Intersect incoming trout

September 15, 2018 Andy Crawford

The cool thing about September is that as reds move outside, hordes of speckled trout start their fall migration into the coastal marshes.[…]

Capt. Casey Kieff said live shrimp under a popping cork will catch trout this month, as will gold spoons for reds in the upper Biloxi Marsh.

Biloxi Marsh: Trout in transition

September 2, 2018 Rusty Tardo

Despite lingering warm temperatures, September’s trout transition is already underway, according to Capt. Casey Kieff.[…]

Redfish are making their way out of the interior marshes this month, so focus on outer bays for plenty of action.

Reds in transition

September 1, 2018 Andy Crawford

The water was a sheet of glass when Capt. Austin Plaisance wheeled his Blazer Bay out of the canal into the shallow, grass-filled pocket.[…]

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin said speckled trout have been biting unusually well for the late-summer in Terrebonne Bay over about the last two weeks. Live shrimp and plastics have been the ticket to fill the box.

Trout bite back on in Terrebonne Bay

August 29, 2018 Ann Taylor

The trout bite has been on fire for the past two weeks in Terrebonne Bay, according to a local guide.[…]

As September progresses and water temps cool, bait — and specked trout — move further up into Big Lake.

Catch Big Lake’s transition trout

August 27, 2018 Andy Crawford

September is a month that drives anglers crazy.

“You can smoke them one day, and then next day wonder where they went,” Calcasieu Charter Service’s Capt. Erik Rue said.[…]

Stay mobile for maximum trout action

July 15, 2018 David A. Brown

If the notion of “shooting fish in a barrel” appeals to you, summer trout fishing probably won’t be your cup of tea. Sure, you may find a pile of fish, but finding implies looking — and this time of year often requires a lot of that.[…]