Louisiana Sportsman

June 10, 2026

Fishing big twitch baits, such as the Paul Brown Fat Boy, can increase the size of the speckled trout you catch.

Hard baits for speckled trout. Which ones to use?

February 19, 2021 Jon Miller

Twitchbaits, jerkbaits and stickbaits belong in the tackle boxes of speckled trout fishermen. Here’s how to choose and use them.[…]

Reggie Legendre catches big trout like this off the bank and in his small eight-foot Pelican boat this time of year all along Hwy. 1.

Golden Meadow trout you can bank on!

February 11, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Reggie Legendre catches big trout in Golden Meadow off the bank and in his small eight-foot Pelican boat this time of year all along Hwy. 1.[…]

When the water is cold and low, post-up where you can fish the outside turn of a bayou. The tide scours the bottom here and the water is deeper and concentrates the fish.

How to have successful winter kayak trips

February 8, 2021 Chris Holmes

If you’re cold, they’re cold. Adapt to changing conditions and fish accordingly. Look for deeper water and fish slowly.[…]

Lake Five can be Myrtle Grove hotspot in February

February 5, 2021 Rusty Tardo

Start at Lake Five in Myrtle Grove, Kenner angler says, and figure out where the redfish are, what they want and stick with it.[…]

Pick your days to fish Calcasieu in February

January 31, 2021 Capt. Adam Jaynes

Calcasieu Lake trout bite best in February on pre-front days. There will be some big sow speckled trout landed this month.[…]

This huge redfish seems to prove Brent Taylor’s point that when you look good, you fish good.

Tackle late winter specks and reds

January 28, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Brent Taylor knows t’s a good time to start targeting speckled trout and redfish around Bayou Bienvenue, Shell Beach and Hopedale.[…]

Black drum are usually caught in deeper water in marshes and other coastal areas. They will readily hit a variety of baits, but crab may be No. 1.

Don’t overlook black drum

January 25, 2021 Dora Lambert

The black drum is an inshore and estuarine fish that doesn’t get the attention it rightly deserves, according to Joshua Bourg.[…]

This is the kind of speckled trout that gets the blood pumping, even for experienced anglers like guide Eric Olsen.

Shell Beach guide has answers to February fishing questions

January 22, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Shell Beach guide said a good fishing clinic, involving redfish and speckled trout, can cure anything that’s ailing you in February.[…]

Capt. Ronnie Daniels with a red caught while fishing the Biloxi Marsh. (pictured by Brian Cope)

Species spotlight: Redfish

January 22, 2021 Brian Cope

Red drum, commonly referred to as redfish, are one of the most popular species of saltwater fish throughout the southeast.[…]

Redfishology

January 19, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Phillip Logan explains how sneaking up on redfish in a kayak is a unique opportunity that helps you land a limit of the trophy fighters.[…]

Sheepshead: Don’t overlook these fish

January 10, 2021 Chris Holmes

The most-underrated saltwater fish in Louisiana has to be the sheepshead. The good news for kayak anglers is that they are hard fighters.[…]

January’s bull reds are prime for flies

January 10, 2021 Dora Lambert

Louisiana is a flourishing fly fishing locale for redfish, especially during the winter when the bull reds push into the interior marshes.[…]

The Great Wall has helped the waters around MRGO fill back up with trout and redfish, especially in winter.

Great Wall is great winter fishing spot

January 4, 2021 Rusty Tardo

The Great Wall has helped the waters around MRGO fill back up with speckled trout and redfish, especially in winter.[…]

An absolutely unforgettable trip to the Gator Hole on a frigid morning with a bluebird sky. The speckled trout and redfish bit much better than we all expected with the post-front conditions of cold weather and high barometric pressure.

Get ready to target Sabine Lake’s gator specks

December 25, 2020 Capt. Adam Jaynes

How to fish for gator speckled trout around the mouth of the Gator Hole at the southeast corner of Sabine Lake.[…]

Southern flounder are a prized inshore fish wherever they are caught.

Species spotlight: Southern Flounder

December 24, 2020 Brian Cope

The southern flounder is a flat, oval-shaped fish and it is the biggest of the flounder species found throughout the Atlantic and Gulf.[…]

How to keep up with “travelling trout” in January

December 18, 2020 Todd Masson

Louisiana speckled trout will be in one of two places this month, depending on the weather. Here’s how to keep up with them.[…]