Field Reports
Jigging deep water passes
Chas Champagne heads out to the L&N (CSX) Train Bridge in the Rigolets to target speckled trout. He uses a “Shrimp Creole” Matrix Shad.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Field Notes
How to hook a flounder
Giving a flounder time to grab a bait and get it ready to slide down its throat will usually result in a good hookset.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Sabine Lake fishery rebounding from Hurricane Laura
Sabine Lake fishing has been shining light after Hurricane Laura’s exit. Plenty of redfish, trout and flounder are showing up.[…]
Field Reports
Speckled trout invasion ramps up!
Anglers started reporting speckled trout catches in interior marshes early. The number of inside fish has continued to increase.[…]
Newsletters
Solari and his “goal STAR” trout
John Solari explains how he caught his 2020 STAR champion 29-inch long, 8.27 pound speckled trout off Calcasieu Point.[…]
Flounder
Angler lands piebald flounder on first visit to Pontchartrain
Austin Meche of Crowley hooked a three-pound piebald flounder on his first fishing trip to Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Field Reports
Trout techniques producing deep-water reds
Chas Champagne heads out to the well known trout bridges of Lake Pontchartrain and targets redfish in the summer heat.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Upper Mud Lake is a September redfish hotspot
Upper Mud Lake on the Mermentau River shines in September with great redfish action. Vince Theriot shares what makes it so special.[…]
Field Reports
PLAN B delivers the redfish!
The fishing was slow in the marsh — at least to start the day. But it picked up, and the redfish started to bite.[…]
Field Reports
Redfish crushing crawfish in plain sight
A great sight-fishing video from DockSide TV targeting pretty slot reds with the Matrix Craw “Chinese Bandit.”[…]
Field Reports
Fall-like redfish bite in Grand Isle!
Tommy Vidrine reports on the great redfish bite right now in Grand Isle. It will only get better the closer we get to fall.[…]
Field Reports
Reader Report: First bull red
David Clause of Eunice helps his Heather Ray bag her first bull red on a very eventful saltwater fishing trip that almost didn’t happen.[…]
Field Reports
Topwater trout, deepwater bass and sightfishing reds
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne uses many different techniques to fish in the summer time marsh using Matrix Shad products.[…]
Field Reports
Top-smacking speckled trout already thick in marsh!
Speckled trout are inside — certainly not in the numbers they will be in a few weeks, but plenty enough to keep an angler entertained.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
September means river reds in Venice
Guide Pete Miller of Rodbenders Charters said he’ll continue targeting bull reds until Labor Day, then switch gears and target slot reds in Venice.[…]
Columns
Worst speckled trout month of the year?
High water toward the end of this month can often lead to action that will make you swear September isn’t the worst month for speckled trout fishing.[…]