Columns
A ‘Dirty 30’ speck for my son and I
Surprise 30-inch lunker speckled trout became a lifetime memory for Chris Bush and his 10-year-old son Ramsey on a wade-fishing trip to Corpus Christi, Tex.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing Hotspots
Hopeful signs of a speckled fall in Pointe a la Hache
The waters around East Pointe a la Hache have long been a summertime hotspot for speckled trout, especially from late summer through winter.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Sabine Lake’s fall schoolie trout, trophies
Sabine Lake is ready to offer numbers and quality speckled trout in the fall and winter. Capt. Adam Jaynes of Just Fish Guide Service shares his tips. […]
Contents
Louisiana’s fall trout kickoff, Part 1
Fall is the time of year anglers long for, when you can spend an entire day on the water without heat headaches or numb fingers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Destination Delacroix
The Delacroix marsh is one of those rare places where you could catch speckled trout, redfish, bass, flounder, perch or catfish.[…]
Features
Louisiana reds on the brain? Buras can do that to you
Capt. Todd Seither, a guide for Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, explains how he puts his clients on their limits of redfish.[…]
Columns
Young angling expert loves Rat-L-Traps when it comes to bull reds
Next time you’re looking for some kayak fishing excitement, tie on a Rat-L-Trap and go rattle up some bull redfish. Here’s some tips.[…]
Newsletters
Trout are so thick here, shrimpers are catching them in their nets
According to Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, the speckled trout fishing action is back in full swing this September in the Cocodrie area.[…]
Newsletters
Monster tripletail taken south of Venice
Tom Kallam hooked a monster tripletail weighing 35 pounds on Sept. 4 while fishing with Capt. Louis “Rok” Rossignol of Venice Guide Service.[…]
Redfish
Prime time sight fishing for redfish
Chas Champagne does some sight fishing for redfish off the ICW, Pearl River, and Chef Pass areas with the Matrix Craw on the latest Dockside TV episode.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Calcasieu’s yellowmouths fat, sassy
Moving out of the depths of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in September, large speckled trout will be in a feeding mood before colder waters appear in December.[…]
Columns
Pencil Poppers
This fisherman has been smiling ever since Cotton Cordell Lures downsized one of his favorite artificial lures for speckled trout: the Pencil Popper.[…]
Contents
Louisiana’s tropical storm trade-off is great fishing
Storms and hurricanes that go somewhere else along the Gulf Coast do a whole lot of good for the fishing in south Louisiana.[…]
Inshore Fishing
2019 STAR: ‘The year for youth’
Young anglers figured prominently on the final leaderboard in many categories for the 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
World’s largest artificial reef lies just off the Louisiana coast
Speckled trout, mangrove snapper, redfish, and cobia flock to this rig graveyard, located only 6 miles south of Barataria Pass.[…]
Columns
Nose-hooked soft jerkbaits
Try nose-rigged soft-plastic jerkbaits when speckled trout aren’t responding to traditional offerings. It can be the difference between success and failure.[…]