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Make Chalmette your New year’s speck resolution

January 12, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Mike Gallo offered a couple extra free tips to help you catch more fish on these colder days of winter.[…]

Matrix Shad’s Chas Champagne said trolling is one of the most effective ways to target speckled trout right now simply because you can cover so much area with the technique.

Trolling for North Shore specks

January 12, 2019 Joel Masson

For the past couple of winters, instead of jigging, Chas Champagne has been dragging baits behind his boat to entice bites from speckled trout.[…]

Capt. Chad Dufrene expects the redfish bite to remain consistent out of Delacroix - if Mother Nature cooperates.

Targeting reds and specks in Delacroix

January 11, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Chad Dufrene of Dufrene’s Guide Service in Delacroix Island expects the redfish bite to be phenomenal this winter.[…]

Fourchon: Speckled Trout still Biting at the Barges

January 10, 2019 Ann Taylor

Tommy Vidrine spanked some hungry specks in the Gulf on January 10![…]

Take what the conditions give you, and potentially score on speckled trout.

Take what conditions give you – and score

January 10, 2019 Todd Masson

Take what the conditions give you and score on speckled trout, according to Marsh Man Masson. […]

During some of the last cold fronts, Scott Toups fished the bayous around Catfish Lake in Golden Meadow. "There's a lot of fish close to the public launch, and they can easily be reached by kayak or a small boat. We focused on deep, dead-end bayous fishing with a variety of soft plastics."

Catfish Lake specks: Target shallow or deep as the temperature dictates

January 3, 2019 Joel Masson

Cold weather and north winds mean speckled trout can be caught in deep holes close to the launch out of Golden Meadow. […]

Marsh Man Masson video: The absolute best way to fillet speckled trout

January 3, 2019 Todd Masson

Speckled trout are Louisiana’s most popular coastal fish. They’re more plentiful in the Bayou State than anywhere else on the planet, and that means if you’re an angler down here, you probably regularly put a whole bunch on ice.[…]

New bait irresistible to fish

December 22, 2018 Todd Masson

Watch the video to see which lure Marsh Man Masson was using on a recent trip when he crushed some speckled trout. […]

Top 5 tips to help you catch more winter specks

December 21, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Speckled trout stacked in deep water along Louisiana Highway 1 in spots like the Forbidden Hole and the Snake Pit are what Tommy Vidrine is after.[…]

Chas Champagne targeted specks on a very calm Lake Pontchartrain Tuesday, and had success fishing under a Matrix Float.

Stellar day for Lake Pontchartrain specks

December 20, 2018 Ann Taylor

Trout were smashing Matrix Shad’s tiger bait lures under popping corks in Lake Pontchartrain earlier this week. […]

Capt. Mike Gallo targets specks in deeper spots when water temps hit about 55 degrees.

Target deeper water for Lake Pontchartrain trout

December 19, 2018 Joel Masson

The Lake Pontchartrain estuary provides a lot of different types of fishing, and that can be super advantageous this time of year.[…]

Unusual Speck Bite reported at Grand Isle

December 18, 2018 Ann Taylor

Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine slammed some very large speckled trout on the front and back side of Grand Isle and Fourchon barges on December 16. During the last few weeks, he has discovered speckled[…]

Chris Lake holds a nice Lake Decade speckled trout.

Lake Mechant is a trout honey hole

December 17, 2018 Don Shoopman

There are two bayous in the northeast corner of Lake Mechant that year after year consistently give up speckled trout in December.[…]

Chas Champagne caught this 6-pound speckled trout Wednesday morning jigging a tiger bait Matrix Shad in the Lakeshore Estates canal system.

Lakeshore Estates canals give up 6-pound speckled trout on the North Shore

December 13, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Chas Champagne reeled in his biggest speckled trout in a couple of years, when he caught a 6-pounder in the Lakeshore Estates canals on the North Shore Wednesday morning. […]

Joey Jeanfreau shows off a nice speckled trout, and said Chalmette locations typically get hot from October through about April.

Chalmette fishing action picks up in December

December 12, 2018 Rusty Tardo

Some truly prime winter fishing waters are accessed by three Chalmette area launches.[…]

Marsh Man Masson ventured to his neighborhood swimming pool to put some twitch baits through their paces.

Pool test: Which twitch bait is best for speckled trout?

December 11, 2018 Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson tests various speckled trout twitch baits in his neighborhood swimming pool — and the results are eye-opening. […]