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May 2, 2026

Will Shell Beach fishing shine this month?

December 11, 2018 Joel Masson

The keys to having success with speckled trout at Shell Beach this month.[…]

Ted Tedesco’s biggest fly rod trout, a 27 ½-inch fish, came from the Forbidden Hole.

Fly fishing tips and tactics

December 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

How to successfully fly fish for speckled trout in the deep holes off Highway 1 near Ground Isle. Use these tips and tactics, no matter how you fish.[…]

How to catch wintertime speckled trout in the Geoghegan Canal

December 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Some tips on how to fish the ledges in the Geoghegan Canal to catch wintertime speckled trout near Lake Pontchartrain this month.[…]

After a long summer essentially devoid of trout, Capt. Marty LaCoste is looking forward to the annual fall invasion of specks.

The ‘best month of the year’ for Dularge trout fishing

December 1, 2018 Andy Crawford

No twitch, just slow steady retrieve is key for Dularge trout Mother Nature has been a true hag this year, baking South Louisiana with scalding temperatures well into October. But November ushers in what Dularge[…]

Capt. Lloyd Landry’s second-favorite color for fishing the waters around Dularge is a green hornet Matrix Shad. Most often, however, he uses shrimp creole.

Magic Man

December 1, 2018 Todd Masson

Capt. Lloyd Landry is apparently a master of black magic. It’;s clear he spends his free time reading tarot cards, casting tea leaves and studying the works of Aleister Crowley.[…]

'Old school' trout tactics like popping corks and snap swivels still produce fish out of Delacroix.

Old school trout tactics – How to catch speckled trout in Delacroix on a windy day

November 25, 2018 Jerald Horst

The wind was blowing like the Seven Trumpets of Revelation.[…]

November is typically a prime month to catch speckled trout at the Trestles in Lake Pontchartrain.

The Lake Pontchartrain Trestles trout parade begins

November 22, 2018 Joel Masson

The Lake Pontchartrain Trestles becomes a boat parade in November, and with good reason.[…]

Gordon Matherne said keeper specks should be plentiful this month near the Sulfur Mine.

Speckled trout slam in the Sulfur Mine

November 18, 2018 Rusty Tardo

My old friend and former charter guide Gordon Matherne said November is the best month of the year to fish the Sulfur Mine.[…]

The speckled trout bite in Dularge might have slowed because of the cold weather, but Capt. Marty LaCoste said conditions should improve this weekend.

Cold front puts clamps on Dularge specks

November 15, 2018 Chris Ginn

Capt. Marty LaCoste described how he’ll target speckled trout out of Dularge in the fall after a cold front. […]

Frank Roberts said the trout transition was delayed this fall, but fish have finally moved inside.

Marsh speckled trout action on fire

November 11, 2018 Rusty Tardo

The trout transition was delayed this fall, but fish have finally moved inside.[…]

Matrix Shad's Chas Champagne shows off some hammer Lake P specks — with cooler weather on the way, he expects action at the bridges to start heating up.

Fall trout bite starting to heat up along Lake Pontchartrain bridges

November 10, 2018 Chris Ginn

Chas Champagne said the trout bite on eastern Lake Pontchartrain could be picking up as cooler weather settles in. […]

This technique + wind = big speckled trout haul

November 9, 2018 Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson created a video featuring a great tactic to catch speckled trout in windy condtions. […]

Jon Miller is an engineer, lifetime fisherman, and host of the YouTube channel Jon Miller Fishing.

SPECKLED TROUT: How to fish deep holes for EASY fall and winter limits

November 7, 2018 louisianasportsman

Jon Miller, a new Sportsman Field Reporter, knocks this instructional fall and winter speckled trout video out-of-the-park.[…]

Speckled trout bite back at Grand Isle/Fourchon

November 5, 2018 Ann Taylor

Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine says after a few months of bad fishing, the speckled trout are back feeding along the coasts of Grand Isle and Fourchon.[…]

So far this fall, speckled trout are ahead of schedule and that should continue as temps turn a little cooler.

Speckled trout galore in a community hole

November 5, 2018 Todd Masson

After finding slower action than expected at our first stop of the day, Capt. Kris Robert and I went exploring, and located a non-stop speckled trout bite in an area known more for its wintertime[…]

Cypremort Point specks surface at The Cove

November 1, 2018 Ann Taylor

Mike Malone of Sulphur, La. tallied up his best day of speckled trout fishing this past weekend while fishing in Vermilion Bay during a scouting trip for the upcoming Lafayette Kayak Club trout fishing tournament. And he wasn’t the only one.[…]