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Speckled-trout bite finally kicks off
Baseball, it is said, is a game of inches. So, too, is speckled trout fishing.[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: Afternoon the time for hot speckled trout bite
So far, the late summer and early fall season has proven to be one of the oddest in years in South Louisiana. The weather is unseasonably hot, with the area absolutely destroying high-temperature records many days.[…]
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Trout tough – but still doable
If you asked avid Louisiana trout anglers what their favorite month for targeting specks was, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single one that said September. However, that doesn’t mean trout can’t be caught — and after a long hot summer, one of the best places to catch during the transition is Bayous Liberty and Lacombe.[…]
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Grand Isle — Still hot in September
My old friend Capt. Keith “Herk” Bergeron said there’s still plenty nice trout to catch this month, but you’ll have to fish deeper for them.[…]
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Biloxi Marsh: Trout in transition
Despite lingering warm temperatures, September’s trout transition is already underway, according to Capt. Casey Kieff.[…]
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Trout bite back on in Terrebonne Bay
The trout bite has been on fire for the past two weeks in Terrebonne Bay, according to a local guide.[…]
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Buras fishing ‘will be off the chart’ this month
Redfish have been the star of the Buras stage throughout the summer, but this month should add speckled trout to the mix for anglers heading to the fishing village south of New Orleans.[…]
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Catch Big Lake’s transition trout
September is a month that drives anglers crazy.
“You can smoke them one day, and then next day wonder where they went,” Calcasieu Charter Service’s Capt. Erik Rue said.[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: This confirms it. Speckled trout definitely inside the marsh
Just a few days after locating a bunch of keeper speckled trout in an interior lake, Marsh Man Masson went way deep into the marsh looking for redfish and bass, and what did he find?[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: Speckled trout? Inside? In summer? Oh, yeah!
Autumn is still officially a month away, but Louisiana’s speckled trout don’t seem to realize that. The fish have already begun to move into shallow marshes in the eastern Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and probably other areas as well.[…]
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Slow but steady
August can be a slow month for speckled trout fishing, but in the Dularge area this month, local guide Capt. Marty LaCoste expects it to be really good.[…]
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Minimal tackle key for Grand Isle beach bite
No matter what kind of fishing you’re doing in the marsh, finding clean water is almost always helpful.[…]
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Big Lake beach fishing
With speckled trout fishing success up and down this year in Calcasieu Lake, particularly during a summer plagued by high west winds, it’s time to point the bow of the boat to the beach from Johnson Bayou to Holly Beach.[…]
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Stay on the move to find Hopedale trout
Hot. Sizzling, searing, scorching, broiling, roasting — all describe our summer weather, and the trout don’t seem to like it any more than we do. Perhaps it’s why they pulled a disappearing act in June and have had anglers scratching their heads ever since.[…]
Field Notes
Tracking trout movement at the MRGO
Back in May, me and some of my closest fishing buddies targeted speckled trout to be tagged and released at the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Long Rocks. […]
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Beat the heat for August specks
Fishing is all about stacking as many odds in your favor as possible, and something you should certainly put in your favor this month is leaving the dock early. Not only do you beat the heat, but you also get a much better speckled trout bite, according to Slidell guide Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]