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May 15, 2026

The Rio Grande Fly Fishing Rodeo enjoyed another strong turnout, one of many accolades for the New Orleans Fly Fishers club in 2018.

Fly Lines: Army veteran’s catch tops list of 2018 fly fishing awards

December 25, 2018 Catch Cormier

Catch Cormier recognizes the best of Louisiana fly fishing from 2018.[…]

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. […]

Amidst your self-focused resolutions, consider adding a dose of courtesy and respect for fellow anglers.

Making New Year’s bass resolutions

December 21, 2018 David A. Brown

Tips to improve your bass angling skills for the new year.[…]

Winter-time crappies are fat and chunky in South Louisiana because they feed heavily in the fall and early winter.

Stone-cold South Louisiana crappie

December 21, 2018 Jerald Horst

Catching South Louisiana cold-water crappie in the winter.[…]

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. […]

Bill McCarty holds two slabs caught in the Stephensville area.

Head to Stephensville docks for December sac-a-lait

December 20, 2018 Don Shoopman

Morgan City outdoorsman Bill McCarty said docks are definitely the ticket this month for slab sac-a-lait.[…]

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[…]

Big crappie like this is why Brittney Naron loves D’Arbonne Bayou.

Bump a stump for D’Arbonne crappie

December 18, 2018 Kinny Haddox

Bayou D’Arbonne offers up some great slab crappie this time of year.[…]

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.[…]

Above: Noah Jarrett of Hallsville, Texas, caught this chunky bass while fishing in the FLW High School Open on Nov. 4 at Toledo Bend. Jarrett, who fished with Davis Butrum, is the son of Ben Jarrett. The father-and-son found bass in the same patterns as guide John Dean — in shallow areas around peppergrass and milfoil — on buzzbaits, plastic frogs and Flukes in the middle section of creeks keying on channel swings in 2- to 10-foot depths.

Action at Toledo Bend should improve

December 16, 2018 John Dean

A guide to catching bass in December at Toledo Bend.[…]

A guide to winter crappie

December 16, 2018 louisianasportsman

A list of stories full of tips and techniques specifically for winter crappie fishermen.[…]

Soft plastics and spinnerbaits are both effective if you’re targeting redfish out of Lafitte this month, according to Capt. Theophile Bourgeois.

Watch the wind when fishing out of Lafitte

December 15, 2018 Joel Masson

What to do if you want to catch fish in Lafitte in the month of December.[…]

Capt. Nick Rando (right), owner of Fishaholic Fishing Charters, with Allen Buckley and a 45-pound black drum caught on shrimp under a Four-Horsemen popping cork in the Lost Lake area.

Make it a Delacroix December

December 14, 2018 Rusty Tardo

The fishing is fantastic and there’s action to be found all over the inside waters of Delacroix Island.[…]

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. […]