Field Reports
Specks gorging glass minnows
The annual “Trestle Run” has started and here is the first of many Lake Pontchartrain speckled trout episodes from DockSide TV.[…]
Speckled Trout
Columns
Don’t forget trolling as a spring kayak-fishing technique
Pedal power and trolling motors make trolling a winner for spring kayak fishing. It is fairly easy to learn and can be highly productive.[…]
Columns
Spring fishing: Time for hard plastics
Twitch baits take center stage with Louisiana anglers when April arrives and big speckled trout are on the prowl.[…]
Features
Strategies for spring speckled trout
In April, speckled trout are in transition in south Louisiana marshes, following water that’s clear, warming up and high in salinity.[…]
Features
Trolling Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles” to fill the cooler with April trout
Don’t get stuck fishing in one spot. Trolling Lake Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles’ can shake up some speckled trout in April.[…]
Features
Sunrise, sunset or Solunar? Fish when you can, but pay attention to Mother Nature’s hints
Don’t restrict your fishing to a few hours a day. Get on the water whenever you can, but pay attention to the hints Mother Nature provides.[…]
Field Reports
Fast and furious fishing in the fog
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne heads out in pea soup fog and finds a hot bite using many different products from Matrix Shad.[…]
Field Reports
You’ve never cooked trout this way, but you will now
Todd Masson developed a stuffed speckled trout recipe that utilizes those bigger fish over about 18 inches.[…]
Field Reports
Use topwater baits for top-shelf spring trout
Speckled trout are found roaming shallow water areas in the marsh, and they will destroy a topwater lure when it walks by them.[…]
Field Reports
An easy way to fillet fish
Tommy Vidrine shares his tips for getting the perfect speckled trout fillet after a long day on the water.[…]
Field Reports
Topwater blowups and deep-water speckled trout!
After months of living off the fat they collected in the fall, big speckled trout are in a surly mood, and they take it out on the mullet.[…]
Field Reports
Smashing a limit of speckled trout
If you don’t give up, and keep trying when the conditions are good, you will hit paydirt and put together an awesome box of speckled trout.[…]
Field Reports
Back to the marsh for springtime trout and bass
It’s time to head into the shallow marsh for some hot speckled trout action. You’ll experience trout smashing topwater baits.[…]
Field Reports
Big speckled trout already crowding this bridge!
Marsh Man Masson, Joel Masson and Capt. Justin Bowles head to the railroad bridge over Lake Pontchartrain to catch speckled trout.[…]
Field Reports
How to troll for trout
Chas Champagne showcases Matrix Shad’s greatest new wintertime speckled trout lure, the Matrix X-Shad Cocahoe.[…]
Field Reports
A limit of speckled trout at the Great Wall of Chalmette
Devin Denman explains how he throws strictly artificial lures when fishing the Great Wall of Chalmette for speckled trout.[…]