Capt. Chas Champagne is an avid angler, located in Slidell, LA. Capt. Chas owns and operates Dockside Bait & Tackle and also manufactures his own tackle producing the Matrix Shad fishing lure and the Golden Eye jig heads.

“Hard Bait Time”

Well September felt more like August making us crave October cool fronts more than normal. The good news is we look like we escaped the heart of hurricane season yet again and the trout have already started their move to the west. Usually we do not start making good trout catches until October but we…

“Transition Time”

“Transition Time” August has past and gone and usually I am thrilled do get out of that dreadful month but this year was different. This August speckled trout unexpectedly showed up in several areas and I was pleasantly shocked. I personally started my mornings out in Lake Catherine each day drifting way off the banks…

Rusty Allen

A life long Florida resident, I grew up fishing the waters in the shadow of Kennedy Space Center on the East, Central coast of the state. There are many great places to fish in this area and I’m trying to hit them all! I mostly target Redfish, Trout, Snook, and Tarpon in the Intracoastal waterways,…

“Track Time”

After a brutally cold, rainy and windy January we rolled right into an abnormally warm and calm February.   A lot of anglers relate the bridges in Lake Pontchartrain as an April and May place to fish but nothing is further from the truth if these certain starts align.  If water temps get over 55…