Bill Hancock

Having been raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, I had the pleasure of spending my summer days and nights fishing the Gulfport area waters. Those were the happy-days for sure. From pulling a seine to throwing a cast net we would gather our own bait and hit the water In search of Speckled Trout. In…

Low Salinity Specks (With Video)

Spring is here and this is prime time to target trophy trout.  The only problem with finding monster trout this year especially for us in Lake Pontchartrain is that water levels of every river surrounding the Lake has been near record highs so far this year.   After battling the opening of the Spillway dumping…

Capt. Michael Guidry

Capt. Michael Guidry Owner Michael Guidry was fortunate enough to be born in Southern Louisiana, which is widely known as Sportsman Paradise, God’s Country, and the Fishing Capital of the World. By the age of 5, he was comfortable with a fishing line in his hand and began studying the waters, as he would accompany…

Capt. Charlie Grey

Gray Gulf Charters offers inshore and nearshore saltwater fishing charters departing from Dauphin Island, Alabama (34 miles south of Mobile).  The beautiful inshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay offer redfish, speckled trout, triple tail, spanish mackerel and flounder, and more. Gray Gulf Charters is owned and operated by Captain Charlie Gray. …

The Bonnet Carre’ Blues

Well the Bonnet Carré Spillway is open as most know and it started in January. Fresh, dirty and cold Mississippi River water is flooding the Lake Pontchartrain basin. Lets hope by the time you read this all the Bonnet Carré bays will be closed and the lake will be on its path to becoming salty…

“Take What the Lake Gives You”

We are entering one of the harder seasons for fishing the Pontchartrain Basin area and the weather has not made things any easier of late. The tremendous amounts of rainfall has the Mississippi River creeping over its banks and stirring up discussions of opening the Bonnet Carrie Spillway. If this occurs, salt water species can…