November was pretty slow for a typical great month for the bridges but December looks like it is going to pick up the slack. This Christmas season is showing promise for the bridge bite. The trick to the bridges is to cover water. Put that trolling motor in the water and fish fast. It is…
October was a good one but look for November to be even better. The trout should certainly get bigger. All October all we did was chase down birds but look for the trout to settle in on structures during November such as the bridges and MRGO rocks. Make sure to continue to look for birds…
This time of year it has always been find the grass find the fish. But with the incredible salinities along with scorching temperatures this summer the grass is almost non existent. What is plentiful is the shrimp. White shrimp have taken over the area and that’s what the trout want. The entire month of September…
Have you every pulled up to a dock light and seen pops all over the water and struggled to get bites? If so odds are you were fishing much too large of equipment. Downsizing is the key to after hours light fishing. With these new age underwater green lights the fish’s vision is superb so…
What is the most exciting style of fishing? In my opinion it is hard to beat sight fishing for red fish along the Gulf Coast. I typically do this in south east Louisiana but I have some experience with this technique on the pan handle of Florida. With the fall approaching this is a…
Wow this has been the hottest summer I have ever seen. Water temps have been incredible along with relentless west winds. This has probably been the most difficult summer I have seen in years. Although this summer heat has been difficult, there is still some quality catches hitting the docks. On falling tides the LnN…
Hot is an understatement to the summer so far. This had to be the hottest June on record. South Louisiana was plagued with brutally hot west winds making fishing very tough but do able. Me personally I targeted small bass in the man made canals on days where severe thunderstorms we forming and ran to…
Deciding to go deep or shallow are your two options typically as we go into June. What that means is the trout are going to start heading a little deeper looking for swifter currents and saltier water. Typical trout depths we find them in June is 12-25’ of water and since they like swift current…
May is considered by many to be the easiest month of the year to target speckled trout. April winds start subsiding along with rainy fronts. Water temps rise to a favorable 75 degrees and speckled trout can be caught many different ways. The bigger trout start their migration out to saltier waters during the…
Easter eggs are not the only type of egg that goes into play in April. Speckled trout begin the main part of their spawn also during the month of April which gives us anglers a great advantage on catching trophy trout. A trophy trout now of days is about 4-6 lbs. but 75% of Louisiana’s…
