Most anglers are thrilled to catch trout period and when they are catching 2 and 3 pounders on the trestle they are more than excited. For trophy trout hunters like myself I’m always looking for the biggest and best thing out there. I think we all know by now the trestle, Causeway ect are on…
Well what do you know, we get into the ALCS and NLCS right before the World Series and the big trout have magically popped up on the bridges. Is it because they just love baseball? Well maybe but here is my theory. When Autumn approaches World Series time it typically means the spawn is about…
During early fall the key to finding autumn specks is to locate grass. Whether it’s a shallow eel grass bed or a deep canal with coon tail grass on the banks finding grass is essential. Once you find some grass I recommend starting the morning off with top water matrix mullets. If you get a…
This time of year is all about finding white shrimp skipping across the waters while you are out fishing. If you are lucky the seagulls will tell you right where they are. Whats happening is that speckled trout are in schools driving the white shrimp up to the surface where they begin to jump out…
The most important component to consistent speckled trout fishing is SALT!!!! Over the past decade salty waters of South East Louisiana are now considerably diluted. Due to many different reasons once very salty waters are now fighting against a lot more freshwater intrusions. The number one cause is the swollen Mississippi River and…
This summer has started out tough. Huge storms, high winds and even a tornado ripped through downtown Slidell. These are far from normal June patterns. June is usually a mild month but not so far this year. When the weather does stabilize look for the rigs and reefs in Lake Borgne to materialize and also…
May can be the absolute best time to target trout. April was solid and a great month also but in April winds tend to get lighter making fishing easier. Trout are in full spawn mode making them eager to eat. Bouncing soft plastic across any of the bridges is a great strategy or even bouncing…
Wow what an incredible storm Slidell was just struck by. We pray here at Matrix Shad every one is ok and hope you can get back on the water soon. If so here is April’s report. April is one of the best months of the year so start using those sick days and get after…
If you are wanting to try your luck at one of the most delicious creatures swimming the waters then now is the time. Sacalait is the species I am discussing here and this is the time of year they like to come to the shallows and spawn making it easy to find and catch them.…
Water temps are approaching which will trigger speckled trout to begin their spawn. March is good month to target big trout but it’s also the windiest. Lucky this time of year it’s a lot of SE winds which rises tides from winter lows bringing big surges of bait bait into the Lake. The trout will…
