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.
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…
February is one of the more difficult times of the year but don’t give up completely. The best thing to do after a front is target the small reds that have plagued the area. Check all of our DockSide TV episodes on more info on that as that is what we have been doing all…
Tis the season to target post front days. I like the cold low water bone chilling days this time of year. The water gets sucked out of the duck ponds making red fishing as easy as it gets. Shooting fish in a barrel becomes a true statement this time of year when water levels drop…
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…