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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90SEd8aCrY Well the matrix and vortex shad is on the move again, headed east with golden eye jig heads of all sizes tied on all of our poles ready for any fishing situation we encounter. Fishing in the Lake has been horrible so we decided to go somewhere new. Perdido Key was our destination this…
Dockside Bait and Tackle is changing locations at this moment. As soon as we confirm a new location, we will let you know. Until then, we will continue to give you even more information on fishing around the lake using Matrix Shads and our newest Vortex Shad. As far as fishing the past couple weeks,…
Drake Champagne, after Emergency Surgery already back at work!!! He had to get his eye removed but its not going to stop him from fishing and work. It will be a while before he can get back out on the water but he’s tuff and eager to get back out there. Keep up with his…
Drake Champagne, after Emergency Surgery already back at work!!! He had to get his eye removed but its not going to stop him from fishing and work. It will be a while before he can get back out on the water but he’s tuff and eager to get back out there. Keep up with his…
Capt. Rory Rorison is the owner/ operated of United Charters located in Shell Beach, LA. I am a life long Louisiana resident and have grown up fishing in this Sportsman’s Paradise. My love of fishing and the outdoors is only matched by my love of sharing our bounty and my experience with others. The Matrix…
Born and raised in Bay St Louis, MS. We fish the coastal waters from Biloxi MS- Venice LA 23′ customized Bay Craft, powered by a 250 Evinrude E-Tec , trailered on a beautiful saltwater tough SPORT TRAIL trailer. Our primary target is usually trophy sized trout, but recently we have been trying to get into…
This year has started off hot as ever for the members of TEAM MATRIX SHAD. With four tournaments in the books so far for this 2014′ LASS Redfish Season, team MATRIX has 3 first place finishes. We want to give a shout out to Capt. Bubby Lamy and Sidney with their 1st place finish out…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWuCu6QPE6M West winds have been relentless so far this June, but believe it or not fishing has stayed par for us in Lake Pontchartrain. Salinity continues to stay down but school trout and puppy drum continue to over take the lake. Catches out of DockSide have been plenty good enough for us to continue pounding…
Well May has come and gone and pretty summer weather has taken its place across Lake Pontchartrain. Calm wind and hot temps is what you will expect from here on out. Live shrimp have finally become available and anglers using them out of DockSide are doing well while using them. If you are…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUXcLTodmg This April has been full of freshwater and small male trout. The Pearl River has been flooding into Lake Pontchartrain making it very hard to find the mule trout the Lake is so known for. We are now at the end of April and we just started catching some fat pregnant trout. Numbers…