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.

“The Key To Perdido” (With Video)

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,…

Capt. Rory Rorison

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…

Bo Farve “Top Notch”

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…

“Lazy Days” (With Video)

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…

Mixed Bag and School Trout

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…