Capt. Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes Sportsman’s Junction Outdoor Adventures SJAdventures@cableone.net www.SportsmansJunction.com
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.
“Late Fall Trout Showing Face on Tracks”
After a dismal November for the bridges but excellent for some other areas the tide has seemed to change for the eastern Lake Pontchartrain bridges. Decent catches of 10-35 trout have been coming into DockSide of late from the eastern shoreline of the lake all the way to the trestles. Live shrimp is still available…
Mild Winter So Far Causing Hot Trout Action
After one of the most disappointing Novembers I can remember in quite a long time for the bridges in eastern Lake Pontchatrain we finally struck gold again. For the 3rd year in a row we have found the trout piled up in the ICW and MRGO near the “Great Wall”. Now that the Sea Brook…
ThanksGiving Trout Right On Schedule
My absolute favorite time of the year is now. Trout are starving and eating up Matrix Shad. Trout in sizes of 2-5lbs have been common all over the area. We have been steadily fishing the Chalmette area from Viloet all the way up the ICW to Boh Bros, and even through the Industrial Canal to…
Lake Pontchartain Trestle Starting to Hold Some Nice Trout
After patiently wanting all october to see a busted month for the “World Series” trout we finally are seeing a few show face on the bridges. We went out two days this week armed with Lemon Head Matrix Shad and boated 8 solid trout each day. “No big numbers right” yes but every year that…
“World Series Here and Gone”
With the world series now here and gone its time to see a surge of trout, reds and flounder to make there way into Lake Ponchartrain and settle in on the bridges. We have already had several opportunities to find “Schooling Reds” working on shrimp with seagulls diving on them. That is a normal occurrence…
“Late World Series Run—But Not Concerned”
October turned out to be a little disappointing for our area this month even though a few good catches were made. Warmer than normal october temps stuck around throughout with most fronts being mild and weak. The bridge fishing never kicked off yet for trout and flounder this fall. It was on fire for drum…
Chase the Trout in Canals and Everything Else on Bridges At Least for a Few More Days
The pattern has stayed consistent for last 20 days or so while we have been patiently waiting on the Sow Trout and Doormat Flounder to show up for there annual October Run. We have been patiently waiting for the ALCS to hurry up and get here so those infamous “World Series” Trout will pile up…
John Rucker
John Rucker, a resident of River Ridge, LA, got into serious saltwater fishing in 2007. He first learned the seabrook area fishing off the pier every chance he got until seabrook’s closure due to construction in 2010. In june of 2010, days before the closure of seabrook, Rucker caught his biggest trout to date which…
Drum and Flounder Getting Thick on Tracks
If you are looking for some cheap, easy and taste great, the Train Trestle in Eastern Lake Pontchatrain is the place to be. Simply pick up some live DockSide shrimp and bounce around the tracks, and make sure to have a big ice chest for all the puppy drum your going to catch along the…