Crab boom attracts redfish into Chef Pass marshes by: Todd Mason
Crab boom attracts redfish into Chef Pass marshes by: Todd Mason
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.
“Trout, Reds, Bass and Triple Tail All in One”
The hottest month of the year has now arrived. Long days and hot water tempurates create complex fishing situations and trout fishing can really be tricky. When chasing trout early starts are escential. We like to focus on deep moving water during august. The deeper the water and the more the current moves the cooler…
Back to Destin
After a three months of Destin calling our name to come back, Kristi and I couldn’t take it any more and we had to go back. We packed the Panga up with Matrix Shads and fuel and headed east. After a four hour ride we arrived excited and determined to catch a trophy trout in…
Trout Deep in the Passes Reds Thick in the Ponds
If it is trout you are looking for in the month of July make sure to focus deep. Light tides in the Rigolets passes should be your focal points. If you arrive to your spot and the tides are running too strong simply go bounce the rigs in lake borgne or chase triple tail on…
Matrix Shad Brings Home Another 1st and 2nd Place at Louisiana Saltwater Speckled Trout Series – Mandeville
Scott & Baylie Comeaux pre fished Friday out in the sound in hopes that the weather man was going to be wrong in their favor. Here is what he had to say about the Mandeville Speckled Trout Tournament: “We caught some good trout. One of the fish my daughter caught was pushing 6 lbs. so…
High Heat Makes Redfish Eat
With recent temps in the high 90’s and heat indexes reaching 110′, the trout have seemed to taper off but the redfish have been carrying the slack. All of this years abundant rainfall mixed with recent hot water temps has caused the underwater grass in all the bayous and ponds to bloom from the Inter…
“Between the Bridges”
Avoiding massive crowds has been the trick to success of late especially if throwing plastics is your forte. Boat traffic as always has been strong throughout may and fishing the weekends has been very tuff on anglers who can’t get their hands on live shrimp, but anglers getting away from the trestle and finding…
Team Matrix Shad Brings Home the Gold and Silver
The Matrix Shad family is proud to announce that 4 anglers on 2 teams finished 1st and 2nd in the Empire IFA redfish tournament out of Empire while fishing the Matrix Shad fishing lures. Out of 66 teams, Team Matrix Shad topped the podium finishing 1st and 2nd, separated by less than 2 ounces. The…
“Suicide Month”
May is here and the fish are going crazy. Every where we go lately it has been nuts. When we have been staying on the bridges we have been catching limits. When we fish other lake spots as mentioned on prior “Tip of the Week” articles they are producing limits. We even went to delacroix…
“Big Trout on the Moons”
Well our first major full moon has come and gone. The front half of the moon was garbage. Due to high winds, late fronts, high rivers and fresh water we did not see many big trout come through dockside with out a single 5 pounder. The back side of the moon was ok on the…