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.

Trophy Trout Time Now Here

As temperatures  begin to warm and days become longer something with catching three plus pound trout becomes more common as it continues to heat up to the peak month in my consideration, April.  February is a very complex month for fish both trout and reds as far as big numbers go but catching a real…

Our DockSide “Tp pf the Week” is an easy one this week.  Do yourself a favor and get a Standard Mapping E-card for your GPS unit.  We recently installed one for our area (#46) which includes the Chef area, Lake Pontchatrain, Lake  Borgne and the Rigolets.  It gives the strongest detail we have ever seen…

Capt. Travis Miller

Owner/operator of Millertime Fishing Charters, Capt. Travis focuses his fishing south of Houma, LA in the Dularge area. He has been seen on Castin Cajun, heard on Speaking of Specks, and has been featured in Louisiana Sportsman Magazine and on Nola.com. Although his main focus is speckled trout you will never see him turn down…

Winter Finally Here

Usually when we start getting some days starting out below freezing temps and ice begins to form on the ground early in the mornings we usually focus our efforts on redfish and avoid the trout until air temps warm and barometric pressures drop.  But so far this year, few fronts we are having aren’t blowing…