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.
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…
If you read our latest report in the September Marsh and Bayou magazine we were predicting the white shrimp to be pushed up and into all the bayous and canals on the northern end of the lake and that is exactly what has happened. We are seeing bank fisherman coming to fish off the side…
After a weeks of cleaning and repairing a lot of equipment and even replacing some DockSide is already ready to go and back completely for your needs. We even included live storm minnows to go with our everyday Live Shrimp and Live Poagies. Our tanks are full and the first front of the year comes…
Beaten, battered and flooded Lake Pontchartrain is now back to normal and should load up with fish after hurricane Isaac. It was a ruff week for all in SE louisiana during an under estimated hurricane Isaac, but again due to a resilient community we are back ready at DockSide ready to serve those who are…
A Hurricane of persistance and strength has continued to bring havoc to SE Louisiana all week. Although just a cat. 1 storm Hurricane Isaac has been one of the worst storm surges we have ever seen in our area. Due to the fact of continuos stalling in the storms direction it has already made two…
While we are in the hottest month of the year, deep water is the key to success. The problem with fishing deep water is that it is hard and timing the tides is essential. Tide ranges under a foot is what you want to be fishing. The time you want to make sure to be…
For entire month of August DockSide will be giving away a free pair of polarized sunglasses with any website purchase. With any purchase throughout the entire month of august on www.MatrixShad.com www.DockSideLA.com will receive a FREE pair of Xsportz sunglasses (Polarized) Check out the Matrix Shad and Golden eye jig heads and spinner…
An area our DockSide guys doesn’t go often is deep into Lake Borgne. We usually try to stay as close as we can to Lake Pontchatrain as much as we can but there has been a sudden surge of trout on the Big Island in Lake Borgne. One morning trip earlier in the week, Capt.…
Even though August is more known for smaller trout as far as a yearly average goes, some Louisiana Trophy Trout anglers are proving that theory to be misleading this year. If you are ever wanting to pick a seasoned angler’s brain on fooling giant sized trout to eat a bait or lure on the end…
On calm sunny days there isn’t anything more exciting that chasing down those illusive triple tail out n Lake Borgne. The only down fall is the expense as the price of gas stings when running all the crab trap lines out in Lake Borgne. Simply run close to all the crab taps you see and…