Joshua Louis Hall
kevinwhall@bellsouth.net Fishes out of a Blazer Bay primarily in Lake Pontchartrain. Joshua has been fishing for 15 years and enjoys searching for the next trophy trout
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.
Steve Nick
My name is Steven Francis Nick aka “Century Man” I’m 33 yrs. old; I picked up the name by the late Capt. Barry Brechtel several years ago. “I don’t know, the name stuck..” my email address is centuryman1@charter.net. Phone # 985-640-9350. A little history, my first boat was a spartan, then a key largo ,…
Benjamin John Barnes
barnes.b7171@gmail.com Benjamin John Barnes 225-235-3127 22′ Stratos Bay Boat with 225 Johnson/Evinrude ocean pro. My name is Ben Barnes. I’m from Denham Springs Louisiana and have over 20 years experience fishing South East Louisiana. My main focus is the Lake Ponchartrain area, but also venture to Venice and Grand Isle as well. My reports can…
Biloxi Boat and Rv Show
This year promises to be another great year for boating and RVing along the Gulf Coast. This year’s show features a great selection of the 2012 model of boats, motors, personal watercraft, RVs, campers and marine and RV accessories. This show is the best place to see all of the new models in one place for…
Specks and reds scattered, BASS piled up!
With the recent record warm temps for the end of January its like the fish have been confused as trout and red fishing has been inconstant. Water temps for the end of January have spiked into the high 60’s. I personally have never seen water temps reach that high during the peak of the winter. …
Fishing the Chef
Great week of fishing this week off the Chef. We fished canals and bayous off the Chef all week using the Midnight Mullet MATRIX Shad on the 5/16oz Golden Eye. Every day we caught a limit of reds with a box full of trout and we would always catch a few bass close to the…
Water Temps make the difference
Happy New Year to all!!! With winter in full force now and water temps about bottomed out, don’t be afraid to keep up the chase. The reds will go crazy on low water days so look for them off the marshes of Alligator Point. Search canals holding 5+ foot of water and grass vegetation. On…
Bass, Bass, and more BASS!
Merry Christmas to all!!! Bass, Bass and more Bass. Simply pick up some Matrix Spinners and focus on the marsh canals off Lake P such as Salt Bayou and Irish Bayou for amazing bass action. Trout and Redfish action has been fair but the Bass is second to none right now.
Great Wall of Chalmette
If you read the previous tip of the week well its about the same. The Lake has been slow and we have been making boat runs of atleast 10 miles from DockSide to fill our coolers. The By-Pass Canal off the Chef is holding reds and the Trout action around the “Great Wall of Chalmette”…
Find Deep Water
With water temps steadily dropping and fish moving the deeper waters, focus your efforts in areas that are surrounded with water depths of 30 plus foot. These deeper water depths allow the fish to survive when hard freezes come through in the winter. They will move to the shallows on the warmer winter days to…