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.
With warm temperatures the fishing has been fantastic! Schools of trout are being found along grass flats and around piers and other structures in 3-5 ft of water, and flounder are becoming ever more common as this warm weather is rolling in! Also with this weather with water temps rising we will start to see…
“Rain or Shine it’s Time to Grind” Well August was as wet and cloudy as I have ever seen. As you see in this Dockside TV above we fish under adverse conditions as we did most of August. The thing to do on cloudy summer days is to put the Matrix Craw on…
August, well summer in general is a typical south east wind pattern with afternoon showers. This August so far is going against the grain of that theory with showers and storms starting early in the morning hours along with moderate west winds day after day. Already with a dirty and fresh Pontchartrain from the spillway’s…
This is a subject that many trophy trout anglers across the great state of Louisiana continue to discuss and try to figure out daily. So just where have the big trout gone in Louisiana. Is it the high rivers year after year? Maybe it’s the loss of land of our estuary. Could it…
What is your favorite way to catch a fish? Is it bouncing a jig or slow rolling a spinner bait? Maybe it’s watching your cork go down or relaxing while trolling plugs behind the boat or standing up in a tower sight fishing fat reds. Well here at Dockside TV our’s is with out…
A Speck-Tacular Day By Graydon Hall I fished the Faux Pas Lodge Invitational with my dad Mike Hall and my grandpa Rudy Hall. It is a 3 day tournament in Venice, LA on July 25-27, 2019. We fished hard all 3 days battling windy conditions and running from thunderstorms. Our main tactic was deep water…
This year has certainly been a strange one. Record amounts of fresh water, two openings of the spillway and not a trout around for months. One thing that has excelled is red fish. Small perfect grilling size red fish have came into the area in full force. The man made canals on the northern end…
My name is Vuong Le. Born and raised in Lafourche Parish. Fishing has been a part of life ever since I could remember. It wasn’t until I moved to New Orleans in 2008 that I found my passion for fishing. When I was introduced to Matrix Shad, the game had changed. I began to see…
“The Legend” Drake Champagne was arguably the most knowledgeable fisherman that ever walked on all fours. Drake was a very loving dog that had a great life with most of his days being on the water. One thing I can almost guarantee is that this pup holds the record for most hours on a boat…
I fish out of a 12′ Jackson Cuda Kayak Fishing Boat. I’m From Ponchatoula La I Have 20 Years Of Fishing. I Target Lake Pontchartrain areas, Lake Catherine, Port Sulfur, Hopedale, also freshwater fish the North Shore of Louisiana. Check out My Facebook page Mike Long for all my reports. Matrix is my GO TO…