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.
Summer is now here along with the hot temperatures. If it is speckled trout you are after there are two things you will have to change up from fishing during the spring. First off early starts is key. The early bird gets the worm in the summer months. The other thing you may have to…
Michael Booth My name is Michael Booth and I grew up saltwater fishing with my dad. We would make trip after trip to Grand Isle or Delacroix chasing trout in his bay boat. As I grew older I jumped into the world of kayak fishing. I began chasing reds from the kayak all over Louisiana.…
I have fished the SE Louisiana marshes since I was 4 years old, fished from Grand Isle to Slidell. Currently I am part of Team BugginDaFish with Cpt. Calvin Duvalle in both the Tito’s Homemade Vodka Redfish Series and the IFA Redfish Tour. Currently working on my Captain’s license. I fish out of a 24’…
I have always loved fishing ever since I got started as just a little kid with my grandpa on my hometown lake Grand lake. I fish mainly for largemouth bass, crappie, and white bass. I have a passion for bass fishing and I love studying the fish and trying to figure out their patterns. I…
The Pontchartrain estuary is making a turn to be a fall and winter big trout hot spot now the MRGO is closed. It used to be known as the place to be to catch wall hangers all through the spring and summer but the last few years have shown differently. It now seems the…
The kickoff event for the 2017′ Tito’s Redfish Series was this weekend at Coco Marina. Ninety boats awaited blast off at day light with many of them being seasoned pros and veterans. After a long day of fishing and plenty big reds hitting the scales it was Team Hrubes with the largest red of the…
When to Troll, When to Jig Most of you that know us at www.MatrixShad.com know that we mostly jig soft plastics along the bridges of lake Pontchartrain but this time of year it may be a little different. This is a time you may want to try a different technique called trolling. Trolling lures behind the boat…
Capt. Anthony Kyzar has been wearing out the Sacalait with the Kryptonite Matrix Mini to the west.
Crappie season is now in full swing as these taste pan fish are starting to set up for their annual spawn. This is the best time of year to focus on slab sacalait.
Although Christmas has come and gone and we are already far along on another new year it is now that “Tis the Season” for the sacalait. What most of the nation calls the the “white perch” or “crappie”, here in south Louisiana it is aka the “sacalait” which is french for “sack of milk”…