Lake Pontchartrain Limits

Not the biggest trout we have ever seen so far this spring but the numbers of fish showing up has been nice to see.    This 2015′ crop of trout has been about par in the Lake Pontchartrain basin so far this spring as we have seen the last few years.   The last few years has…

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“Out With the Cold in With the New”

I know every outdoors man out there is counting down the days in February which is THE most difficult month of the year. It is hard to find stable weather and consistent fishing especially right here in the Lake Pontchartrain basin. The good news is “Change is right around the corner” as our president would…

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Matrix Mini COMING SOON

A pan-fisherman’s dream is to hit the stores very soon. The DockSide crew and captains are spending countless hours field testing the brand new Matrix Mini. Numerous fresh water lakes are producing beautiful freshwater fish such as crappie bass and blue gill. They are even field testing the Mini in salt water conditions. It has…

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Jigging the Tracks

Jigging the Tracks By: Tyler Hall When fishing for speckled trout in Lake Ponchartrain, two things in particular stand out in my mind. One being the train trestles and the other being jigging. There is no question that the combination of the two are deadly when it comes to trout fishing in the lake, and…

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“Easy as it Gets”

Cant ask for better conditions and situations so far this fall.  Huge redfish schools are going bananas all over the lake on nice calm days.  Just simply look for the birds and hold on.  If big trout is what you want, wait for your warmer days and pound the poles on the causeway and the…

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“Before and After the Front”

Wether to go before the front or after is always a common question we receive through DockSide’s contact forum. This time of year as we enter our favorite month playing the front is the key. Once the trout station themselves in there late fall and winter time pattern after transitioning from the hot winter, Louisiana…

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The Best Time of Year is Now

The perfect time of year, cool temps, football, and hungry fish.   If you have been waiting on a good time to take off work and wet the boat there is no better time than now.  What we are doing right now is simply popping corks, the “Boat Monkey Floats” with a Shrimp Creole Matrix…

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September Transitions

          brought to you by: MatrixShad.com         Hot as you know what is what the last couple weeks have been.  As soon as temps start to decline we will begin to search along the trestle for big doormat flounders.  If the flounders have a  poor migration this year we will…

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“The Key To Perdido” (With Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V90SEd8aCrY Well the matrix and vortex shad is on the move again, headed east with golden eye jig heads of all sizes tied on all of our poles ready for any fishing situation we encounter. Fishing in the Lake has been horrible so we decided to go somewhere new. Perdido Key was our destination this…

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