Fishing the Blazing Heat

Hot is an understatement to the summer so far. This had to be the hottest June on record. South Louisiana was plagued with brutally hot west winds making fishing very tough but do able. Me personally I targeted small bass in the man made canals on days where severe thunderstorms we forming and ran to…

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Go Deep or Go Shallow

Deciding to go deep or shallow are your two options typically as we go into June.  What that means is the trout are going to start heading a little deeper looking for swifter currents and saltier water.  Typical trout depths we find them in June is 12-25’ of water and since they like swift current…

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Magnificent May

May is considered by many to be the easiest month of the year to target speckled trout.   April winds start subsiding along with rainy fronts.  Water temps rise to a favorable 75 degrees and speckled trout can be caught many different ways.  The bigger trout start their migration out to saltier waters during the…

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Easter Eggs and Trout Eggs (With Video)

Easter eggs are not the only type of egg that goes into play in April. Speckled trout begin the main part of their spawn also during the month of April which gives us anglers a great advantage on catching trophy trout. A trophy trout now of days is about 4-6 lbs. but 75% of Louisiana’s…

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Bye Bye Cold, Hello Spring

Well it is finally here. Warming southerly winds. spawning Specks, spawning Crappie, March Madness and crawfish. Now thats a lot of fun stuff for one month. We are going talk about the specks and sacs (sacalait). March is know as a very windy month so your going to need to pick your days or just…

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Easier Times are Nearing

This time of year things can get mighty slow and look bleak but don’t give up. As soon as temps trend to warm the bridges will come to life and also the shallows of Lake Catherine. I typically like to start focusing on the south end of the trestle for the first surge of late…

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Cold Weather Tactics

Happy new year to all and lets start this year off talking fishing cold weather. Water temps will stay in the 50’s and 60’s over the next few weeks and here is some areas you should target. The number one area every one will be targeting is the Great Wall of Chalmette. This is a…

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Tis’ the Season for Monster Trout

This past November has been nothing short of fantastic and December should carry the same tune all the way until Santa arrives. Depending on the water temperatures the big trout should continue in the Lake all throughout the entire month of December. Of late the bridges have been hot along with birds diving all the…

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It simply doesn’t get any better than right now. NFL football is in full swing, the World Series is going on, NBA basketball is just starting and the fish are going nuts. My absolute favorite month of the year. We go out and film as many DockSide TV episodes as we can this month as…

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Autumn Arrives

This may be my absolute favorite time of year. Temperatures drop, playoff baseball starts, football season is in full swing and speckled trout come to life. Let’s talk about what the fish are going to do this month before they move to the bridges next month. The trout are going to seek out grass flats…

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