After another very fresh year in our estuary, a salt water surge has made its way back into Lake Pontchartrain after being at 1ppt for almost the entire year. At the end of July the salt ppt jumped all the way up to 17ppt and now sits around 5ppt. Look for summer trout spots to…
The dog days of summer are here and not going anywhere too soon. Looks like July is going to start off as a wet one to go along with scorching heat. This is definitely not one of my favorite times of year although we still go fishing and there is several things to do right…
Well what a wild spring we have jumped into. From the most swollen Pearl River I may have ever recalled, to a pandemic requiring a 30 day quarantine and why not throw another Bonnett Carre Spillway opening to boot. Well the saying “It can’t get any worse” I think holds pretty true for the beginning…
Tis the season for these tasty little rascals. Here in south Louisiana they are called sacalait for “sack of milk” due to their delicious table fair. Besides top water trout fishing and sight fishing reds this is a favorite fish to target for us here at DockSide TV as you can see in many of…
This winter has so far been non existent and the trout have been responding to these warm temperatures. Typically we loose our speckled trout bite around this time of year but this year the specks have been staying in a November style pattern all winter. We also usually find the bass and reds stacked up…
Although this winter has been as mild as one I can ever remember this front may be the one to consolidate the red fish in the deep holes of the marsh. Typically easy red fishing starts around the end of November but this winter the temperatures haven’t seemed to get cold enough and the water…
Trout fishing tends to slow down this time of year as far as numbers go but targeting trophy size specks can heat up this time of year. This is the time of year where patience is key. Look for a few bites not loading the boat. Across the entire Gulf Coast is known for yielding…
As I write this I am looking out my window at the biggest NW wind of the year so far and plummeting temperatures. What will this do to the fish? Well I personally love when the water drops out for marsh fishing as it consolidates the fish into the deeper bayous driving them out of…
The month that keeps on giving both from Santa and the Sea. Although November is probably my favorite month, December is a close 2nd. One of two things will happen during November. The first is if it stays a mild winter the bridges of Pontchartrain will continue produce nice specks along with the local man…
Fall and Winter is one of the best times to target trophy trout with hard baits and save the soft plastics for the schoolies. Focus on floating hard baits over grassy shorelines in the fall and transition over to hovering them over rocky banks as we move to winter. In the fall big trout seem…
