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Check out the most recent articles on NOLA.com featuring my tips and tricks. Featured links below!

New cork system much more effective for redfish, speckled trout

Anglers can use all this wind to their advantage

Rig live shrimp this way to catch more speckled trout, redfish

Redfish right now aren't where you think they are

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Capt. Charlie

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July Fishing

Well , anglers, the heat is on but don't let that discourage you from getting out and taking advantage of the awesome fishing right now! With the increase of water temps, the fish begin to feed early and late in the day. Speckled trout tend to follow this pattern more than other species that we target during the summer months. As water temps increase during the day, fish tend to slow down some unless you follow this one rule of thumb. When temps increase, you increase the depth that you fish!!! That’s right the warmer the water the deeper you need to present your bait. I love to fish shallow early with artificial baits like MirrOlure She Dogs and She Pups in the bone and silver patterns, but if you are a live bait angler then you need to fish around islands and reefs early with VersaMaxx Bolt Corks. Try popping the corks every 3-5 seconds but try not moving the cork, leave a little slack in the line and pop. The reason for this is you want to call the ...

Hey everyone! I hope your New Year is going great! As you know, February is now upon us and our fishing hasn't slowed down. Redfish and Drum are filling the ice chests every trip. As a matter of fact, we have limited or filled the chest till we couldn't close the lid in every January trip. With the mild winter, the fish never really moved into the winter patterns. If you like fishing during the Fall run, it has never stopped!!! It has been so warm that Campo ’ s Marina still have live shrimp as of January 31st!! We have been fishing under a cork with live shrimp in shallow ponds. The fish are schooled in tight groups, so once we get on them, it is triples and quadruples till the limits are done. Reds and Drum are filling the chests but the speckled trout are around too. They have been coming off current passes and small lakes either using corks with shrimp or soft plastics retrieved slow and steady. I am in the proc...

September

TRANSITION PERIOD The year is flying by faster and faster each year! We are now moving into our late Summer transition period where our fish are going to start schooling up in certain areas and the fishing is going to begin to get even crazier than it has been. As many of you know the Fall and Winter fishing in our area, east of the Mississippi, is the most productive in the world. This is the time of year when duck hunting trips begin with Blast and Cast Packages , shorter boat rides to the fishing grounds, and ice chests of fish that are flowing over you should make sure to come and see us. The transition period is one that the fish move daily due to the huge amounts of bait moving from the outer waters to the interior bays. This movement to the interior bays allows us anglers to catch many species together at one fishing spot! Yep, speckled trout, redfish, drum, flounder and largemouth bass can be caught on the same VersaMaxx cork prese...

Capt. Charlie Thomason

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