Strategy
The best plan is to fish a normal winter pattern (see last month’s M&B BIGFISH Finder article) until the river
dictates otherwise. Speckled trout are deep in most of our coastal marshes. Redfish are everywhere. Big
redfish are on the edges of the marsh. IF the river gives us a problem, your best bet for a few winter speckled trout is likely to be in the Louisiana Marsh and the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area.
Other Options:
Bank of the Mississippi for catfish:
The high river will likely mean good catfishing
along the banks of the Mississippi.
Offshore:
Winter fishing offshore is fantastic when Mother
Nature’s winds are manageable.
Take Note:
When the Bonnet Carre Spillway is opened, much
of Louisiana’s lakes and coastal waters lose salinity
and get too dirty to fish. Add other man-made and
natural openings from the river into our coastal
marshes and it is clear how the low salinity and dirty
water can affect our speckled trout fishing. Clean,
salty water is key; and as this diagram shows, one of
the last places that will hold good water is on the
eastern end of the Louisiana Marsh.