The area still delivers a ridiculously large number of school trout, and even some fish that are in the 4- to 5-pound range, but they're just not as inclined to hit topwater baits in the stained water ...

Arguably the most underrated pattern along the entire Gulf Coast is throwing big, noisy topwater plugs to speckled trout as long as a man's arm during the late-winter and early spring months. It's a ...

Big fish smashing a topwater lure is the most exciting sensation in fishing, and there's no better time to experience it than now. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, striped bass and ...

After boating some bruisers a few days earlier in Hopedale, I had topwater-trout fever, so I did some map study at home, and identified three areas that I suspected would hold some big ones. I went ...

Louisiana Outdoor Adventures TV host Kevin Ford fished with Todd Masson, outdoors writer for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, back in March for a show that will air on Cox Sports Television beginning ...