No matter where you target specks, it’s hard to beat a paddletail soft-plastic, and the Sea Shad emits a strong vibration that these fish can’t resist. The One Knocker is a modern cousin of the ...

Redfish BayGOOD. 65 degrees. Redfish are good and firing up after the cold front. The best bite is on cut mullet, shrimp.

The classic pattern for working a popping cork. This strange-looking rig, with a foam float sliding on a steel wire, isn't glamorous but it is effective. Jerking the rod tip causes the float to splash ...

Capt. Charlie Thomason's favorite corks are those that can be adjusted without cutting and retying. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd Masson) You know those corks with the ...

anglers is OK, but he's discovered a design that's far more effective. "In Louisiana, we're lazy fishermen -- there's no doubt about that -- and we all use oval corks," Vandenborre told the crowd at a ...

Most South Louisiana speckled trout anglers love clip-on, oval-shaped corks, but there's a much more productive option, according to Capt. Dudley Vandenborre. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The ...