Expertly judge saltwater fishing conditions so you're always fishing the best spots at the best time
cold fronts, overcast weather, temperature drops, salinity changes, spillway openings, moon phases, predicted tides & more
Yep, it's true: no two days of fishing are exactly alike. Every day in the marsh is a new one with its own unique set of conditions.
What separates professional anglers from novice fishermen is the ability to accurately judge saltwater fishing conditions and, of course, knowing which ones to look at.
Keep scrolling to discover the blog posts designed to help you do exactly that.
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Will Collins
Avid Angler
As a native of the bayou I want people to come here, have fun and catch some fish! You can literally catch fish every day in Louisiana and I want anglers from out of town to be knowledgeable of a few of the tricks we have! lol Louisiana Fishing Blog provides those tips and tricks.
...or enjoy these blog posts about Saltwater fishing conditions in Louisiana:
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Your Guide To Catching Dog Days Speckled Trout and Redfish
Why You Want Cloud Cover For a Summertime Trout Bite
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How i learned to judge fishing conditions in louisiana
If you've ever watched any of my fishing trip reviews then you know the very first thing I do: look at current and predicted conditions.
Fishing conditions are everything on any trip! Yes, I know that's obvious, but fact of the matter is that most anglers don't pay attention to the ones they need to or, even worse, use the wrong resource for judging saltwater fishing conditions they do know to look at.
Why are saltwater fishing conditions so important?
Because they dictate when, where and how we will be fishing. For example, during the summer pattern, speckled trout are found on the "outside" of the marsh where they are utilizing the saltier water to spawn.
Examples of these areas include Breton Sound, Black Bay, Vermillion Bay, Mississippi Sound and more. They all have great potential during the speckled trout spawn!
But – if there's one thing all these areas have in common – it's that they are wide open and not protected from a heavy wind at all. This is a big deal, because a stiff 15-20 knot wind can create dangerous two and three foot waves.
It doesn't matter how good the fishing is if you can't safely navigate those waters, right? It would be even worse if you planned to go to a place like Breton Sound and discovered that your entire day of fishing was over before it even got started!
So that's one example of why knowing saltwater fishing conditions, where to measure them and how to judge them is so important to the success of your fishing trips.
Catching gorgeous speckled trout like this is much easier when you can expertly gauge saltwater fishing conditions.
What conditions should we be looking at?
That's a broad question, and this list is an attempt to cover the ones that matter the most:
But there's a lot more to it than that, such as: presence of river water, salinity, primary forage, fishing pressure, water clarity and more.
But there's more: you're not looking only at the conditions for the day you are going fishing, but the saltwater fishing conditions leading up to that day. How the fish are affected leading up to that point in time is everything and often overlooked by anglers.
Expertly judging inshore fishing conditions is not easy but, since Louisiana Fishing Blog's posts are organized into categories, you can find everything you need to know relating to conditions in the posts on this page.
Let me show you how I plan trips based upon saltwater fishing conditions
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The planning section of the course is the best way I can prove to you that I know how to judge saltwater fishing conditions for inshore fishing in Louisiana.
judging Saltwater fishing conditions to catch speckled trout & redfish doesn't have to be complicated
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