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I caught my biggest trout this year and would agree with @Devin , Lake Ponchartrain certainly was much more productive than years past, but everywhere else seemed about the same.
I think the Saltening definitely contributed. We were catching easy limits of slot reds in the middle of summer off the rigs in Pontchartrain so I knew this fall/winter was gonna be good.
But I think what was the biggest contributor was the higher temps. The water temps hovering as high as they have along with an abundance of bait make it easier imho to target them and keeps them inside longer.
Usually around December I’m on my Sheepshead/Redfish grind but I found myself still waking up super early to chase trout up until last week.
That being said most of my summer/fall was filled traveling for work and chasing tarpon. I never really got skunked, even when I rolled without a solid plan.
Also Lake Catherine, my favorite honey hole, is usually throwback city by this time, but I caught a limit of 15″+ trout Wednesday along with a couple slot reds (which I never really catch there).
Maybe it’s anecdotal or perhaps I’m becoming a better angler, but in the past if I wanted to catch larger trout I traveled to the barrier islands or out of state and this was the first year I felt neither was really necessary(although I still did).
