Fishing News and Information

Lighted public fishing piers

• Sunset Point Fishing Pier (Mandeville) — Open 24/7, free

July 15 at 7:00 am
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How to access Sabine Lake

This speckled trout weighing 8½ pounds was taken by James in late April under blue bird skies. Many anglers are under the mistaken assumption that you can’t get speckled trout to bite topwaters under such sunny, fair skies.

For anglers new to the area, Sabine Lake is an brackish estuary of stretching 23 miles long and nine miles that eventually pours into the Gulf of Mexico south of Port Arthur, Texas.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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How to find and catch Sabine Lake’s topwater trout

There will hardly be a tackle box without Heddon’s clown Super Spook on Sabine Lake. The reason is that it’s just a potent color for attracting big trout.

Sabine Lake locations targeted by Adam Jaynes and Robby Trahan are fairly traditional.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Sabine Lake trout regs

Capt. Adam Jaynes will wade 12 months a year when time and clients allow him the opportunity. Wading affords the guide and his crew the benefits of catching larger trout due to less noise, sound and movement.

Anglers may fish anywhere on the border lake with either a Louisiana or a Texas license.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Tippets

Most flycasters shy away from big waters, but Toledo Bend offers some great opportunities to catch bass.

For coastal fly anglers looking for alternatives to reds and trout, July brings a variety of pelagic species to inshore waters.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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The Redneck Bait Keeper

This is what the inside of a Redneck Bait Keeper looks like — home sweet home to a cool, comfortable bunch of red worms.

There is a low-cost, effective method for keeping red worms, grass shrimp or other live bait cool and comfortable while still making them easy to get to in the heat of summer.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Top bream baits

Dr. Ray Jones ranks his favorite summer bream baits like the ones shown here, from crickets to artificials.

Bass fishermen aren’t the only ones with a wide variety of lures from which to choose. Bream fishermen do, too.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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The ideal bream-fishing rig

Cheniere Lake offers abundant structure for bream. The key is following “the process” to find the right spot at the right time.

Ray Jones loves to catch bream in many ways, but his basic, go-to rig is simple.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Fishing information for Black Bayou, Cheniere lakes

• Black Bayou Lake is now part of the Black Lake National Wildlife Refuge ( www.fws.gov/northlouisiana/blackbayoulake/), and is located about five miles north of Monroe on Highway 165.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Color calamity - What single lure color is the best?

When choosing bait color, a green pumpkin base offers a good starting point.

Just as there’s no one bait for every imaginable scenario, there’s no one color that works on every cast. Nevertheless, experienced anglers have their favorites for a reason.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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The prudence of pickiness

Reducing the number of baits you carry will keep you focused more on fishing and less on bait choice.

Traveling the country on the Elite tour, Hawk and Hackney can easily become overwhelmed with the amount of baits needed to address the many scenarios they face.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Tackle information

The Zoom Fluke was an especially effective lure on this day.

Schilling’s main fishing reels are old-fashioned Abu Garcia 5500 Ambassadeur bait casters. They are used whenever he fishes with worms, frogs or flukes.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Freshwater diversions not without controversy

The hard-fighting bass of Caernarvon will quickly dive into grass clumps taking some of the fun out of the fight.

Kevin Schilling said flatly that having the freshwater diversion is “the key” the Caernarvon bass fishery.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Kevin Schilling in the news

Kevin Schilling likes what freshwater diversions do for largemouth bass fishing.

Kevin Schilling is only 33, but has popped up twice before in New Orleans area fishing news.

July 15 at 7:00 am
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Speckled trout fishing sporadic out of Delacroix

Even though the bite has been somewhat sporadic, one of Capt. Randall Shaw's customers recently caught a 4-pound speck near a rig in Breton Sound.

Specks are being caught now with live shrimp out of Delacroix, but Capt. Randall Shaw said the bite just hasn’t been as consistent moving into mid-summer as it’s been in years past.

July 14 at 10:30 pm
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Cutoff angler wins CCA-Louisiana STAR tournament's Chevy pickup truck

Jake Duet, right, shows off the tagged redfish he caught Sunday night to win the CCA Louisiana STAR tournament's 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup truck. Pictured with Duet is Buggy Vegas of Bridge Side Marina on Grand Isle.

Jake Duet went to bed Sunday night dreaming of a brand new 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup, and thankfully for him, things didn’t turn into a nightmare Monday morning.

July 14 at 5:09 pm
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Night-fishing trip near the Indian Mounds yields 10.43-pounder at Toledo Bend

Gary Wilson, of DeRidder, shows off the 10.43-pound largemouth bass he caught around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning on a V&M Blue Flex Wild Thang near a stump in the Indian Mounds.

When Gary Wilson decided to wrap up his day at Toledo Bend near a stump at the Indian Mounds early Friday morning, a nearly-full moon was shining bright and sunrise was still more than three hours away.

July 14 at 4:20 pm
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Texas angler catches big 8.76-pound trout on Sabine's north jetties

Dean Halewyn, of Alvin, Texas, caught this 30-inch, 8.76-pound speck last Monday fishing with a live piggy perch under a cork on Sabine's north jetties.

When Dean Halewyn woke up last Monday morning and realized it was the seventh day of the seventh month of the year, he remembers thinking it could be a pretty lucky day.

July 14 at 8:27 am
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