Stick with basic baits under pressure
One might think that changing lures would be a good way to counteract fishing pressure at Calcasieu Lake. […]
One might think that changing lures would be a good way to counteract fishing pressure at Calcasieu Lake. […]
This is it: You don’t have to wait any longer.
The month we long for with impatient anticipation throughout the entire year has finally arrived in all its spring glory.[…]
The 14-inch-minimum-size limit on all black bass — both largemouth and spotted — in the Atchafalaya Basin, Lakes Verret, Palourde, Fausse Point/Dauterive areas has been in effect since the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992.[…]
My colleague and accomplished fly tier, Reb Stewart recently gave me a box of foam-bodied poppers and various insect patterns. The colors looked good, the legs and antennae, etc. all set just right.[…]
Cast farther and more accurately than ever before with the Captain CatchEmAll Baitkeeper Cup.[…]
With patented all-aluminum interlocking floors; all-welded, wood-free deck construction; and a patented, integrated performance wave shield, Veranda pontoons are built to last a lifetime.[…]
Uncle Mike’s, a leading provider of shooting accessories, has introduced the Reflex Holster to provide concealed carry permit holders with a reliable, easy to use retention holster.[…]
The Sure-Loc Lethal Weapon is a dependable, accurate bow sight loaded with a host of new features, including the popular Retina Lock, which will identify even the slightest torque or change in anchor point.[…]
Speckled trout have returned. Along wading areas like the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Breton Island and Grand Isle, clousers and other baitfish patterns will be the ticket.[…]
May 5 — Second annual Cane Country Fly Fest, Cane Riverbank, Natchitoches. Time: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. No cost. Seminars, casting instruction, fly tying demos, kayak demos, vendor exhibits and fishing. Sponsored by the Cane Country Fly Casters club.[…]
The anchor hadn’t settled on the bottom good before my wife made her first cast toward the trees along a stretch of Bear Bayou we regularly fish. As normal, she wasn’t playing around.[…]
Fishing bream doesn’t take any special equipment or bait. A small trout worm on a No. 4 Aberdeen-style hook is preferred.[…]
When I first moved to New Orleans as a (very) young man in the mid-1960s, I just knew that I was a fishing hot dog. I thought I knew all there was to know about catching bass, bream, white perch and catfish — and that’s where the fishing world ended.[…]
The craggy man at the bow controls of the boat turned off the boat’s engine. He lit a cigarette and scanned the points formed by the intersection of the Texaco Canal and Grand Bayou.[…]
Jim Looney is more than the average angler, with 12 fishing booklets to his credit. The books focus on how to catch bass, bream and sac-a-lait in the Grand Bayou-Lake Verret area, as well as the Atchafalaya Basin, and redfish and speckled trout in Pointe au Chien.[…]
Modern bass fishermen are known for their endless array of fancy and expensive equipment. Fishing with Jim Looney is like a throwback to a simpler time, a time when it seemed like any angler could be reasonably confident of catching bass.[…]