Refuge-relax — Head to Bayou Teche NWR for a quiet day of fishing
The balsawood float sailed through the air like a bullet with purpose to the predetermined target making a sploosh as it hit the water.[…]
The balsawood float sailed through the air like a bullet with purpose to the predetermined target making a sploosh as it hit the water.[…]
It was opening day of the 2012 trawling season for the east bank, and I had arrived a little early at the boat launch.[…]
It wasn’t even 6:45 a.m. and the Bellanger fishing team had boated 20 speckled trout. They were anchored on a submerged, eroded island on the west side of Barataria Waterway within easy sight of Grand Isle.[…]
Eddie popped his cork, pointed toward the shoreline with his rod, and blurted, “Looks like that otter’s interested in my cork! Food must be scarce for him around here!”[…]
Flashy appearance and bold profile may define the spinnerbait’s basic appeal, but there’s a lot of room for tactical tweaking and creative development — particularly with the blade setup.[…]
Folks often say that there’s a fine line between lunacy and brilliance, between foolishness and valor. Well, an equally thin margin separates the “Aw shucks!” and “Oh boy!” moments of bass fishing.[…]
Because the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are the exact opposite of ours here in the Northern Hemisphere, their hurricanes occur when our tropics are as calm as a bottle of Valium.[…]
The 2013 Coastal Conservation Association STAR tournament kicks off this month, and if you plan on fishing at all this summer, you’re taking a big risk by not entering.[…]
Sen. David Vitter has filed legislation that, if passed by Congress, would ease the way for oil and gas exploration companies to leave their structures in the Gulf of Mexico to serve as fish habitat, the Coastal Conservation Association reported May 29.[…]
It appears that Ship Shoal 26 — better known as “the Pickets” and serving as a trout-fishing Mecca — will continue to be a fishing hotspot for the time being. But for how long remains the question.[…]
When Bobby Jindal was running for the governorship in 2007, he said all the right things during an interview with this magazine.[…]