Freshwater Fishing
A better anchor
Although Lyle Soileau definitely uses a standard anchor, he also has another tool to help hold his pontoon boat in place.[…]
Year: 2013
Freshwater Fishing
Never cut an anchor loose again
Bream will stack up where tangles of cover is scattered along the lake bottom, and that means anchoring often results in anchor hang-ups.
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Freshwater Fishing
Looking for Toledo Bend bream in all the right places
Toledo Bend is vast, so there are myriad areas in which to look for bream beds.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Groving deep-hooked fish
Any slack in the line will allow fish to swallow the hook pretty deep. And the small mouths of bream can make it difficult to remove them.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Black Bayou Lake is pretty as a postcard
Black Bayou Lake, the centerpiece of the Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, is pretty as a postcard. […]
Fishing Tournaments
House backs high-school bass fishing
The House Education Committee unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that could lead to the establishment of competitive bass-fishing tournaments for Louisiana’s high schools.[…]
Bass Fishing
Stanley Top Toad
A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles in and around Louisiana very quickly in early 2013.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Erosion gobbles up Plaquemines Parish hotspots
It’s a busy morning off the floor of the state House of Representatives, where lobbyists and reporters are bird-dogging lawmakers, looking for votes and quotes. Still new to freshman Rep. Chris Leopold, a Republican from Belle Chasse whose district follows the winding Mississippi River well below Venice, the pace and stress of ongoing budget hearings are beginning to show.[…]
Columns
A turkey for dad
When you hear “Phfffffftt,” you know a strutting tom is close and it is time to get ready.[…]
General
House restores money to Artificial Reef Fund, shuns LDWF land purchase
The House of Representatives voted late this afternoon to advance the state’s $24.7 billion budget plan for the next fiscal year, and in the process took firm stances on line items related to sportsmen. […]
News Breaker
Popular trout-fishing destination known as the Pickets being removed
The Pickets are hallowed ground in the Houma trout-fishing world. If you fish out of Cocodrie and Dularge during the summer, the odds are pretty darned good you schedule time at this perennial hotspot to add big specks to your box.[…]
Fishing
CCA Star Tournament
Fish the Louisiana Coastal Conservation Association Star Tournament[…]
General
Battery Maintenance by Front to Back Boat Service
If you run batteries in your boat, then this is a segment you want to see. How to make sure you have power when you need it.[…]
News Breaker
Pending state-record turkey killed during public lottery hunt
Thirty-one year old Dustin Pole, who lives in Welsh, was understandably disappointed when his name was not drawn for the first of three lottery turkey hunts on West Bay Wildlife Management Area this past season.[…]
News Breaker
Bill banning possession of red snapper moves forward in state Legislature
The drive by a state senator to outlaw the possession of Gulf red snapper for recreational and commercial fishermen, as well as everyone else in Louisiana, cleared its first hurdle Wednesday, and the debate now swims to the full Senate for further consideration.[…]
Columns
Oxbow blues
Look at a map of eastern Louisiana, from Bastrop to New Roads, and you’ll realize the power of the mighty Mississippi. Over millennia, the great river has carved out dozens of deep waterways, most of which have become isolated from the river’s flow. […]