Inshore Fishing
Shell Beach specks smaller, but plentiful
Like death and taxes, steady west winds have been pretty constant this summer — and fishing out of Shell Beach has been no exception.[…]
Month: July 2015
Fishing Tournaments
2015 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo kicks off Thursday
The oldest fishing tournament in the United States is set to do it one more time this week, as the International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo officially gets underway Thursday at daylight.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler lands monstrous 12.93-pounder at Toledo Bend
The odds were stacked against Trent Curphy catching a big bass on Toledo Bend last Wednesday — but sometimes the underdog pulls out the upset win.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Baton Rouge kayak angler wins first 2015 CCA-Louisiana STAR bay boat package
David Torregrossa made a $30,000-plus decision when he registered just last week for CCA Louisiana’s STAR Tournament.[…]
Catfish
Catfish Everdeen
Robyn Bordelon has been dubbed “Catfish Everdeen” for her ability to find and capture big Mississippi River catfish from her kayak.[…]
Deer Hunting
South Louisiana QDMA to host free summer seminar Aug. 6
If your thoughts are already drifting off to cooler days in the deer stand this fall, the South Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association is holding its annual Deer and Wildlife Summer Seminar on Aug. 6.[…]
Fishing
C Mac’s – Near Shore Artificial Reefs
Chris Macaluso talks about the importance of the Near Shore Reef program.[…]
General
Sportsman Cool Breeze Shirts
Beating the intense summer heat is no sweat with the new Cool Breeze performance layer from the SPORTSMAN.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The Cajun Bahamas
Grand Isle, Louisiana is a true sportsman’s paradise where life slows down and awesome fishing memories are made.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to maximize Carolina-rigging
When bass are deep, there’s no better way to coax them into biting than dragging a big chunk of plastic on a Carolina rig past their noses.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Know how to pick the right topwater
Using topwater lures to catch fish is a favorite technique of many fishermen. The lure wobbles across the surface, imitating a thrashing, wounded baitfish, and the strikes come in knee-weakening violence.[…]
Field Notes
Never break your pull rope again
Tim Bye wants his pull rope to last as long as possible, and he’s come up with a way to do that using a piece of flexible rubber tubing.[…]
Fishing
Tippets
On the coast, most of the action for speckled trout will come in the surf or in the larger lakes and bays. Start with poppers — such as Skipping Bugs — at first light. Around midmorning, switch to sinking flies. In the surf, that would be either a Deep Clouser or weighted Seaducer pattern. Let the fly sink for 10 seconds; then strip. Inland, that would be a clouser or weighted shrimp pattern about 30 inches under a VOSI.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend bass anglers tangle with cannibalistic frog
During a bass-fishing trip to Toledo Bend the middle of May, Jason Pittman and his dad Floyd found themselves flinging hollow-bodied frog on top of grass mats in the back of a pocket.[…]
Bass Fishing
Water movement is key to Basin bass
The Atchafalaya River is influenced by the Gulf of Mexico tide, and that affects water movement far into the swamps.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Pulling the trigger on trigger fish
Gray triggerfish are a prized bycatch to red snapper fishing. Their delectable table qualities are evident in their nickname “armored snapper.”[…]