Kayaking ‘noobs’ – Beginners to the sport have a lot to learn
Everybody has to start somewhere. When it comes to kayak fishing, a quick poll shows participants in the sport come from all skill and experience levels.[…]
Everybody has to start somewhere. When it comes to kayak fishing, a quick poll shows participants in the sport come from all skill and experience levels.[…]
The Louisiana state-record tarpon has stood at 230 pounds since 1993 — until yesterday when a 246.6-pound silver king was landed out of what one angler on the boat said was “the largest mass of tarpon I’ve ever seen.”[…]
While venturing to one of the nearshore wrecks off the North Carolina coast yesterday, Capt. Dennis Barbour of Island Tackle & Hardware thought the day was starting out in pretty normal fashion.[…]
A veritable duck-hunting gold mine is stretched out along Louisiana’s coast in the form of LDWF-managed wildlife management areas and refuges.[…]
Capt. Rykert Toledano Jr. puckishly calls Farley Dennis and Kelly LeBouef “good guys and good friends, but best of all cheap labor.”[…]
Capt. Lane Zimmer has battled mangrove snapper enough to have seen all the highs and lows that come with going after these smart fish inhabiting oil rigs close to Louisiana’s coastline.[…]
Having live bait can make the difference in having a successful trip. Live bait is also expensive.[…]
Early migrating teal typically include a lot of juvenile birds in the fall flight and are just coming off their summer molt.[…]
LaRocca’s Camp isn’t the only tried-and-true Barataria Bay trout mecca.[…]
The absolute best way to learn how to use planer boards for chasing cranky crappie is to do what Steve White did — find somebody to show you.[…]
When fishing for mangroves, Capt. Lane Zimmer always keeps a few rods at the ready in case he spots a curious lemonfish cruising the surface.[…]
If you enjoy diversity in your saltwater fishing, then September is tough to beat. Before the first major cool fronts invade the coast, there’s a wide variety of pelagics that will be swimming within a short boat ride — or even paddle. […]
Ballyhoo are considered to be one of the premier trolling baits for wahoo, dolphin, tuna, marlin, sailfish, and king mackerel.[…]
Blue Collar Decoys are custom-made decoys designed to durable, lifelike and second to none when it comes to colors.[…]
While Away Charters’ Rykert Toledano Jr. loves to fish for speckled trout at night during August and September, the hottest time of the year.[…]
Every speck and redfish fisherman who stows his rods in vertical holders has snagged a shirt on an exposed treble hook, been bopped on the head by a popping cork flopping in the wind or has spent frustrating moments untangling a snarled rod instead of fishing.[…]