Field Notes
May speckled trout techniques: The sliding cork
Capt. Eric Dumas understands that using the right cork at the right time helps him catch more speckled trout.[…]
Year: 2015
General
Body of missing Denham Springs man found in Intracoastal Canal
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recovered the body of a 61-year-old Denham Springs man this morning who fell off a houseboat last Friday night in the Grand River.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Strong southeast winds, dirty water don’t dampen speckled trout bite at the Trestles
Gusty southeast winds blowing steady 15 to 20, water the color of a café au lait, steady rollers and a ripping incoming tide — ideal conditions to hammer speckled trout with plastics at the Trestles, right?[…]
Inshore Fishing
May speckled trout techniques: The popping cork
The one thing that has surprised me over my years of writing about Louisiana saltwater fishing is how complicated something as simple as a popping cork can be.[…]
Crappie/Bream
11 tips for mopping up on post-spawn crappie
Tim Bye knows crappie still feed in the post-spawn —if you know how to target them. Here are his tips to putting together enough fish for dinner.[…]
Cobia
Potential No. 3-ranked cobia landed in West Cameron blocks Friday
Grant Derouen was hoping to make a mangrove snapper haul out of Cameron last Friday morning, but rough conditions put an end to that plan.[…]
Field Notes
How to guard against tick-borne diseases
With summer arriving, and more and more people spending time outdoors, the chances of having an encounter with a tick are at their highest.[…]
General
Rare white-eyed crawfish avoids boiling pot in Marrero
You might get a black eye on your way to catch the red-eye, or maybe even contract pink eye from a brown-eyed girl, but have you ever in all your years seen a white-eyed crawfish?[…]
Field Notes
May speckled trout techniques: The drop-shot rig
Capt. John Falterman sees the drop-shot rig as a power-fishing technique that puts more speckled trout in his boat than anything else.[…]
Coastal Projects
Design work to begin on Terrebonne Parish sediment pipeline project
Design work on a billion-dollar sediment pipeline project in Terrebonne Parish is expected to begin soon.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Duo smash speckled trout surf-fishing on Elmer’s Island
Jared Pennison had the opportunity to target speckled trout Sunday on a boat trip with a group of buddies along the jetties at Grand Isle, but surf fishing had been weighing heavily on his mind.[…]
Events & Announcements
Search and rescue teams still looking for missing Denham Springs man on Upper Grand River
Search and rescue teams are currently looking for a 61-year-old Denham Springs man who apparently slipped off a houseboat Friday evening on the Upper Grand River in Iberville Parish.[…]
Big Bass
Tennessee angler catches 10.36-pound largemouth at Toledo Bend
Duane Thompson of Millington, Tenn., went down to Toledo Bend last month to visit and get in some good fishing time. […]
Field Notes
May speckled trout techniques: The double rig
Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters insists fishing a double rig keeps him consistently catching limits of speckled trout.[…]
Columns
Hambones are a treat
Biologists need to be humbled sometimes.
When I was working at LSU in the 1980s, I spent a lot of time on commercial snapper boats documenting catches of reef fish and looking for new species that could be of interest to seafood consumers.[…]
Contents
Cover: May 2015-Trout
Trout fishing is kicking off all along the coast, but we give you 10 locations you just have to fish.[…]