Spinnerbaits are among the most-effective and most-popular lures that bass fishermen carry in their tackle boxes, especially in the spring. But they are also lures that present fishermen with all kinds of options in terms of sizes, colors and the size, shape and colors of the whirling, jangling blades that give them their fish appeal.[…]
Wind-wise, March comes in like a lion, but leaves like a lamb. If the “lamb” arrives early, this could be a great month for fly-casters who love to chase the poisson rouge![…]
Yeah, Kerry Audibert likes to fish for big speckled trout — prestige fish. But he also loves to eat fish, so he treats his catch like food.[…]
One of the best decisions James Morgan made when he retired and dedicated himself to crappie fishing was to enter tournaments.[…]
Kerry Audibert explains why you should make the long run from Shell Beach to Breton Sound to catch sheepshead, bull reds, and black drum.[…]
Billy Billeaud fishes four styles of jigs: flipping, bladed, swimming and football models.[…]
Like all fishermen, James Morgan has favored equipment upon which he depends to consistently catch enough crappie to feed himself and many of his friends.[…]
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet spends of lot of his stump-field time behind a Rat-L-Trap.[…]
Billy Billeaud fishes 50 to 60 days a year — all for bass, except for bream excursions he and his wife Michele have begun making to Toledo Bend Reservoir, where they have a camp.[…]
Sheepshead are a delight on the table. Kerry Audibert walks through the steps to becoming an expert at filleting sheepshead.[…]
When Lafayette’s Billy Billeaud isn’t fishing a jig, he is usually using a Brush Hog or a Beaver-style bait.[…]
Billy Billeaud doesn’t arm himself lightly for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Having some of the best equipment, especially in electronics, isn’t absolutely necessary to catch crappie. But to be consistent, it sure doesn’t hurt, James Morgan said.[…]
There are 16,000 acres to fish on Lake D’Arbonne. But when crappie stack up in the spring or even when they arrive at popular spawning grounds, it often looks like a boat show on the water. […]
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez likes tempting pre-spawn bass with a Strike King Series 3 crankbait or a ¾-ounce Strike King Scorcher spinnerbait.[…]
Ray Labat got quite a shock when he was reviewing trail cam pics from his deer lease in Washington Parish earlier this year.[…]