Inshore Fishing
Tippets
April is one of the best fly fishing months of the year, offering great freshwater and excellent marsh action.[…]
Month: April 2017
Inshore Fishing
The art of anchoring in Lake Pontchartrain
Anchoring on shell pads involves a lot of strategy, according to Forrest Green.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lacombe is about more than speckled trout
Shannon Griffin is quick to admit that some very good speckled trout fishing can be found in Bayou Lacombe and Lake Pontchartrain near the bayou, but she will be the first to tell you Lake Road leads to a lot more outdoors opportunities.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Forrest Green is a fishing fool
Forrest Green figures he gets 300 days of fishing in a year.
That’s a lot of fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dress up Senkos for grass game
Senkos and other soft-plastic stick baits comprise one of the most versatile lure categories and certainly one to keep handy during April.[…]
Sidebars
How to clean tuna
Yellowfin tuna are delectable table fare, but only if properly cleaned and handled.[…]
Sidebars
Venice is tuna heaven
Venice offers more access to good tuna grounds than any other port, according to Wall.[…]
Offshore Fishing
What is the new Port Eads?
For one thing, the modern and comfortable facility set in the middle of the world’s most fertile fishing grounds is not simply Port Eads. It’s now called the Port Eads Marina.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Yes, courtesy!
It can get very crowded at some of the rigs that tuna like to haunt. On the day that Wall and Ballavares put Pelas and Bruce on their fish, eight boats were working the same fish at the same rig.[…]
Sidebars
Best live-bait tuna rigs
Will Wall builds his tuna live-bait rigs around bent-butt rods constructed on 60-80 blanks by JPR Custom Rods of Morton, Penn.[…]
Sidebars
The best tuna chumming tool
Tuna fishing off the Louisiana coast can demand lots of chumming, especially on low-current days when the fish can only be called picky.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top 5 crappie fishing tips for West Pearl River
Since he spends a lot of time chasing white perch on the West Pearl River, Brian Baldwin has compiled a laundry list of tips that helps him put together a nice box of fish just about every time he goes.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Coastal areas heat up for Dularge trout
One of the major keys to being a successful angler is being mobile and following the fish around with the changing season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top big-bass gear
Sontus Mitchell has a big 20-foot Triton fiberglass bass rig with plenty of storage compartments. Good thing: He’s armed like a big-bass SWAT team member, with bags of fishing tricks stowed here and there in every corner of the rig.[…]
Columns
Storm’s 360GT Searchbait
1999 Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite hopped in Bassmater Elite Series pro Jacob Wheeler’s boat on the final day before a tow vehicle took it from Cherokee Lake to the weigh-in Feb. 12.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Something to go with Hushpuppies
Sac a Lait or Crappie are the finest fish to fry in the bayou and we went out to catch them so our hushpuppies wouldn’t be lonely.[…]