CCA STAR Time Again
The CCA Star Tournament is the largest fishing tournament in the country. It’s our annual trip to promote the CCA STAR and hang out with our buddy Rad Trascher.[…]
The CCA Star Tournament is the largest fishing tournament in the country. It’s our annual trip to promote the CCA STAR and hang out with our buddy Rad Trascher.[…]
The scenario plays out every spring. Anglers experience a dearth of freckled fish in March and April, and all hopes turn to May, in anxious anticipation. And always the questions are the same:[…]
Thousands of shrimp moving out of the passes each May mean the speckled trout are soon to follow, and reports coming from Four Bayou Pass to Fourchon this week confirmed that trout are indeed moving into the Gulf.[…]
Paul Keith isn’t sure whether an earthquake back in the early 1800s or a logjam on the Red River backed up water into the lowlands of north Caddo Parish to form Caddo Lake.[…]
Capt. Nick Poe said the water in Big Lake had finally just gotten really pretty earlier this week — right before Wednesday’s deluge arrived.[…]
Throughout the year, finding bait is essential to catching fish, but Lafitte guide Capt. Lane Zimmer feels it’s especially important to locate shrimp in May when targeting speckled trout.[…]
Let’s face it; there’s nothing glamorous about croakers.
Some of the other members of its family have a lot more pizzazz — a redfish is more powerful than a locomotive; a speckled trout is faster than a speeding bullet. […]
“It’s wide open right now and trout action is exploding everywhere,” Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, said.[…]
Buddy Fuentes was a Baton Rouge police officer for more than 30 years, but he never saw anything quite like the accident he witnessed on Lake Mechant late last month.[…]
Once again, if you blink you might miss it.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday released a ridiculously short three-day recreational red snapper season in federal waters next month: June 1 through the third, which includes exactly one Friday and Saturday of fishing.[…]
Capt. Mike Gallo chuckled when asked to name some potential hotspots for Lake Pontchartrain speckled trout anglers during the month of May.[…]
A stabilizer’s purpose is to help an archer hold steadier on target before releasing the arrow, and to reduce rotation (torque) during the shot cycle. […]
Capt. Lane Zimmer’s text message was crystal clear.
“… left them biting yesterday,” the message read.
I wasn’t sure what happened between yesterday and this morning, but Lane’s spot that was so productive just 24 hours before only gave up two trout.
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According to Larry Frey, taking a page from your wintertime playbook can pay big dividends for speckled trout fishermen in May.[…]
If you can fish it, they will come.
No matter how long or rough the road, how far back off the beaten path or how tough the waters may be to navigate, the determination of fishermen is a perfect example of the old American phrase, “come Hell or high water.”[…]
When the fish are feeling the pressure, a long cast is critical to getting bit. If trout and reds feel like you’re on top of them, they simply won’t bite, so back off a little and make a longer cast. […]