On Jan. 16, Brock Baudoin of New Iberia took friend Brennan Hebert duck hunting at Wax Lake Outlet just before Cajun country was about to enter into the grips of frigid Arctic temperatures. […]
Berkley Gulp products have certainly earned a spot in my tackle box.[…]
Go into a tackle shop, and you’ll see rows and rows of fishing line in various strengths and diameters. Because of that, figuring out what is right for specific situations can be overwhelming.[…]
False River in Pointe Coupee Parish was once one of the premier fisheries in the state, part of the Quality Lakes system stocked with Florida-strain bass. And then in the late 1990s, things just fell apart — siltation and water clarity suffered, and the fishery became a shade of its former glory.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, working together with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, cited two men on Jan. 27 for alleged night-hunting violations in Washington Parish and Walthall County, Miss.[…]
Two things quickly become obvious about Dana Ranna Venezia. She is a focused, highly organized person, and of all the things that she cooks, she loves crabmeat the most.[…]
Muddy water greeted me and Bassmaster Elite Series angler Cliff Crochet on Friday (Jan. 26) as we turned off the Intracoastal Waterway and headed deep into the Atchafalaya Basin — and water levels were at rock bottom.[…]
Here in Louisiana we have really good inshore fishing.[…]
Winter is an underrated season for catching speckled trout, with many anglers pining for the warmer waters and more-aggressive fish of spring and summer. But I love the season, and I’ve got eight lures that I always use this time of year.[…]
Some days fish will hit anything. An angler could literally pierce a cut rag on a jighead, and lure a strike from a ravenous speckled trout or redfish. Other days, however, it seems like every element is working against anyone who has the audacity to put a boat on the water. On those outings, it’s crucial for anglers to pinpoint a lure the fish just can’t resist.[…]
I don’t recall exactly who said it, but a famous outdoorsman once quipped that he had never actually been lost — but there had been times when he hadn’t known where he was for a few days. […]
No one likes losing fish, especially if it can be easily prevented.
So here are a few things I do between casts to ensure my efforts on the water aren’t wasted.[…]
Prairieville hunter Michael Campo thought his hunting season in Delacroix was wild when he shot a goose the day after Thanksgiving — but things really became weird Jan. 16 when he rolled a gadwall sporting feathers reminiscent of Donald Trump’s signature blond comb-over.[…]
With a couple hours to kill, my son Joel and I took on one of the toughest fisheries in the state — the Tchefuncte River — in search of bass and crappie, called sac-a-lait locally.[…]
Be prepared with a dry-bag filled with clothes in case you or someone else goes overboard during a winter fishing trip. […]
If you want long-term success, you can’t be a “one-trick pony” — someone who can only catch fish one way. […]