For the last couple weeks, Lafitte-area speckled trout were standing on the edge of the diving board, their toes curled, unsure of whether they wanted to commit yet to the inside pool.[…]
There was no moon, tons of mosquitoes and showers in the area when we launched our kayaks about 11 p.m. last Saturday into Kelso Bayou near Hackberry.[…]
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Is there anything worse than having to spool a reel while on the boat? I mean, after you spend the time to snatch the old line off the reel, you then have the pleasure of fighting a plastic spool of new line rolling around the boat — and it’s a pain to ensure you’re putting the line on the reel tightly.[…]
A very green Mississippi river has sucked the redfish in along the shoreline, according to longtime Venice guide Capt. Boola Landry of Reel Tite Fishing Guide Service.[…]
In the inshore kayak community, the Hobie Pro Angler 14 is a beast in the marsh, perfect for pursuing specks, reds, bass and more — and stable as a rock if standing up and sight-fishing is your thing.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 61-year-old Winnsboro man on Sept. 9 after authorities allegedly found a dead spotted fawn in his Franklin Parish restaurant cooler.[…]
A 64-year-old Alexandria man was cited for taking deer in a closed season during illegal hours with an illegal weapon, and possessing an illegally taken animal, in connection with an investigation near Alexandria.[…]
At the International Fly Tackle Dealer show in July, it was yet another record-setting year for premium fly rods.[…]
The older age classes, 7 ½ on up, represent the end of the trail for a deer population. The average lifespan for a white-tailed deer is around 5 years; in captivity deer may live up to 14 years. Much depends on the degree of hunting that takes place on the landscape.[…]
Deer hunters are often guilty of discarding items that are useful, and could be used to create reminders of a special hunt. […]
Tropical Storm Gordon certainly won’t be remembered for generations as a monumental deliverer of destruction, but that doesn’t mean the storm didn’t leave its mark.[…]
Teal hunters with the ability to move around a bit would do well to put in some scouting time for best odds on opening day.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries confirmed in a written statement on Monday that they, in fact, would not be enforcing an ordinance passed last spring in Plaquemines Parish that will require hunters on parish-owned land outside the levees to sign a hold harmless agreement — and pay an annual fee that will cost $50 for parish residents and $250 for non-residents.[…]
Belle Chasse angler Chad Battles isn’t a fishing guide, but he’s on the water chasing redfish at least as much as any professional fisherman. As such, he can really recognize trends, and one of them he’s seeing now is increasing redfish action out of Delacroix.[…]
I refer to the Lafitte Edge area as the location in the Southeast Louisiana marsh in St. Charles, Lafourche and Jefferson parishes between the Bayou Segnette launch in Westwego, Lakes Cataouatche and Salvador, areas in the Lake Salvador Wildlife Management Area, southwestward to Bayous Gauche and des Allemands, Lac des Allemands and Bayou Boeuf and eastward toward The Pen and Bayou Du Pont, then continuing south to the northern part of Barataria Bay.[…]