Features from June 2023
Gunny’s Custom Calls, LLC is a Veteran Owned Business that makes custom calls for duck hunters, collectors and competitions.
Aubrey Posey of Covington, who has been catching bream since he was 6 years old, leaves the bobber at home and catches bream on the bottom.
A healthy commercial oyster bed is a thriving ecosystem supporting many trophic levels of organisms, including fish species.
If it casts a shadow and is in decent water, it can hold summer bass. Finding a pattern around the “dark side’ can help you catch more bass.
For many people along the Gulf Coast, offshore fishing begins and ends with red snapper season. The 2023 snapper season opened on May 26.
Thibodaux’s Sage James Vidos likes to spoon feed redfish in the marsh from Dulac to the Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area.
The tradition of catching frogs on summer nights goes back centuries. Our wetlands and waterways provide excellent habitat for the amphibians.
Columns - June 2023
- NOAA Fisheries is requesting comments on a petition for rulemaking to establish a year-round 10-knot vessel speed limit in the Gulf of Mexico.
- This Trout almondine recipe features tender speckled trout fillets that are lightly coated and pan fried to a beautiful golden brown.
- There are two groups of fried fish eaters. There are those that only eat them hot, and those that only eat them any way they can get them.
- The Compact or Full Frame Speed Freak from Freedom Tackle Corp. was designed to run fast and stay in the water to tempt bass.
- Green sunfish are among the most misunderstood and misidentified of all panfish. They are small, but also fun to catch, and good to eat.
- From Galliano down to Grand Isle, there are endless places to launch the kayak in pursuit of a wide variety of saltwater species.
- Marsh Man Masson had a recent revelation regarding the use of an ultralight rod with super light line to catch fish in the marsh.
Outdoor Updates - June 2023
- Alton Jones, Jr. caught 81 pounds, 15 ounces of bass at Bussey Brake to claim the Major League Fishing Heavy Hitters $100,000 first prize.
- The Louisiana Gulf Coast Billfish Classic, part of the Sport Fishing Championship Series, brought big fish to south Louisiana May 3-7.
- Bass fingerlings were released around Lake Verret and the Atchafalaya Basin during the Every Fish Matters project started by Cliff Crochet.
- Paul Saltaformaggio helped all three of his talented children harvest their first gobbler during the same season.
- For the second straight year, the Louisiana turkey harvest was higher than average and in fact, the second best since 2009.
- Kade Hillestad, a member of Louisiana-Monroe’s college bass-fishing team, hooked a 13.22-pound bass on Bussey Brake Reservoir on April 16.
- Sixty percent of Louisiana residents with licenses who responded to a recent survey said they support current red drum (redfish) regulations.
Hot Spots - June 2023
- Hunter Holden of Watson, also known as “anglerdan_staterecords,” sees June as the best month for all-around fishing in Hopedale.
- In June, Vince Theriot usually returns from his guided fishing trips with a mess of speckled trout fresh from the Mermentau River.
- Major League Fishing pro Jake Ormond enjoys fishing for bass at Bartholomew Lake in Sterlington because of the structure it has.
- Anglers have been throwing spinnerbaits in the Sabine River marsh for redfish and bass. That bite should continue throughout June.
- After half-a-dozen years or so with virtually no grass on Toledo Bend, the grassy comeback is evident in so many places.
Field Notes - June 2023
- Geocaching is a fun activity for adults and kids to get some exercise, explore new areas and enjoy the outdoors.
- Pineville High School junior Luke Ward pegged the highest score, a 293, at the 2023 Louisiana Schools State Bullseye Tournament in mid-March.
- In Mississippi, few lakes can compete with Ross Barnett Reservoir for bass numbers or quality. It offers many great fishing opportunities.
- The most problems Louisiana outdoorsmen face with sharks is when anglers get a prized catch on the line and it becomes a shark’s dinner.
