Features from May 2021
Gulf fishermen can take advantage of redfish around Biloxi Marsh in May. Here’s how a Gulf captain finds them and puts them in the boat.
Where are north Louisiana’s top bass-fishing spots? Bossier City bass pro Nick LeBrun shares his favorite spots in north Louisiana.
Very few fishing standards are as widely held and undeniably truer than fishing for bream around the full moon in May.
Bream have an affinity for different kinds of structure on any body of water. Recognize them and have plenty of fun with a rod in hand.
Shoreline protection systems have an added benefit to battling coastal losses: they provide great places for gamefish to ambush prey.
Louisiana’s three-week spring squirrel season gives hunters a chance to test their dogs — and put some great game on the table.
Columns - May 2021
- When it comes to hunting deer, having a rifle in the right caliber and an appropriately constructed bullet can make all the difference.
- While good kayak fishing can be had year-round in coastal Louisiana, May could be the best month for comfort and variety.
- The Racket Blade, Stanley’s entry into the bladed jig market, is a rocket with plenty of racket attached to intrigue bass.
- Longnose gar are found almost everywhere. They are one of the most prehistoric fish swimming in North American waters.
- The Lake Pontchartrain Trestles show anglers exactly how speckled trout can use a piece of structure effectively.
Outdoor Updates - May 2021
- Three more 10-pound-plus largemouths were caught at Toledo Bend last weekend and entered into the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program.
- On March 20, Caney Lake Bass Club members Mark Hodge and Brice Jones mined Caney Lake for bass that tipped the scales in excess of 10 pounds.
- The 27th annual CCA Louisiana STAR will begin on Saturday, May 29. The tournament will span the summer, ending on Labor Day, Sept. 6.
- A victim of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, a brown pelican returned to Louisiana last month to Queen Bess Island in Barataria.
- Jeffrey Tall of Jennings landed a 10.81-pound Toledo Bend bass on March 18 and entered it in the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program.
- Herby Dauphinet of Many was fishing the Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Bass Tournament when he caught a 10.79-pound bass.
- David Perales of Oakdale hooked this big 10.14-pound Toledo Bend bass from a tangled buck bush on April 9.
- On March 28, Dustin Chelette from Pineville caught two, double-digit, largemouth bass on back-to-back casts at Caney Lake.
- Chas Champagne, owner of Matrix Shad, caught a 6-pound, 25-inch speckled trout on Tuesday, April 6, in Lake Pontchartrain.
- Elmer Ernst of Orange, Texas, caught a great bass on March 26, 2021 in the Indian Creek area of Toledo Bend Reservoir.
Hot Spots - May 2021
- Bass pro Cliff Crochet points fishermen to moving water in Lake Verret in May. It’s the place to be during the first weeks after post-spawn.
- According to Capt. Keith “Herk” Bergeron, you should have plenty of shrimp for speckled trout bait around Grand Isle in May.
- Capt. Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters catches gobs of redfish on points with fast-moving water this month near Hopedale.
- Break out your frog lures as May arrives at Toledo Bend. Grass is coming back and growing and that’s very, very promising.
- Bass fisherman Eric Ciko only needs to go a couple minutes from the launch to find fast bass action in the Pearl River Delta.
- During spring and early summer, the north and south revetment walls are one of the most-consistent and productive places on Sabine Lake.
Field Notes - May 2021
- We asked our friends at Puglia’s Sporting Goods in Metairie for great great gift ideas for the outdoors-loving mothers in our lives.
- Flounder are an often-overlooked inshore saltwater species, but they’re plenty worth of attention. A tandem-shrimp rig does the trick.
- Hayden Pinho was a three-time national high-school bass-fishing qualifier and now fishes for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
- Larry Matherne, owner of DeeDee’s Taxidermy in Barataria, offers some tips for preserving a fish for mounting.
