Ann Taylor, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

Tuna still staging at the Lumps

Katie Duplass was fishing the lump 30 miles offshore with friend Jamie Tucker when lo and behold on the first chum drift both rods went off on the same 80-pound yellowfin. […]

The captains with Paradise Outfitters have caught seven yellowfin tuna weighing over 150 pounds fishing Venice, Louisiana.

The Beasts of Venice Show Up

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Trophy tuna are finally showing up on the lumps and the good news is they should remain there for the entire month of March. […]

Rusty Critselous and Hudson Brister from Ruston had a great day fishing out of Cocodrie on Feb. 17.

Fish bite turns on in Cocodrie

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Fishing guide Tommy Pellegrin with Custom Charters has been slamming the speckled trout, black drum, redfish and sheepshead right now in the Terrebonne Bay area. […]

Guide hits the sacalait jackpot in Terrebonne

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Over the last month or so, crappie anglers have been finding the white perch ganging up more and more. Capt. Anthony Kyzar smacked the sacalait on February 5 in the Terrebonne Parish area. He says […]

Sea Fog and Speckled trout move into Fourchon barges 2-3-19

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Strong incoming tides move clean water and speckled trout back to the coast. After a 3-day absence, Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine finds speckled trout have moved back to the Fourchon Barges in large numbers. […]

Three common conditions that cause trout to move. Here’s how to find them

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As water and weather conditions change, the key to a good fishing trip might be just a few feet. Next time the speckled trout bite slows down, try making slight adjustments as trout engineer Jon […]

The calendar may say it's wintertime, but Tommy Vidrine is catching speckled trout in his usual spring and summertime fishing holes on Grand Isle.

Spring break specks?

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The calendar may say it’s the dead of winter, but Tommy Vidrine is catching big speckled trout right now near Grand Isle in some of his favorite spring and summer fishing holes. […]

Fourchon: Speckled Trout still Biting at the Barges

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Tommy Vidrine spanked some hungry specks in the Gulf on January 10! By most accounts, catching speckled trout in the Gulf is pretty unusual for January. But even though Vidrine was fishing in muddy water, […]

Chas Champagne targeted specks on a very calm Lake Pontchartrain Tuesday, and had success fishing under a Matrix Float.

Stellar day for Lake Pontchartrain specks

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Trout were smashing Matrix Shad’s tiger bait lures under popping corks in Lake Pontchartrain earlier this week. […]

Unusual Speck Bite reported at Grand Isle

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Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine slammed some very large speckled trout on the front and back side of Grand Isle and Fourchon barges on December 16. During the last few weeks, he has discovered speckled […]

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Hunting Big Bucks — Mississippi River Whitetails during the Rut

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The rut is hot, and we’re hunting whitetail – big bucks in the Mississippi River Delta… Com’on n go with us.