Crappie/Bream
8 tips for great bream fishing
Try out veteran angler Freddie McMullen’s tips for great bream fishing to up your success and fill that cooler with slab-sized sunfish. […]
Articles by Jerald Horst
Columns
Pastalaya, Fish Tacos are hits
New Iberia’s Lynn Breaux shares his recipes for Savory Cajun Pastalaya and Lynn’s Fish Tacos. They have a good flavor profile and can be whipped up quickly. […]
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How to fish Barataria Bay
Trout Master Capt. Carol “Zutie” Auenson catches plenty of big speckled trout all summer long. Here’s how he does it at Grand Isle. […]
Columns
Cajun hospitality means good food
Recipes for Crawfish Étouffée and Turtle Sauce Piquant from Barry Toups, who was appointed in 2018 to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. […]
Columns
Lafayette cajun seasoning maker cooks boldly
Recipes for Deep Fried Deviled Shrimp Eggs and Ay Yi Yie Crawfish Pie from Mikey Legendre, creator of Ay Yi Yie Cajun Seasoning. […]
Columns
Is red snapper data flawed?
Without a doubt, the most contentious fisheries management issue in Louisiana today is about how red snappers are being managed. […]
Bass Fishing
Veteran guide tells where to fish for big bass on Caddo Lake
Follow this expert’s advice and you might end up with a beast of a bass from Caddo Lake. […]
Recipes
Camp chef cooks Creole seafood classics
This Barbecue shrimp and sweet potato grits recipe offers the contrasting tastes of spicy and sweet, while David Rouse’s corn and crab bisque makes a hearty meal on a cold winter’s night. […]
Creature Feature
Crawfish: It’s what’s for dinner
The sheer numbers of crawfish in the Atchafalaya Basin is amazing, if only for the reason that Louisiana has the lowest number (39) of species of crawfish of all the southeastern states in the U.S. […]
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‘Towing the line’ in the kitchen
Colleen and Christian Orfanello do have day jobs. They own Sea Tow New Orleans, essentially a wrecker service on the water. “When you run out of gas in your boat, break down and need a tow or run aground, you call us,” explained Christian. “It’s free for members.” […]
Creature Feature
Creature Feature: Shark biology 1001
Finding most sharks difficult to identify, with the risk of keeping a protected species and getting a ticket, most sportsmen simply release them. […]
Bass Fishing
Goin’ deep at the Bend
Largemouth bass fishing in Louisiana, especially South Louisiana, is a shallow-water affair. Most fish are caught in waters 6 feet deep or less. […]
Featured
Seafood recipes from a master in the kitchen
Here are recipes for Seafood Stew and Broiled Fish. […]
Creature Feature
This pompano relative calls Louisiana waters home
Permit, the glamor fish of tropical flats fishing, are more common in Louisiana than most people realize. […]
Recipes
Cooking with ‘cajun spice’
Buddy Callahan looks like anything but a Cajun with curly blond hair, fair complexion, a stocky build and a grizzled Van Dyke beard. […]
Inshore Fishing
Disadvantages of live bait
It is easy to check off the major advantage of using live bait. It can produce bigger fish catches because it is easier to fool fish with the real thing. Of course, the bait has to be put where the fish are: The best bait in the world can’t catch fish where they aren’t.