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Close-in at Cocodrie
You don’t see many camps with hot-tubs. Leave it to Doc Fontaine. And it’s not like his camp wasn’t ritzy enough without it.[…]
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Low Pressure Limits
The charter captain yelled encouragement as his six-man crew slowly roused themselves from the hour-long trip out of Wine Island Pass.[…]
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When Bulls Fly
The sultry morning air enveloped the pair of anglers even before the 24-foot bay boat skidded to a stop. Both smiled as they realized that the small but intense rain squall seemed intent on keeping its distance a few miles offshore.[…]
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On Top of the World
Chalk it up to being in the right place at the right time.[…]
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Jugheads
Catfishing is one of Louisiana’s most popular pastimes. For generations, we have pursued Mr. Whiskers with traps, nets, yo-yos, rod and reel, and old-fashioned cane pole. Today, more and more fishermen are trying an old, but relatively unknown, method — jugging.[…]
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Stalking the Thundering Herd
The water explodes when redfish school up to feed on shrimp. Like geysers, the water erupts with intense fury as hundreds of redfish wreck a helpless pod of bait.[…]
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Life is Hard
The briny deep just off the fertile Louisiana coastline is full of big fish, so much so that its anglers, for many years, spurned the use of live bait to catch prized species such as yellowfin tuna, amberjack, cobia and wahoo.[…]
Bass Fishing
Weightless Wonder
The lure plopped lightly into the water next to some flooded brush, slowly falling toward the bottom.[…]
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Recidivist Reds
The guy who coined the phrase, “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes,” never met Raymond Griffin.[…]
Bass Fishing
Have a Cow, Man!
There is a hidden bass-fishing treasure in the Atchafalaya Basin that few know about and even fewer dare to venture.[…]
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Pontchartrain’s Trout Circle
For most people, bridges are a means.For Barry Weinstein, they are an end.[…]
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Knee-Deep In Sand
On one of those impossibly beautiful speckled trout fishing days in South Louisiana, when the wind was low, the sun gentle, the friends good and when all was right with nature and the boat, I felt, around mid-morning, that familiar tug on my line, and knew we were about to improve on perfection.[…]
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Manic May
For anglers, May is the month of paradoxes.[…]
Bass Fishing
Better Late Than Never
On Monday, April 26, a new sound will be added to the quiet symphony of the marsh inside Lacassine Pool at Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
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Amberjack Alley
Pelayo let out a low whistle and pointed ahead.“Ya think…..?”
“WOW!” I gasped. “Antonio outdid himself this time!”[…]
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Stars and Spots at Eugene Island
When the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico, Chris Hebert stopped fishing and just watched the day fade to night. No words were spoken because none could do this sight any justice.[…]