Picture this, if you will: About 50 crappie fishermen of all sizes and shapes are all gathered in the same area of the lake in different boats, wearing different-colored clothes and using different baits, all fishing with jig poles.[…]
There’s no time when Toledo Bend guide Dave Mansue isn’t in love with this Sabine River impoundment.[…]
“The drop is what everybody waits for,” the big dude said. “The fish have been swimming around in trees for months, and the falling water pulls them out into the canals and bayous.”[…]
If any publicity is good publicity the Carolina rig is falling way behind. What used to be a mainstay in many tackle boxes seems to have been relegated to also-ran status.[…]
Don’t give up on Toldeo Bend just because the spawn is over. You just have to know the best tactics.[…]
Don’t give up on Toldeo Bend just because the spawn is over. You just have to know the best tactics.[…]
“In a perfect world, it would be 10 feet on the Butte La Rose gauge with a slow fall, year around,” the rakish young man told me with an infectious grin. […]
Xiphias gladius. Ahh; what a name for a fish!
Xiphius means “sword” in Greek, and gladius means “sword” in Latin.[…]
Monofilament, fluorocarbon and braided line — options are numerous, and while certain fundamentals definitely guide the decisions; there’s plenty of room for creativity and situation-specific uses.[…]
Crappie fishing is still on fire at Toledo Bend and the Atchafalaya Basin this month, while speckled trout have invaded the coast.[…]
Crappie fishing is still on fire at Toledo Bend and the Atchafalaya Basin this month, while speckled trout have invaded the coast.[…]
It was a sight to see in the dim light of dawn. There were untold thousands of birds.[…]
“Good luck with DAT!” Artie laughed as Spencer and Doc unveiled their fishing plans at the “Pre-Memorial Day Paaaw-ty Luncheon” (which itself turned into a pretty nice paaaw-ty).[…]
My plan seemed simple enough: I wanted to fish with some old gear to see if it’d still function and produce the way I remembered.[…]
It was the day of the full moon of May 2015, and New Iberia’s Shane Johnson was pumped.[…]
When runoff makes the water murky, bass don’t give up on eating — so fishermen shouldn’t give up on catching them. […]