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Get While the Getting’s Good
You think red snapper fishing requires heavy fishing tackle, a ton of lead weight and messy, stinky natural baits to be successful?[…]
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Turn Back Time
Capt. Allen Welch reached toward the top of his console to retrieve a tattered sparkle beetle. It felt familiar as he threaded it onto his hook, but it had been years since he last fished one.[…]
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Cover: June 2009
The month of June offers calm winds, moderate temperatures and lots and lots of bites from bass and speckled trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2009-Bass
The month of June offers calm winds, moderate temperatures and lots and lots of bites from bass and speckled trout.[…]
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Go East, Young Man
Going east is 180 degrees from what Horace Greely had in mind back in 1865 when he quoted John B. Soule in his New York Tribune editorial.[…]
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Lower Pearl River provides great Louisiana fishing
Howling winds forced us to cancel the Buras trip at 5 a.m. with a quick phone call. By 9 a.m., I was climbing the walls and also noticed that the grass needed mowing.[…]
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Keep It Simple, Stupid
First-timers fishing Venice without the services of a guide often feel a sense of impending doom when they reach Head of Passes.[…]
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Casting at the Capitol
By now the excitement of the latest video games has begun to leave the kids bored, with limited options to occupy their time before schools kicks off again. After all, the hot summer temperatures are in full force, forcing most to curtail their outdoor activities to the early and late portions of the day.[…]
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Thermos Trout
The summer trout bite happens quickly in Barataria Bay. Spend too much time at the coffee pot, and your chances of putting up big numbers goes down with every stir of your spoon.[…]
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Dead in the Water?
Current red snapper regulations seem ridiculous to anglers who have spent any time probing the hundreds of oil rigs off Louisiana’s coastline.[…]
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Middle of Nowhere
I have dipped a lure in the waters of virtually every lake in North Louisiana. As an outdoor writer, I feel it necessary that I familiarize myself with the waters where my readers hang out.[…]
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Of Frogs and Men
“Kaw, that’s a big one!” said 59-year-old Danny “Eagle” Edgar.
“That’s a man,” agreed 56-year-old Clay Switzer.[…]
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Fish on the Fringes
For speckled trout and redfish anglers, May is Christmas and New Year’s Day rolled into one.[…]
Bass Fishing
Diversionary Tactics
I climbed into Capt. Frank Lawson’s Champion bay boat fully expecting to catch redfish. The fact that he was tying on three bass lures only made me think that he would be showing me how to use bass tactics to catch redfish.[…]
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Bottom’s Up
Our party of 12 required two large restaurant tables to accommodate. As the waiter led us through the crowded restaurant to our tables, Eddie — as luck would have it — was the first in line, walking right behind “Sebastian, our waiter for the evening,” who had already introduced himself in a highly officious and animated manner.[…]
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Change of Pace
When Capt. Eric Dumas sped past the three bridges that span the eastern section of Lake Pontchartrain, I thought we might be going to fish the L&N train bridge farther to the east in the Rigolets. As he sped under it, I knew something was up.[…]