Fishing Hotspots
Concentrate on Marsh Island reds over March trout
According to Shane Johnson of New Iberia, speckled trout may be finicky around Marsh Island in March, but redfish aren’t.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Bass Fishing
Check Toledo Bend water level for March fishing
Bass anglers are preparing for a magical time of year on Toledo Bend — the spawn — depending on the pool stage in late February and March.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Popping corks are ticket for Lake Catherine trout
The past three years in March, Capt. Kris Robert of One Last Cast Charters has found very good speckled trout action in Lake Catherine.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Tchefuncte River sac-a-lait spreading out in March
Look for March crappie at mouths of canals, small bayous along Tchefuncte River. Slab-sized sac-a-lait spread out throughout the month.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Golden Meadow trout you can bank on!
Reggie Legendre catches big trout in Golden Meadow off the bank and in his small eight-foot Pelican boat this time of year all along Hwy. 1.[…]
Bass Fishing
Trick worm will fool Toledo Bend bass
Pre-spawn Toledo Bend bass are crazy for a trick worm in late February. Four ‘wild’ colors will do the trick.[…]
Bass Fishing
February is great bass prespawn month on Indian Creek Reservoir
Indian Creek Reservoir bass anglers look for water in the mid-50s for pre-spawn bass feeding frenzy in February.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Lake Five can be Myrtle Grove hotspot in February
Start at Lake Five in Myrtle Grove, Kenner angler says, and figure out where the redfish are, what they want and stick with it.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Pick your days to fish Calcasieu in February
Calcasieu Lake trout bite best in February on pre-front days. There will be some big sow speckled trout landed this month.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Northshore’s great cold-weather crappie bite continues
Ray Miller’s tried-and-true technique of fishing vertically around deep brush piles does the trick on crappie in Northshore waters.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Des Allemands, Boeuf areas hot for sac-a-lait
Canals and other waterways around Bayou Des Allemands and Lake Boeuf are places you’ll find sac-a-lait anglers targeting slabs in January.[…]
Bass Fishing
Time to ‘trap’ Toledo Bend bass
As for Rat-L-Traps, ½-ounce models are the “bread-and-butter” to catch numbers and some quality bass at Toledo Bend.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bayou Lacombe basics for January sac-a-lait
Forrest Green of Lacombe has learned a lot about how colder temperatures affect the crappie bite on Bayou Lacombe.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Great Wall is great winter fishing spot
The Great Wall has helped the waters around MRGO fill back up with speckled trout and redfish, especially in winter.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Wahoo, tuna are Venice’s offshore targets
According to Katie Duplass, January is when the offshore pivots towards migrating pelagic fish such as wahoo and larger yellowfin tuna.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Get ready to target Sabine Lake’s gator specks
How to fish for gator speckled trout around the mouth of the Gator Hole at the southeast corner of Sabine Lake.[…]