Crappie/Bream
How to create effective crappie brush piles
When crappie finish their spawning rituals, they head to deeper water and look for two things: Food and cover.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Apex Predator
Apex Predator: Catfishing with double-baited hooks
One of the most important things when catching catfish is bait selection. After many experiments, I found a double-bait trick that has worked for catching more fish: I use a chunk of fresh cut bait — with the addition of a small pogy on the hook’s tip.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie making converts on Black Bayou Lake
A few years back, the only time Randy Smith ever caught a crappie was by accident.
Now, he dedicates most of his time on the water chasing them.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Late spawn means bream action heating up on Henderson Lake
Bream probably will spawn later than usual this year at Henderson Lake, which means June should be a good month to deposit plenty of tasty panfish in the ice chest.[…]
Catfish
Drown worms for D’Arbonne cats
The summer months bring many things, but nothing better than the opportunity to go drown some worms and catch a good mess of Lake D’Arbonne catfish.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Try crawfish for Lake D’Arbonne bream
Bluegill and chinquapin bream are just getting going on Lake D’Arbonne. Use crawfish to stand out in the crowd to make the most of it.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
St. Martinville man dies in boating incident near Lake Fausse Point
A 56-year-old St. Martinville man’s body was recovered Wednesday from a borrow pit near Lake Fausse Point about 10 miles north of Charenton in Iberia Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Best bets for Toledo Bend crappie
Toledo Bend’s brush piles normally are filled with hungry crappie this time of year, but something has changed that pattern this spring, one of the reservoir’s veteran guides said.[…]
Catfish
Gearing up
Although they caught catfish in about equal numbers, the two men had different philosophies when it came to choice of rods and reels. […]
Catfish
What’s for dinner, Mr. Whiskers?
The preferred bait for all of Rudy and Larry Roussel’s catfishing were Canadian nightcrawlers, often called “cold worms” in bait shop lingo. […]
Catfish
When to go and why
“I only fish for catfish in Lake Des Allemands at the end of March, all of April and the beginning of May,” said Rudy Roussel firmly.[…]
Catfish
Know your limits
Louisiana’s limit for catfish is very liberal, 100 per person for channel, blue, and flathead catfish combined, and no limits for bullheads, locally called “pollywogs” or “mud cats.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
April offers some of the best fishing of the year for both fresh and marsh species. Tough decisions ahead.[…]
Catfish
One fishes, the other cooks – both like catfish
Rudy and Larry Roussel live in St. James Parish, along the Great River Road that follows the east bank of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Water-access bill scheduled for House debate on April 17
A bill that would guarantee public access to Louisiana’s tidal waterways is scheduled to be debated on the floor of the state’s House of Representatives next Tuesday, April 17 at 2 p.m.[…]
Columns
Trout fishing 101
One common question I get from newbies is, “Where and how do I fly fish for rainbow trout?”[…]