Freshwater Fishing
Bream recipe
There’s a long list of how to prepare fish to eat. But one of the oldest and most popular is whole-fried bream. Many people grew up eating them this way.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
10 tips for finding and catching more bream
Bream are by the far the most plentiful fish and easiest to catch. You don’t even need a boat in many lakes and ponds. Almost every area body of water has bream in it and we have all kinds — bluegills. chinquapins, sunfish, goggle-eyes and all kinds of hybirds.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Dispute over public fishing hole leads to ticket, arrest on Toledo Bend
A dispute over a public fishing hole escalated Monday on Toledo Bend, leaving one angler with a ticket and another angler who allegedly pulled a firearm booked into the Sabine Parish Correctional Center, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Apex Predator: Catching 6-foot garfish in an 8-foot ‘yak
I’ve always found wrangling big fish exciting, but doing it from a tiny 8-foot kayak took the thrill to a whole new level. Last month, I spent an evening targeting big alligator gar with noodle lines — and what I ended up hooking pulled me a lot more than I pulled it.[…]
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Top 7 tips for brush-top crappie
Terry Blankenship’s passion is finding and catching crappie year round. And the fish don’t stand a chance when the summer heat pushes fish out to deep, flooded brush and standing timber.[…]
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City Bream
Um! Um! Um!
Two big ole growed up men jabbering like three-year olds over such little fish![…]
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Bed time for bream!
Randy Tucker lives less than 50 feet from a 16,000 acre lake busting at the seams with 2-pound crappie and lots of 6- to 8-pound bass. So what does he do when he gets ready to go fishing?[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The chinquapin run
The unmistakable tug of a heavy chinquapuin, followed by its distinctive long run right after it’s hooked, and its circular fight in a bid for freedom is what so many fishermen love about targeting that species of panfish.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Sac-a-lait bite surges at Toledo Bend
Capt. Bill Lake is smitten.
The veteran guide from Houma is well-known statewide for his success in catching thousands of speckled trout each year out of Dularge.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
To get out of a small-bream rut, go deep, go big
May is a great month for catching big bluegills, but the bite will last for the next several months. While some anglers have a knack for filling a cooler with really big bream, others can’t keep the small ones off the hook. If you seem stuck on small fish, don’t pull up anchor just yet. These tips can turn your trip around.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Want to catch fish this month at Lake D’Arbonne?
Albert Chandler has it all figured out this month. Fishing to relax. Fishing for fun. And fishing for supper. All rolled up in one.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Safety comes first in the backwater
There are no marked boat runs in Finch Lake.
There are many underwater hazards. Everywhere. Be careful.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Finch Lake fishing: What you need
When you go to Finch Lake, you better take everything you are going to need with you. Other than a helping hand from other fishermen if you need it, there isn’t much available within miles of this lake. And more than likely, if you go here, it is going to be a day trip, not just a few hours.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Mr. Crappie’s top 10 crappie-fishing tips
Seeing a school of crappie on your side-imaging electronics is one thing: Getting those fish into the boat is quite another.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How ‘Mr. Crappie’ finds unpressured perch holes
Wally “Mr. Crappie” Marshall is known for catching perch all over the country, and his starting point has nothing to do with the baits, rods or reels he designs.[…]
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Toledo Bend summertime Slab City
May signals the beginning of the Toledo Bend slab-a-thon celebration.[…]