Freshwater Fishing
Where and how to nail Toledo Bend crappie
In early May, Johnson spends much of his time beneath Pendleton Bridge over public artificial reefs.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
2016 Toledo Bend summer crappie forecast
Before this spring’s historic flooding on Toledo Bend, longtime guide Jerry Thompson of Living the Dream Guide Service (318-256-8991) was finding some hefty slab crappie.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Toledo Bend public reefs are crappie magnets
Fishing guide Shane Johnson said May and June are the best months to catch numbers of crappie off the artificial reefs under Pendleton Bridge.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Fishing the scenic route
Fifty-one streams, bayous, branches and small rivers in Louisiana have been declared part of the Natural and Scenic Rivers System.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF biologist is small-water enthusiast
Ricky Moses knows what Scott Long is talking about. And he totally agrees.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best fishing hotspots on the state’s only national forest
Public access to small bayou and stream fishing in North Louisiana is almost unlimited when you consider the resources available in the five ranger districts of the Kistachie National Forest, located within an imaginary triangle between Winnfield, Natchitoches and Alexandria.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Jeanerette angler is ‘overboard’ for sac-a-lait
Rhett Buteau admitted a little guiltily that he is obsessive about fishing.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to make your own sinking corks
Rhett Buteau, like many other dedicated sac-a-lait fishermen, has had trouble buying fishing corks made of real cork in recent years.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to fish different crappie cover
Rhett Buteau breaks sac-a-lait cover into four types: grass beds, bushes, laydowns, and wellheads, and explains how to fish each of them.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best sac-a-lait fishing tackle
Rhett Buteau has his sac-a-lait fishing tackle down pat for his needs.[…]
Columns
The Matrix Mini
Chas Champagne wishes it would have been as simple as pointing a futuristic-looking device at one of the most-popular speckled trout soft plastics on the market and reducing the size significantly, like in the 1989 movie “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Henderson Lake is a bream heaven
“Amoco.” That word should conjure up the image of a gas station sign beckoning motorists to come to the pump and gas up.[…]
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Pendleton Perch — How to catch Toledo Bend crappie
It was the day of the full moon of May 2015, and New Iberia’s Shane Johnson was pumped.[…]
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Cover: May 2016-Crappie
Crappie fishing is still on fire at Toledo Bend and the Atchafalaya Basin this month, while speckled trout have invaded the coast.[…]
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Up a creek — State’s scenic rivers offer awesome fishing opportunities
Scott Long has a fishing secret. He and his family discovered it years ago.
Everybody who fished used to know, but apparently Long is one of only a few who retained this knowledge. […]
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Ten feet high and fallin’ — Best Atchafalaya Basin sac-a-lait tips
“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. […]