Freshwater Fishing
Best tactics for bedding chinquapin
When chinquapin move in shallow to spawn, the ensuing game of tempting and taunting them to bite can become much like bed fishing for largemouth bass.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Nighttime fishing for chinquapin
Panfish aficionado Glynn “Catch” Cormier reminds anglers not to overlook the species’ after-hours potential.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Scaled-down Matrix Shad a super crappie-fishing bait
Until the big trout start showing up in Lake Pontchartrain, just about all Ty Hibbs — who will fish for anything that is biting — fishes for is sac-a-lait.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Use a rake, small jigs for grass-bound crappie
If sac-a-lait are off points, Fontenot motors over to hyacinth mats and other grass patches and use a homemade, pronged aluminum rake to make holes in the mats about 12 inches in diameter.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The fishing chef
Only in Louisiana is fishing and cooking so closely intertwined. More often than not, anglers take as much pride in their skills in the kitchen as on the water.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Impromptu bow-fishing trip yields potential Toledo Bend record longnose gar
As evidenced this spring, Toledo Bend’s 185,000 acres are home to an untold number of lunker largemouth bass that roam throughout the reservoir.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
This month offers great freshwater fishing and excellent marsh redfish action. Which will you choose?[…]
Columns
A tale of two lakes
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness .…”[…]
Apex Predator
Catch more crappie using dehydrated nibbles
Face it: Crappie can be very finicky feeders when you’re using artificial lures. […]
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Full to the bream — Best tactics for Atchafalaya Basin panfish
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation,” according to Lois Wyse.[…]
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Cracking the code — Expert tips for catching chinquapin
It’s a well-founded piscatorial propensity: Tell someone you’re heading off for a panfish mission and you’ll typically hear some bluegill-related reply.[…]
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Finding the fuzz — A little-known crappie-fishing tactic
It didn’t take long for Ty Hibbs to stop paying attention to me. Our conversation came to an abrupt stop as soon as we left the ramp.[…]
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Stacking up the state fish — Sac-a-lait fishing tips for Chicot Lake
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature designated the “white perch” as the state’s official freshwater fish.[…]
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Butte La Rose bailout — Kayak fishing tips for the Atchafalaya Basin
Here it is — April. Your freezer is empty and you are hankering for fish. Your favorite fishing hole, the fabulous Atchafalaya Basin is overwhelmed with muddy, flood-stage river water.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
50 Shades of Sac A Lait
Well Mr. Murphy has hit the big time since we last did a show with him, but he still found time in his schedule to accommodate us for another one. He’s clearly still the sac a lait master and it was also clear that the crappie were spawning big time. They were getting freaky.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Go old-school for shallow crappie
Melvin Cummings was an expert crappie fishermen 20 years before the words “spider rigging” ever became popular among the crowd that targets slabs — and even though he understands that the concept of multiple-pole trolling is tremendously effective, there’s at least one time of year when he isn’t going to put his single rod down for any reason.[…]