It was a little tough getting a minnow out of Wesley Miller’s minnow bucket this past weekend. A layer of ice had formed on the water’s surface the night before because of the subfreezing temperature, but to hear Miller explain it, the white perch bite best in Bayou Dorcheat when it’s cold.[…]
If you look at Louisiana’s state records, you’ll find that anglers catch most of the big shellcrackers (chinquapin) in Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
Most of you know my first love is bass fishing but in this week’s column I thought I would devote space to crappie coverage since I have had so many white perch/crappie questions.[…]
Thirty years. That’s how long Lisa and I have been happily married. And almost as long since our last trip to Colorado.[…]
Weather and water levels, temperature and color will determine where you’ll find sac-a-lait this month.[…]
The only thing more consistent than a cold-water crappie bite is the speed at which news of the bite spreads.[…]
I’d had a miserable day of crappie fishing, and only had caught three crappie all day.[…]
David Pizzolato hunched down on the front deck of his Xpress boat with a 10-foot Salter’s jig pole in his hand. The black Bass Assassin Tiny Shad swung back toward the line holder as he lifted the rod tip toward the air.[…]
Four out-of-state anglers looking for some outdoor entertainment between shifts working with the BP oil-spill effort found more than they bargained for Tuesday night (Oct. 26) when they hauled in 31 catfish weighing just shy of 800 pounds.[…]
To fellow flyfishers in Southeast Louisiana, our loved ones are wondering: Where have you been?[…]
By fishing nothing but shiners all year long, J.T. Thompson with Living The Dream Guide Service has learned what to do to keep them alive.[…]
If you think winter and spring are the only times to catch these tasty fish, you’ve never visited Toledo Bend in the summer.[…]
Deep is a relative term. If all the surrounding water is one or two feet deep, then a 4-foot channel winding through that shallow flat is deep.[…]
Minnow buckets. Trip to the live bait store. Batteries for the aerator. Little tiny scales all over your hands and pants. And when they’re gone, they’re gone. Using live minnows does have its drawbacks.[…]
The old candy bar jingle many anglers likely recall sums it up best – “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.” That same line of thinking can be used to apply for crappie and minnows.[…]
When anglers reach for stink baits or live bait to hit the waters in search of catfish there will always be wasted product remaining. It is an inevitable fact of using these products.[…]