Inshore Fishing
Spoiled with specks
January is a time to shine for the Calcasieu Lake are, and no one knows that better than Jeff Poe, who along with wife Mary and son Nick own Big Lake Guide Service.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
A triple threat for trout
One Houma angler has the speckled trout right where he wants them on cold January days.
And, I might add, they’re there even on the balmier days of the first month of the year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge speckled trout go deep
As December rolls around and water temperatures gradually cool, speckled trout move into deeper waters around Dularge — and that’s where Capt. Tommy Pellegrin heads.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Biloxi Marsh bash
Capt. Casey Kieff (504-512-7171) said trout action has been great during October and November in the Biloxi Marsh, and it should continue this month as long as the mild weather lasts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Credentials of a guide and a chef
What gives Lloyd Landry IV and Tenney Flynn the authority to discuss the qualities of Sciaenops ocellatus, the red drum — what we call “redfish?” […]
Redfish
How to really clean a bull red
Tenny Flynn is not only proficient at producing beautiful cutlets from fillets, but he cleans out the throat and cheeks of each bull red.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three arrested for alleged oyster theft
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office arrested three men on Sunday for allegedly stealing oysters and attempting to sell them through social media, according to a news release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focus on Black Lake flocks
A good pair of binoculars in your tackle box is probably just as important as the jighead you’re throwing and the color lure you’ve selected when targeting speckled trout and redfish this month on Black Lake.[…]
Inshore Fishing
It’s a wonderful time for wading
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
That’s what some speckled trout anglers do in December on the northern reaches of Calcasieu Lake — especially those who want wallhanger fish weighing up to 10 pounds.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Port Fourchon set to host kayak world championship
More than 40 kayak anglers from almost 20 countries will descend upon Lafourche Parish this week to compete in the 2016 Hobie Fishing World Championship from Moran’s Marina in Port Fourchon.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Castle crowds
Capt. Mike Gallo (504-259-3474) idled his bay boat through the crowd anchored around the big rock pile near Violet formerly known as “The Castle.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF to axe TAG Louisiana program
In the wake of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ move to axe the popular TAG Louisiana program, the executive director of Coastal Conservation Association – Louisiana sent out a strong email Wednesday critical of the decision, hinting the move was a political one to punish CCA.[…]
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From hot to cold — How to fish Chalmette after the Hot Water Canal went cold
For Chalmette-area wintertime anglers, the Hot Water Canal was about as close as you could get to a sure thing.[…]
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Get to the Pointe — Guide’s tips for Pointe a la Hache trout and reds
So another December arrives — a month of endings, to be sure, but also of beginnings.[…]
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Bulling it out — How to catch and clean big reds
When the guide slid the landing net under the fish, the chef’s face lit up like a Hollywood marquee.
Was it a tender-fleshed and delectable speckled trout? No.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hard-plastic Hopedale trout
There’s no doubt that a popping cork with a soft-plastic underneath is a deadly way to catch a boatload of speckled trout — particularly in the fall when fish are gorging on white shrimp.[…]