I had to watch out for the traffic.
Cars and trucks thundered up and down Louisiana Highway 1, the only route into Grand Isle, not only what is arguably the state’s only fishing resort but a thriving base for the oil and gas industry.[…]
Imagine my surprise to find long-time Golden Meadow charter Capt. Chad Dufrene fishing out of Delacroix Island — not just occasionally, but full time.[…]
“She’s ate up with fishing!” the man said. “She starts texting me about noon to go fishing. She’s the honey badger of fishing: She just takes what she wants!”[…]
Collette Weaver and Ron Harris are in-laws and both love to cook. Here are their recipes for Greek shrimp salad and trout meuniére.[…]
Two Delcambre men were arrested earlier this month and booked into the Iberia Parish Jail in separate cases for alleged crabbing violations, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Game One of the 2015 World Series is set for next Tuesday, Oct. 27 — but don’t expect this year’s fabled “World Series Trout Run” on Lake Pontchartrain to perfectly coincide with baseball’s Fall Classic.[…]
A 66-year-old New Orleans man died Tuesday during a fishing trip in Daylight Bay after falling into the water while attempting to tie on to the backside of a barge to get out of the wind, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Everybody has to start somewhere. When it comes to kayak fishing, a quick poll shows participants in the sport come from all skill and experience levels.[…]
While venturing to one of the nearshore wrecks off the North Carolina coast yesterday, Capt. Dennis Barbour of Island Tackle & Hardware thought the day was starting out in pretty normal fashion.[…]
Down on the coast, it’s prime time for speckled trout. A weighted clouser or shrimp pattern suspended 2 to 3 feet under a VOSI (a fly rodder’s popping cork) will work great over reefs, and in cuts, canals and bayous. […]
Completely removing the backbone of an odd-shaped fish like a flounder sounds like an impossible task, but Vern Becnel has mastered it. Try these steps.[…]
Capt. Rykert Toledano Jr. puckishly calls Farley Dennis and Kelly LeBouef “good guys and good friends, but best of all cheap labor.”[…]
Having live bait can make the difference in having a successful trip. Live bait is also expensive.[…]
Every speck and redfish fisherman who stows his rods in vertical holders has snagged a shirt on an exposed treble hook, been bopped on the head by a popping cork flopping in the wind or has spent frustrating moments untangling a snarled rod instead of fishing.[…]
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway consists of two spans of bridge, each 24 miles long. That’s a lot of bridge.[…]
While Away Charters’ Rykert Toledano Jr. loves to fish for speckled trout at night during August and September, the hottest time of the year.[…]