Field Notes
Guide changes hooks to catch more speckled trout
Why Capt. Jakamo Laboureur, a longtime user of a No. 1 kahle hook, switched to the No. 2 live bait hook to catch speckled trout out of Shell Beach.[…]
Inshore Fishing
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Stupid fishing
“Ya wanna go fishing, Stupid?” the voice rang from up the aisle at the Louisiana Sportsman’s Show in Gonzales.[…]
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Last stop — How to fish east of Cocodrie in a small boat
Let’s start with a confession: I have an issue with hard-headedness. It spans well beyond fishing, but for this purpose we’ll focus on fishing — specifically the lifelong pursuit of all things speckled trout.[…]
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Bastian Bay Blast — Best bets for Port Sulphur and Empire trout, reds and drum
Scarlett O’Hara often got this look. But poor Ashley Wilkes never noticed. Glenn Close got it in Fatal Sttraction, and Michael Douglas caught it in the nick of time.[…]
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Get Out — Keys for catching Delacroix trout this summer
I can’t tell you how many times I walk through my house during summer to find my kids plopped on the couch Instagramming, Snapchatting, Facebooking or watching plain, old-fashioned television.[…]
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Running in circles — Where to limit out on Galliano, Golden Meadow trout and reds
Captains Mike Guidry and T-Man Cheramie don’t let stiff winds keep them home. They know great fishing can be had out of Pointe-aux-Chenes.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF kicks off ‘License to Win Sweepstakes’ on June 1
Starting Monday, your saltwater fishing license might be more valuable to you than just helping you to avoid a ticket.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Texas angler lands 8.43-pound speckled trout to grab STAR west division lead
Big Lake guide and angler Jared Adams had been on a run of huge speckled trout for about two weeks before last Saturday’s opening day of the 2015 CCA Louisiana STAR tournament.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout bite on fire out of Dularge
The speckled trout action out of Dularge right now is the best May bite Capt. Bill Lake has seen in at least 10 years.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three men convicted of oyster violations in Terrebonne Parish, LDWF says
Judge Randy Bethancourt found three Houma men guilty of oyster violations on Monday in connection with an incident on the Sister Lake Public Oyster Seed Reservation late last year, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How do you estimate the weight of a redfish?
The story of the catch and release May 15 of what would almost certainly have been a Louisiana state-record redfish evoked a predictable response on social media — cries that the fish in the photo just couldn’t be big enough to make the record books, much less shatter the current 61-pound state record.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Potential No. 1 redfish caught, released in Venice
A giant redfish that would have almost certainly broken the current state record was caught — and then released — last Friday afternoon in Venice along the shoreline outside of South Pass.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Slamming speckled trout with live croakers
I’ve had the opportunity to catch speckled trout any number of ways: under a popping cork, on plastic paddle-tail lures and artificial shrimp, throwing topwaters and jerkbaits and on Carolina and drop-shot rigs outfitted with live shrimp — but never, ever by free-lining live croakers.[…]
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Louisiana’s Top 10 May trout hotspots
Speckled trout should be practically begging to get into your ice chests this month — if you know where to focus your efforts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Rigging up for paddle-board fishing
Rigging to fish from a paddle board involves some special gear — some conventional kayaking gear and some things that any fisherman would have.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Breaking bulls
Justin Head has his own method of cleaning big redfish that doesn’t require hacking through rib cages and leaves virtually no meat behind on the frame.[…]