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Lessons from a legend
One of the most-impressive fishing seminars I’ve ever seen took place 10 years ago in Houston inside the George Brown Exhibition Center.[…]
Inshore Fishing
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Trout Masters excerpt: Big trout at Big Lake
Jeff and Mary Poe are veteran Big Lake speckled trout anglers.[…]
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An apple a day — yuk!
In 1988, The Blob invaded Louisiana. The star of the remake of the 1958 film of the same name was a big, slimy, snotty alien thing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Low river stage in New Orleans means redfish in Venice
The Mississippi River is at 4 feet today in New Orleans, which translates to greenish, salty water in Venice — and a ringing dinner bell for redfish moving into the river system.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Marrero man sentenced for commercial fishing violations, LDWF says
A 30-year-old Marrero man who took undercover agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on chartered fishing trips without a charter boat license pleaded guilty last week to numerous commercial fishing violations in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
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Unforsaken Fourchon — How to fish for Fourchon Beach trout
So it’s been a slow season for trout. The usual summer slam we expect every year never quite materialized, and anglers and guides alike have scratched their heads, wondering if this season is an ominous portend of things to come.[…]
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Shell Beach serenade — Biloxi Marsh gives up fall redfish action
Pelayo’s scouting report was as bleak as the LDWF’s aerial report. And both destroyed the giddy forecasts from DU and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife folks.[…]
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The Fly Guy —Fly-fishing advice on how to catch Marsh Island reds
Keith Richard never had a chance at figuring out what was going on when he walked into Stillwater Outfitters fishing guide Steve Smith’s Cypremort Point camp.[…]
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Trout Masters excerpt: Finding prime speckled trout spots near Seabrook
Fishing out of Seabrook, the mouth of the Inner Harbor Canal to Lake Ponchartrain, Allen “Chink” Sumas Jr. once caught nine speckled trout that weighed-in at 9 to 9 ½ pounds – in a single day.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite red hot out of Dularge, guide says
The redfish bite remains red hot in Dularge, while speckled trout are tough to find unless you have access to live bait.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Mr. Official’ lands big Grand Isle specks
Grand Isle trout fisherman Terry St. Cyr is competitive on and off the water, but his passion is catching speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Video: Bird’s-eye view of Ride the Bull V
You’ve seen the photos of Caminada Pass packed with more than 700 kayaks during last weekend’s Ride the Bull V, but you can now get a different perspective in a video shot using a drone. And it’s amazing.[…]
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Getting juggy with it
Kayak fishing with a rod and reel is certainly popular, but there are other ways to catch fish that work well in a ’yak.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Vidrine’s speck calendar
Tommy Vidrine’s speckled trout fishing calendar is broken into three segments, and how and where he fishes is different for each period.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Philosophy of a predator
“I try to think like a fish,” said Tommy Vidrine, dark eyes burning fiercely. “A predator like a trout is different than a redfish. They will be a predator and a scavenger. Speckled trout are always predators.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle’s new kayak launch completed
Workers were dumping limestone Thursday afternoon and putting the finishing touches on Grand Isle’s new kayak launch, which officials hoped would be up and running by this weekend.[…]