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A starling is born
Many centuries from now, archeologists will unearth a fishing diary belonging to one Catch Cormier. They’ll study it and find an amazing discovery. Like the Shroud of Turin, it will baffle scientists.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
East Timbalier Island almost gone, presenting navigation dangers, officials warn
Every time the weather warms, South Louisiana residents have to keep their collective eyes on weather radars to be ready for when tropical storms are heading their way.[…]
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Two Trees Trout – How to catch boatloads of Hopedale specks even after a front blows through
Hard late-April cold fronts are about as common as honest politicians.[…]
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Cover: April 2013-Specks
Big stringers of trout await this month across the Louisiana coast, while freshwater options abound for inland anglers.[…]
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Un-train-ed — Fishing guides share their Lake Pontartrain Trestle tactics
Many of the Trestles trout that ended their day in an icy coffin had a bat ray to thank.[…]
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Slot Red Roundup — Tips to win redfish tournaments
Kaplan’s Skip Floyd and his wife Tanya had traveled east by boat all the way from Bridge City, Texas, to the Lambert weir on southern Lake Calcasieu.[…]
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Waist Deep — Wade-fishing tips to catch more Big Lake trout
I could tell wade-fishing turns Guy Stansel on by the way he jumped into the water. While his buddy Mark Jeanes quietly stepped down the transom ladder into Calcasieu Lake, Stansel leapt in with reckless abandon.[…]
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Weather Proof — Why Catfish Lake should be on your trout-fishing list
Lots of folks launch at the Oak Ridge Park boat ramp in Golden Meadow during April. A great percentage of them aspire to fish East Timbalier. […]
Inshore Fishing
Sabine Lake monster trout is pending No. 8 speck in state record books
It has been nine years since an angler has taken a speckled trout that broke into Louisiana’s top 10 list, but on March 23 speckled trout history happened again when what appears to be the eighth largest trout ever taken in the state was landed on Sabine Lake.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bull reds ganged up around Chandeleur Island chain
Spain’s Running of the Bulls has nothing over ours: Every year, usually beginning somewhere between late February to early March and extending into April, huge schools of bull reds show up at the barrier islands and maul everything in the water.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Quality trout to be found working mullet schools on Calcasieu Lake
On Monday, Cap. Kade Shaw was fighting fog and high winds on Calcasieu Lake after launching from Hebert’s Landing.[…]
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Kidyaking
We all know the importance of introducing kids to fishing. Getting them “hooked” early will teach them a wide range of skills and help create memories that will last a lifetime.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Father tells story of son’s first kayak fishing trip
“We were a little concerned that he might not like it and we made that two hour drive for nothing, but that was definitely not the case,” Jayson Poucher said of his son Braydon’s first kayak fishing trip.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout stacking up in Delacroix marshes
Capt. Chris Pike with Cast and Blast Charters has been smashing the trout in Delacroix for the past few days. The key is understanding where to fish on any given day, he said.[…]
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Finding and fishing the Midnight Lump
If you are interested in line-breaking tuna and other large species in the Gulf of Mexico, then you should at least try the Midnight Lump.
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Mediocre No More — How to catch speckled trout and redfish during the transition month of March
If you’re a fisherman, “mediocre” is a good word to describe March. Webster’s says it means “average, ordinary, unexceptional, low in quality, second-rate and inferior.”
Pretty harsh.
To be sure, it’s not horrible, like the months of January and February can be with their frigid cold and exceptionally low water conditions. But it’s certainly not May and June, either, when our weather and fishing action turns on and becomes phenomenal down here in Southeast Louisiana.[…]