Pass a Good Time
After spending a hot summer day searching for speckled trout in the surf, the cool sea breeze felt good as I strolled down the old wooden bridge among a crowd of people after dark.[…]
After spending a hot summer day searching for speckled trout in the surf, the cool sea breeze felt good as I strolled down the old wooden bridge among a crowd of people after dark.[…]
As a bunch, speckled trout fishermen are obsessed with water clarity and color. Everyone seems to look for “trout green” water that is clear enough to see bait an arm’s length down.[…]
What tackle to use on the bridge is a matter of personal choice. Most people use medium-action spinning or baitcasting rigs, but fly rods and long crappie jigging poles are also popular.[…]
Making a clean sweep seems to always make things feel a little fresher.[…]
Because of the sideways bite of a flounder, traditional jigs leave a few fish on the table. However, Betts’ Flounder Fanatic hooks are a good way to increase your catch.[…]
For a new spin on the standby fried trout, try this recipe from Cuddin Eddie’s Pepper Relish Products’ cookbook for pan-fried crispy trout.[…]
Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters exited the mouth of Bayou DuLarge at Pelican Pass. Only this time, rather than pointing his bay boat toward more-familiar destinations like Coon Point and the Mardi Gras rig, he turned sharply toward the west and ran the coastline toward the often-overlooked Oyster Bayou.[…]
Capt. Marty LaCoste loves to chase speckled trout, but he’s also been known to bring in ice chests full of flounder.[…]
According to Capt. Travis Miller, 2012 has been an odd sort of year when it comes to the baits he’s fishing and where he’s fishing them out of Bayou DuLarge.[…]
I watched what seemed to be an unending parade of barges filled with mountains of crushed concrete arrive and dump their contents onto the lake floor to create a five-acre artificial reef, all from the back porch of my home on Lake Pontchartrain’s Northshore.[…]
If you are serious about fishing and enjoying the many recreational opportunities of Lake Pontchartrain, you really need to buy the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s Fishing and Recreation Guide.[…]
While most tackle shops have sliding-cork rigs already package, it’s easy to make your own.[…]
GPS locations of Lake Pontchartrain artificial reefs[…]
Primetime for topwater action in Southeast Louisiana is here. With the coming of the next few full moons, big female trout will be at their spawning peak and will get extremely aggressive with topwater baits.[…]
Is anything sacred any more?
Yes and no.[…]
The atmosphere over the Louisiana coast has stabilized, and the howling winds have become less audible. The water levels are going back to normal.[…]