Inshore Fishing
Kajun Kayaks
Just 65 pounds and stackable, Kajun Kayak’s 12-foot long, 34-inch-wide model is light enough for one person to handle and load into the bed of a pickup truck.[…]
Inshore Fishing
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Don’t knock whitey
White trout certainly don’t fight as hard a speckled trout, but anglers tossing the fish overboard are throwing away some good eatin’.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to guard against hypothermia while kayak fishing
Hypothermia is as much a danger during the winter in Louisiana as it is in northern climates. But, using common sense can make all the difference.[…]
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In the Zone — Keep catching specks this month in Cocodrie
So I asked him, “What’s the best speckled trout spot on the central coast in December?”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Catching Cocodrie trout all about timing
Speckled trout show a fairly dependable annual cycle. Most (remember that I said most) spend winters in low-salinity, interior waters — lakes, bayous and canals.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Picking conditions for December trout fishing
Bryce Michel has so much confidence in the Lake Mechant/Lake de Cade area in November and December that he thinks the biggest mistake a fisherman can make is staying at home instead of going fishing.[…]
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City Limits — Lake Charles, Lake Prien full of winter speckled trout
Capt. Nick Poe just knew back in June he would be having one of the most hellacious fall and winter fishing seasons he had ever experienced on the Calcasieu estuary.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Slow your bait down to catch sluggish specks
There is no question speckled trout have to eat during the winter, but that doesn’t mean they eat the same way they do during the summer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Get light baits deep quickly with fluorocarbon line
As much as some folks have settled on braided line for much of their saltwater fishing, Nick Poe said a guy fishing deep in Lake Charles and Prien Lake may have a tough time getting down to the trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sweet tea-looking water up north still salty
Anglers used to fishing the near Baffin Bay-looking water of Calcasieu Lake might be surprised to find Breton Sound-looking water the father they venture into the city limits of Lake Charles.[…]
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Corked! How a popping cork could save your fishing trip
Scrunch, Scrunch, Schrunch! The heavy frost on the vehicle’s windshield wasn’t yielding easily to my efforts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Seven tips for speckled trout fishing with corks
1. The diameter of braided line is much smaller than that of monofilament. If using braid, it is important to wrap the line around the shaft of the cork’s snaps two or three times on both the top and the bottom of the cork.[…]
Inshore Fishing
New Orleans men caught with 40 more reds than legally allowed, LDWF says
Two New Orleans men were cited Saturday (Nov. 25) after they were allegedly caught with five times the number of redfish they could legally during a Port Sulphur fishing trip, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries reported.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Terminal Tide Lines
One of the things that most intimidates me about fishing inshore saltwater fish as opposed to freshwater fish is how much more vast the playing field is.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Golden Meadow trout, reds fill marshes as weather cools
Steve Shook has been fishing South Louisiana waters for four decades, so when he offers tips on fishing in the Golden Meadow, Leeville and Grand Isle areas, people listen.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Watch water temps for Biloxi Marsh trout-fishing success
Capt. Mike Gallo was faced with a bit of a dilemma on Nov. 14. After a morning spent fishing for trout with clients at The Trestles in Lake Pontchartrain, Geoghegan’s Canal just off The Rigolets and another stop in the Pearl River Basin, his group had only boated a handful of fish.
But just before noon, Gallo received a call from another of his captains who said fishing was hot at the MRGO on the south shore.
“As I’ve asked so many others before, I said, ‘Do you have planes, trains or busses to catch?’ One (client) said, ‘The only place I have to be is Thanksgiving,’” Gallo said. “So off we went. By 3:30, we had 45 trout, a dozen or so over 18 inches.”[…]