Inshore Fishing
The seasons of Pontchartrain
Speckled tout fishing in Lake Pontchartrain follows a regular annual cycle with four fishing seasons.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle trout
Zutie Auenson is clearly a man taken with Grand Isle, his April to September guiding headquarters. Although he is obsessed with speckled trout, he says that the island resort has it all.[…]
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Red tide falling
In February, the Wyoming state legislature considered an amendment to a bill requiring that state to purchase an aircraft carrier. Even though it failed, there were 22 legislators who voted for the amendment.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Under Pressure
This is my son’s first year of playing kid-pitch baseball.
After looking like an all-star in the batting cages during his first practice, he stood on deck and watched the batter before him take a hardball to the lower back in his team’s first attempt to hit off of an inconsistent 9-year-old pitcher.[…]
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Croaker Soaker
“I fish live bait — live croakers,” the 68-year-old says with conviction, as if looking for a challenge. “Using plastic can be a good way to find the fish,” he adds, seeming for a moment to soften a bit, “but when I find them, I throw croakers to catch more.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Winds, muddy water make Delacroix trout hard to find
The sun and the tide were rising as wind sang through the fishing lines of the unused poles on the boat. It looked to be a promising blue sky Saturday (April 28), as birds fed on balls of shrimp where the water cleared in the growing salinity of Lake Robin.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale hotspots full of hard-plastic-munching specks
The action out of Hopedale could hardly be any better than it is right now.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Causeway trout action picks up
For the next three months, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway will be one of the hottest spots in Southeast Louisiana for long, heavy speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pontchartrain alternatives are strong when water’s dirty
With the strong cool front that is forecasted for this weekend, many anglers will write the Lake Pontchartrain area off for several days.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale fishing has been riding high, but weekend weather could be a spoiler
Friday the 13th isn’t a day renowned for its good luck. If there is a community on earth that has a superstitious bent it’s the fishing community.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Davis Pond Speck Effect
While telling me about how the Davis Pond Diversion has affected speckled trout fishing around Lafitte, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois mentioned something that I don’t think he realized provided a perfect contrast of the life before and after the levee break started flowing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Venice action to get boost by falling river
The Mississippi River is supposed to be 6.5 feet at New Orleans Carrollton Gauge by Monday (April 23), and that has Capt. Owen “Big O” Langridge chomping at the bit.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Angler’s Royale offers inshore anglers chance for big payout in festival atmosphere
Are you the best speckled-trout angler in Southeast Louisiana?
It’ll take you only $50 to find out.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte anglers have hands full with Dupont redfish
An old commercial for Barq’s root beer said that New Orleans’ favorite beverage had “bite.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Winds a blessing for Magnolia redfish anglers
All this southerly wind has blown an ocean’s worth of water into the marshes around Magnolia.[…]
Apex Predator
Go ‘knotless’ for more inshore fishing success
As the weather warms, saltwater fishing heats up. I can always find the fish using tandem rigged plastic or live bait. I have tricks for using either these artificial or live bait setups with or without a cork without ever tying a knot to change my rig.[…]