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
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.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish showing up early at Grand Isle
Normally, anglers have to wait until the month of May for consistent action around Grand Isle, but this is definitely not a normal year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Vanishing Eden
The smoke/glitter sparkle beetle arched through the air toward a handful of scraggly, brush sticks poking out of the water — the few remains of the live black mangroves that once covered a substantial island.[…]
Inshore Fishing
DuLarge speck action ‘the best ever’
If you’re not catching speckled trout right now, it’s probably because you’re not fishing DuLarge.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout already in Black Bay
Although you might not suspect it by looking at the calendar, Delacroix’s speckled trout are already active outside.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout myths
The popularity of speckled trout in Louisiana eclipses that of any other saltwater species, perhaps by several fold. We love to catch them, and we love to eat them.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lure lore
“What they bitin’ on?”
Odds are that will be the first question one angler will ask another who is having a good day. It is easy to assume that professional guides, people whose livings hinge on catching fish, would have the biggest assortment of lures.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Transition tactics
Capt. John Aucoin defines the spring transition period in eastern Terrebonne as the months of March and April. Through February, speckled trout will be found bunched mostly in waters north of Catfish Lake.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish and bass love swimbaits
With the combination of redfish and largemouth bass becoming more prevalent around Lafitte because of the Davis Pond diversion canal, it only makes sense for anglers to throw baits that target both fish at one time.[…]