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Saltwater Perch Jerking
The venison fajitas and sheepshead ceviche were the hit of the evening. As usual for the post-Endymion festivities, Doc Fontaine’s Bourbon street bungalow was packed to suffocation.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Trout in Catfish Lake biting between fronts
Although Captain Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) has been sidelined lately because of some surgery, it hasn’t kept him from keeping up with what’s going on with the fish at Golden Meadow.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide speeding things up at Big Lake
While nobody would consider the Calcasieu Lake trout bite fast and furious at the moment, Captain Norman Rester with A-Speck Charters (337-884-0656) says that there has been enough action to keep things interesting.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte grab bag begins with trout
The great thing about catching trout this time of year for Captain Theophile Bourgeois (504-341-5614) is that he only has to run about 8 minutes from his dock to catch fish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Weird weather doesn’t faze DuLarge trout
With all the crazy weather South Louisiana has been experiencing lately, it’s nice to know that at least one place hasn’t been adversely affected.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Buras trout migrating to deep holes
Speckled trout are starting to move to the deeper holes on the west side of Buras out of Joshua’s and Yellow Cotton Marina according to Captain John L. Taylor (504-657-9739).[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two cited for black drum violations in Lafourche Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents cited two fishermen for alleged fishing violations on Oct. 19 in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte improving after cold front
Captain Mike Daigle with Cast It Charters (985-331-8548) was smoking the redfish right before the last front blew through coastal Louisiana.[…]
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Lafitte’s Treasure
Redfish are tearing up spoons in Lake Salvador,” the voice said on the other end of the phone. The inflection in the voice made it both a statement and an implied question.[…]
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Change of Plans
Some see the loss of jobs to foreign countries as an opportunity to complain about how all our jobs are going overseas. Some see the loss of jobs to foreign countries as an opportunity to retrain themselves for a better job.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Daily limits at lower DuLarge
Captain Bill Lake with Bayou Service (985-851-6015) has slammed the trout and redfish out of lower DuLarge the past six days. Six days worth of trout and redfish limits has him believing the fishing is as good as it gets.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Eastern Pontchartrain giving up good trout
As anglers across coastal Louisiana begin to think about fishing again, they might want to think about trying the eastern part of Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
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Autumn Oasis
Forty miles to the east of New Orleans in upper St. Bernard Parish lies a vast 40,000-acre swath of marshland known technically as the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Calcasieu creeping back to normal
Fishing reports are difficult to come by right now because those that can’t fish aren’t even thinking about it, and those that can fish can hardly find an open ramp.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish still biting in battered Rigolets
With obvious signs that the water at the Rigolets Marina was much higher just a few days earlier, Captain Eric Dumas (985-705-1244) launched his 24-foot Ranger amidst the matted marsh grass that was covering the area.[…]
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Rock’N Reds
Art Cosby Jr. is one of my favorite people to fish with. Really, he is. But on this fall day, the man wanted to go catch bulls in Southwest Pass.[…]