Flounders are my favorite fish to eat. It’s usually hard to catch a limit of 10 with a rod and reel, but it can be easily done by gigging. Waiting for the correct environmental conditions and having the right gear plays a big part in sticking your limit.[…]
One of the first things I noticed while wade fishing with Dr. Sam and Michelle Field was just how far they waded away from their boat. I got out pretty far, too, and that’s when I realized that I needed another plastic bait.[…]
The search for a missing 12-year-old girl in Shell Beach following a boating accident Saturday (July 16) continued last night (July 17), the Louisiana Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Unless you are strictly a freshwater angler, the opening of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway has definitely altered your fishing plans for the summer. On May 9, the Corps of Engineers began opening the bays of the spillway to divert some of the rising river water into Lake Pontchartrain, and from there into the Gulf.[…]
I’m not a huge fan of flying, but when Capt. Theophile Bourgeois invited me and Louisiana Sportsman editor Todd Masson to fly with him in a seaplane out to Gosier Island to wade-fish for speckled trout I knew I would have to cast my fears aside, especially after Bourgeois texted me pictures of the trout he had been catching.[…]
Speckled trout or redfish, live baits or plastics, rising tide or falling tide. Every month Louisiana Sportsman has several articles discussing the myriad details of saltwater fishing.[…]
Taking a topwater to the crotch doesn’t sound like something a speckled trout angler would have to worry about. Sling a trout in the boat, let him flop around on the floor, grab him and unhook him.[…]
Unless you are strictly a freshwater angler, the opening of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway has definitely altered your fishing plans for the summer. On May 9, the Corps of Engineers began opening the bays of the spillway to divert some of the rising river water into Lake Pontchartrain, and from there into the Gulf.[…]
A Denham Springs man drowned Sunday (July 3) while fishing on rocks at Grand Isle, news agency have reported.[…]
Five Houma-area men were cited Monday (June 27) for alleged illegal activity on Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.
Agents cited Tony Vaughn, 27, of Montegut; Craig Vogel, 25, of Houma; and Jamie Theriot, 31, of Houma for not abiding by WMA rules and regulations after agents allegedly observed the men crabbing on one of the WMA dams after legal sunset.[…]
Things have changed an awful lot in Cocodrie since Dr. Sam Field started fishing down there in the 1970s. What used to be a rustic camp destination has turned into a refined resort of sorts.[…]
To make their swimbaits more effective at latching what bites, savvy anglers boost the standard hardware with additional hooks.[…]
Kids need action to stay interested.
Put them in a baseball position where they don’t get many balls hit to them, and they’ll start chasing grasshoppers.[…]
Anglers can win up to $275,000 in cash and prizes during the Geaux Fish tournament being held along the entire Louisiana coast July 2 through Sept. 5. And there’s absolutely no cost to enter.
The tournament, sponsored by BP and the Louisiana Charter Boat Association, will feature prizes for anglers catching 50 specially tagged speckled trout, which will be released in waters stretching from Breton Sound to Lake Calcasieu.
One of the fish is tagged as the grand prize, and is worth up to $250,000.[…]
When Scott Walker, a.k.a. “nightfisher” on LouisianaSportsman, messaged me that I needed to tie on a MirrOlure Top Dog Jr. before I left for our trip, I knew we were in for some fun.[…]
The cocaho, variously spelled cocahoe, cacaho or cacahoe in Louisiana, is known by anglers as the mud minnow in Texas and the bull minnow in Alabama and Florida.[…]