Inshore Fishing
Guide Eric Dumas says Causeway is ready
The word on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is, HOT HOT HOT. I have been out several times and the fish are on the bridge. Here are some keys to success.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake guide reports strong schooling action
Calcasieu Lake has sweetened recently due to excessive rainfall, but that doesn’t mean the fishing has totally shut down.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix trout thick under shrimp, in winter holes
Last week’s northerly blow left a surprising number of shrimp in the Delacroix marsh. They’re small (I’d guess about 80-count), but there are plenty of them, and they’re being devoured by trout from the bottom and sea gulls from above.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Back to the bays at Venice with river rising
Although the calendar shows that the trout and redfish should have invaded the Mississippi River at Venice, that hasn’t exactly been the case according to Captain Owen Langridge with Big O Charters (225-978-1136).[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide says Lafitte redfish bite “on fire”
One of the great things about Southeast Louisiana is that you don’t have to drive very far to get to some of the best fishing holes in the world.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Shell Beach bite getting better every day
Anybody fishing with the king, Captain Frank Moore (504-887-4960) lately has found that Biloxi Marsh, Stump Lagoon and Muscle Bay are absolutely full of redfish and trout right now.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Transition trout biting at Pontchartrain
September can be a tough month to find speckled trout because they can be outside, inside, or anywhere in between.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish ganging up at mouth of East Pearl
When Lake Pontchartrain regular Chas Champagne told me to meet him at the Rigolets Marina at 4:15 in the morning, I wondered if he had lost his mind.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake De Cade full of redfish and bass
Although he’s starting to spend more time in the deer woods in preparation for the upcoming hunting season, Captain Ryan Young with Avid Angler Fishing Charters (985-855-5909) out of Bayou DuLarge says he’s been on the water enough lately to know that the redfish and bass are slamming swimbaits in Lake De Cade.[…]
Inshore Fishing
MRGO closure affecting tide more than fish
We didn’t get very far after Captain CT Williams with Big Fish Charters (504-BIGFISH) turned his boat to the southeast as he entered the MRGO from Bayou La Loutre.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix reds biting despite increased pressure
Fishing redfish out of Delacroix with Sweetwater Guide Service owner Captain Jack Payne (504-453-8382) initially looked like a huge mistake last Friday as flashy bay boats wrapped with candy and shoe ads zoomed past Payne’s small flats boat.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tripletail distracting Pontchartrain trout anglers
It takes a lot to distract Captain Eric Dumas’ (985-705-1244) attention away from the speckled trout at Seabrook this time of year, but that’s exactly what the tripletail over by the Biloxi Marsh have done.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle “jammed up” with nice trout
Anybody that keeps up with saltwater fishing in Louisiana knows that Grand Isle has been on fire the last couple of weeks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Little Lake reds schooling along shorelines
It wasn’t very hard to tell where the redfish were biting in Little Lake and Bay L’Ours a couple days ago. Captain “Papa” Joe Bush (504-689-3728) wanted to get an early start because he knew word had traveled quickly, and he wanted to get to the hot spots before everybody else.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish at night to beat the heat
Wait until the sun goes down, and you’ll find the speckled trout fishing heats up as the temperature cools down.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Timbalier tank batteries turning on
Twelve of the last 15 days have produced 100-trout limits for Captain Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) and his customers, and the only reason he missed on the other days was bad weather and wind.[…]