Inshore Fishing
Trout bite around MRGO ‘goofy good’
If the fishing on either side of the MRGO has ever been better than it is right now, Capt. Barry Brechtel with Big Fish Charters (504-610-6914) doesn’t remember it.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Trout biting at Bay Rambo
It’s never good to say that any thing associated with fishing is easy, but catching speckled trout around Bayou Rambo to the east of Leeville is as close to easy as you’re ever going to get.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tiger, Red passes kicking off Venice romp
It would be hard to imaging the lower Mississippi River offering fishing as good as it did this time last year, but that seems to be exactly what’s shaping up for the approaching cool-water time.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout action still fast in Ship Shoal blocks
A lot of people don’t have a lot of faith in the Ship Shoal rigs for trout this time of year, but Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service (985-851-6015) reports there is a bunch of fish around the platforms in the 26 and 28 blocks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale anglers catching early trout limits
Promises of easy speckled trout limits are often taken with a grain of salt. However, you shouldn’t have a skeptical ear if you hear Capt. Ben Leto of Louisiana Fishing Expeditions (985-630-2066) say he’s busting them. He’s been catching limits out of Hopedale the past few days before the clock hits 8 a.m.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Harvard study checks for mercury in La. anglers
My wife has always said I have brain damage.
Now she may have actual physical evidence.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Summertime Pontchartrain action still pretty good
Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters (985-960-1709) was one of three boats launching at Chef Harbor on Tuesday morning. Either the workday was keeping folks off the water, or more likely, they didn’t want anything to do with Lake Pontchartrain during August. First[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lots of options out of Leeville
Capt. Chad Billiot with Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) answered his phone with more of a grunt than a hello. I quickly learned he was hooked up with a bruiser redfish and that I was going to have to wait.[…]
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Nighttime Freaks
You wouldn’t think country music star Mark Chestnutt and 1980s rap group Whodini would have anything in common.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fast flounder action at Southwest Pass
Talking to Captain Cade Thomas with Run Away Charters (985-515-0687) the other day, I was trying to think of an excuse to not make the 2 1/2-hour drive from my house to Venice. He told me he was catching a ton of reds and a few specks – yawn.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Enstar, Pickets and Mardi Gras red hot for trout
It’s a rare day when the trout aren’t biting out of DuLarge. The fish are going to bite. It’s just a matter of where and on what.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
Loads of lemonfish out of Fourchon
There are lots of options for anglers launching at Port Fourchon, as inshore and offshore action has been hot. However, Capt. Charlie Pitre of Seawind Fishing Charters (985-632-2243) suggested that the offshore lemonfish action is topping all the rest.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Patience paying off on Pontchartrain
The speckled trout bonanza at the Lake Pontchartrain bridges has subsided somewhat the past couple of weeks, but Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht with To Fish Charters (985-960-1709) said there are still plenty of fish under the spans that will bite for anglers willing to slow down and finesse them in the boat.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Calcasieu complex choked with trout
The Calcasieu Lake complex is chock full of everything an angler looks for when choosing which lake to fish. There are more shrimp in the lake than ever before. There is plenty of salt water and an abundance of crabs. And[…]
Inshore Fishing
Anglers finding trout playground in Buras
Everybody knows how good the fishing can be at Buras, but it’s hard to imagine just how good it is right now unless you try it yourself. The trout fishing is absolutely insane, and Capt. Ryan Lambert of Cajun Fishing Adventures (985-785-9833) said that it’s as crazy as he has ever seen.[…]