Fishing Hotspots
How to get easy limits at Calcasieu Lake
If you aren’t catching speckled trout under the birds in May at Calcasieu Lake, you’ll want to be on the lower end of the lake system around reefs.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Big Jack’s Reef enhancement complete in Calcasieu Lake
The East Calcasieu artificial reef in Calcasieu Lake, also known as “Big Jack’s Reef”, is an existing inshore artificial reef that had material added to it.[…]
Field Notes
Fun at the beach begins with sightseeing
Beaches are among the most productive of summertime destinations for speckled trout anglers, but they can also be the most intimidating.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Big Lake flounder run
Mike Malone, president of the Elite Kayak Club, is a firm believer in Berkley Gulp’s chartreuse Swimming Mullet when he wants flounder at Big Lake.[…]
Field Notes
Catching live bait with a cast net
If live bait is what you want to fish with these days, you’re probably going to have to go out and get it yourself, especially if you want to fish with anything other than live shrimp.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
7 tips for May success at the MRGO rocks
In the experience of Capt. Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur, speckled trout season always starts up at the Rocks at the end of the MRGO.[…]
Apex Predator
Sight-fishing crabs and reds at the same spot
There are many ways to catch crabs and redfish but sight-hunting both on the same trip from a tiny dingy really takes marsh fishing up a notch.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Are Louisiana’s speckled trout overfished?
The results of the latest Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries study on speckled trout was surprising to some, but not shocking to most coastal fishermen.[…]
Outdoor Updates
7-pound mule trout caught at Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine caught and released a 7-pound mega-trout on Tuesday, April 23, along the backside of Grand Isle.[…]
Contents
East Timbalier – Hazards and Hotspots
In most places you’ll fish, the desirable fishing hotspots and the underwater hazards you may have to traverse to get to them are two entirely separate things. But in Louisiana’s inshore and nearshore waters, the two are often one and the same.[…]
Features
The many benefits of using artificial shrimp
Whatever your preference, you’ll find artificial shrimp comprise a highly versatile lure family well deserving of prime space in your tackle tray. Here’s a handful of ideas for their use.[…]
Outdoor Updates
LDWF tight-lipped on 2019 speckled trout forecast
Patrick Banks, assistant secretary for fisheries, said trout limits for 2019 “probably” would not be affected while the results were being reevaluated by department biologists.[…]
Columns
Saltwater Fly Fishing 101 – Preparation and tackle
Each year, thousands of folks get started in saltwater fly fishing, many here on the Gulf Coast, with ambitions of hooking a redfish.[…]
Columns
Three twitch baits that lure uncommitted trout
Below the surface twitch baits provide the perfect hybrid capability for those finicky spring topwater trout. […]
Field Notes
Deep bayous get hot again
Although springtime is when most anglers forget about the inside bayous and target speckled trout in the open bays, many fish remain.[…]
Features
Competition drives action at the rigs
The engineers who designed all of the well heads, tank batteries and oil rigs that dot the state’s near-shore waters probably never thought once about all the fish that would be drawn to their structures.[…]