If you love flies made with hair, then July is your lucky month.
The second weekend of this month, the annual Contraband Fly Fishing Expo in Lake Charles will feature America’s premier deer hair tier, Pat Cohen.[…]
Capt. Kris Robert targets tripletail around crab trap buoys. He shared three great tips to catch more fish this summer.[…]
The Vermilion Bay Fishing Edge consists of 205 different waypoint positions. Many locations were once land points or islands that are now submerged, in addition to other visible and key navigation spots. […]
July means another month for big spawning speckled trout in and around Grand Isle, and Capt. Mark Scardino with Hard Times Fishing Charters said bait selection couldn’t be any easier.[…]
Catch two speckled trout at a time, before the heat of the day, then add a limit of redfish — now you’ve got the scenario for a day in the life of saltwater fishing guide Brady Giroir in July.[…]
Lionel Serigne Sr., the owner and operator of Serigne’s Marina in Delacroix Island, passed away on Tuesday, July 3. He had been diagnosed with cancer and heart issues, but remained a constant fixture at the marina throughout his struggle.[…]
For all their glitz and glamour, tarpon are very close to just being giant pogies (menhaden) that eat fish. They are really primitive beasts. On the evolutionary scale, they and their close cousins ladyfish and bonefish are just one step ahead of garfish and bowfin (choupique), but more primitive than eels, shad, sardines and pogies.[…]
During the scorching heat of summer, anglers have to take what they can get. It’s not typically a season when you can motor the boat anywhere on the water, open the ice-chest lid and watch the fish jump in while you enjoy an icy-cold beverage.[…]
If you’re heading to Grand Isle this week for the 4th of July, hopefully the weather cooperates and the hot trout bite along the Elmer’s Island beaches will continue.[…]
Ask a Florida flats angler what his favorite fish is, and he’ll probably tell you it’s a permit – the darling of Sunshine State fishermen that looks and tastes very similar to pompano, and gives one heck of a fight when hooked.[…]
Veteran charter guide Bobby Gros, over at Bobby Lynn’s Marina in Leeville (985-637-0118), says the fishing is as hot as the weather this month.[…]
So it was a banner redfish day, one for the record books.
I was aboard Capt. Mike Wittich’s boat, fishing with both he and Capt. Ron “Ahab” Broadus, on what was supposed to be a scouting trip.[…]
Sunscreen, wide-brim hats, those little handheld fans that blow a cool mist on your face … yeah, speckled trout will never benefit from such high-heat indulgences.[…]
“I like fish that pull hard, ones that fight. I’m fishin’ for fun,” twanged Jeb Ard in a patented country accent. “If I want to eat fish, we go to a catfish buffet.”[…]
The sun was just throwing amber light over the horizon when my bone-colored Badonk-a-donk disappeared in a toilet flush.
And my grumbling over the 3 a.m. alarm disappeared like fog in a stiff wind.[…]
Capt. Bubby Lamy with In & Out Charters takes a lot of his speckled trout clients to areas like Isle au Pitre and Martin Island this time of year.[…]