Fishing Hotspots
It’s prime time for speckled trout at Big Lake
With a little cooperation from Mother Nature, Capt. Nick Poe expects May to be a banner month for speckled trout on Big Lake.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
New Sportsman TV tonight: Bull reds and trout out of Venice
This week the Sportsman TV crew gets twisted with Fin Twisters Guide Service in Venice, where Capt. Walter Heathcock took host Greg Hackney and Bowie Outfitters’ Lee Benoit on a grand tour of the coast. […]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: I caught my own shrimp to fill my freezer
After an incredibly successful fishing trip for speckled trout near Grand Isle, I connected with Capt. Daryl Carpenter, who has been pulling a 12- or 16-foot trawl every day, directly behind his camp on Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Slamming trout and bull reds in Venice
This week the Sportsman TV crew gets twisted with Fin Twisters Guide Service in Venice, La. Fin Twisters owner Captain Walter Heathcock took host Greg Hackney and Bowie Outfitters’ Lee Benoit on a grand tour of the coast around Venice.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two cited for alleged Big Lake oyster violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two Cameron men for alleged oyster violations on May 7 in Calcasieu Lake.[…]
News Breaker
Three men cited for allegedly possessing 35 redfish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three men in Jefferson Parish on May 6 for allegedly possessing 35 redfish, according to a news release.[…]
News Breaker
Marsh Man Masson vid: Speckled trout barrier-island beatdown
Hot speckled trout fishing along Louisiana’s barrier islands might be two weeks behind schedule, but it kicked off big-time this week with bruiser fish flying over the gunwales. I had a front-row seat to the action Monday during a trip out of Grand Isle with Capt. Frank Dreher and my good buddy, Chris Macaluso.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Waypoints for Cocodrie & Dulac
As a help in fishing the area, I have complied fishing waypoint positions throughout the area. Captain Paul’s Fishing Edge of GPS waypoints for Cocodrie ~ Dulac has over 165 GPS waypoints in and around the area.[…]
News Breaker
Marsh Man Masson vid: Targeting rod-shattering redfish from a tower
Two decades ago, Jason Baker of Poplarville, Miss., contracted the virus that’s inflicted so many South Louisiana anglers. These otherwise normal fishermen abandon all sense of decorum and fishing tradition to climb towering platforms and scan shallow flats through polarized sunglasses, searching for line-stripping redfish.[…]
Field Notes
Inshore insights: Understanding the action of a fishing rod
You can’t go wrong when an experienced friend recommends a trusted brand, but over the years I’ve learned it’s easier to decide what’s best for me by learning the difference between rod length, power and action.[…]
Columns
Venom puts the sting in stingrays
If there is a fish that saltwater anglers dislike hooking more than a hardhead catfish, it’s got to be a stingray. The presence of the truly venomous sting on their tail means there really is no good way to unhook them. […]
Features
The Secrets of Seabrook
The New Orleans metropolitan area is ranked in the Top 50 cities in the country, with a population of about 1.3 million people. And situated in the middle of Orleans Parish, the waters surrounding the Seabrook Bridge (recently named the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge) make it one of the top inshore saltwater fishing areas located within the city limits of any major metropolitan area in the United States.[…]
Features
Hope floats – Popping cork pointers to catch more reds and speckled trout
Sometimes it’s the noise, other times it’s the approach. Either way, popping cork rigs are a must-have tool for your inshore arsenal.[…]
Features
Lake monsters – How to catch and clean alligator gar
The kraken (pronounced KROK-in) is a legendary giant sea monster said to dwell off the coasts of Norway and Greenland.[…]
Features
Redfishing tips from tourney vets
Even if you’re just competing for weekend bragging rights, these insights from successful tournament anglers will help you put more redfish in the boat.[…]
Features
South shore smackdown – How to target speckled trout in Lake Pontchartrain
Homework and studying are some of the biggest complaints from high school and college students. They go to class all day, then come home and have to hit the books again.[…]