Sheepshead fishing is part fun, part frustration, and one of the frustrations comes from the fish’s ability to steal your bait before you know it. The main bait of choice among sheepshead anglers is a live fiddler crab.[…]
Spinning tackle is the “go-to” for inshore anglers. It can be “tuned” to achieve maximum performance, resulting in longer casts and fewer wind knots.[…]
Spring has definitely sprung in South Louisiana, and that means everything is active, including speckled trout and alligators. I set out on a fishing trip this week with my son, Joel, to celebrate his last day of high school. We caught plenty of the former, but a representative of the latter could easily have eaten our entire haul in one gulp.[…]
It’s hard to beat a Carolina rig for catching big summer trout, Grand Isle’s Capt. Jake Scardino said.[…]
This spring was crazy, with fronts pushing through the state well into April. But things should be settling down as summer approaches, and that’s when Grand Isle trout fishing will really get cranked up, according to Good Times Charters’ Capt. Jake Scardino (504-382-5639.)[…]
Braided line is a great “tool in the toolbox” for catching speckled trout and redfish. A lighter cuts braided fishing line quickly and conveniently.[…]
As bass baits evolve and get better at attracting bites from green fish, they also get more irresistible to redfish. On a trip this week, I found that was definitely true with shaky heads.[…]
If you’ve been fishing for specks and reds at all, then you know how important clean water is.[…]
Dr. Bob Weiss is still at it, speckled trout fishing four or five times a week and cooking most days. Here are his recipes for Treasure Island Trout and Trout Amandine.[…]
Spillway openings have been frequent in the last few years, and for Lake Pontchartrain anglers, that usually means short-term trouble.[…]
A scenic barrier island known as a great pelican rookery and near-offshore waters teeming with speckled trout and other saltwater fish in the Gulf of Mexico will be very popular in May.[…]
Sometimes fishing holes are just like real estate: It’s all about location, location, location.[…]
Fishing out of Venice usually depends on what the Mississippi River is doing — and May is no exception. […]
Every angler has secret honey holes, the places known only to him or her that offer a reasonable chance for success. I have those as well, but I’m always on a quest to locate new ones. What I really LOVE to do is branch out from areas that are familiar into those that have never floated my boat.[…]
Like lots of days recently, Monday’s steady winds kept Capt. Brandon Carter from heading to some of his typical springtime trout hotpots out of Venice.[…]
The Mississippi River swelled in March, causing the opening of the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway and sending dirty water throughout the marshes surrounding Plaquemines Parish.[…]