Field Notes
Tiny tools that might just save your fishing trip
We all want to have fun when we go fishing — not play mechanic out on the water.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Field Notes
Pros and cons: Best stand height for sight-fishing reds
If you’ve been sight-fishing, you know it’s a lot of fun. We take a look at the pros and cons of both short and tall stands.[…]
Field Notes
The lovin’ spoonful
Fall is prime time for redfish, and the venerable old spoon is still an effective, fun lure to throw in interior marshes for solid action.[…]
News Breaker
Targeting specks in Catfish Lake
If you’re not spending all of your spare time this month in a deer stand or a duck blind, November is a cool, comfortable month to target speckled trout — and Catfish Lake out of Golden Meadow is a prime spot for yellow mouths.[…]
Columns
Cold weather ‘yak fishing techniques
It may not necessarily seem like it, but late fall and winter fishing is on its way. One big advantage of living in the South is no closed seasons and year-round fishing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Be aware of duck hunters
Duck season opens throughout the state during November, and runs on and off through late January and early February in some areas[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hypothermia Facts
• Your body heat drops quickly if you are wet or exposed to cold wind.[…]
Sidebars
The growth of Nevalost
Roy Williams is the owner and producer of Nevalost LLC. His original company, Drafting Etc., was started in 1985 and focused on engineering drafting and technical drawings, with a little oilfield mapping as well.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Biloxi shrimper cited for alleged TED violations in Breton Sound
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Biloxi shrimper for allegedly having illegal turtle exclusion devices onboard his boat in Breton Sound on Tuesday, according to a press release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix action heats up on the inside
According to Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357), the trout are into inside waters in full force, and depending on just how cold it gets, the specks could be anywhere from Bakers Bay to Little Lake and Grand Lake — and all points in between.[…]
Field Notes
3 tips to become a better inshore angler
Here are three ways for inshore anglers to get out of their typical routine — and ultimately catch more fish.[…]
News Breaker
Big time trout bite on Big Lake
Through about the middle of November if there are favorable fishing conditions, the place to be to put speckled trout in the boat is the northern part of Calcasieu Lake —primarily Turner’s Bay.[…]
News Breaker
Bayou La Loutre is loaded with specks
For Hopedale anglers, Bayou La Loutre is the “Highway to Happiness” in November, according to Capt. Jonathan Sanchez.[…]
News Breaker
Head to lower Mississippi River for November trout
Redfish were choking the marshes around Venice in October, but trout were few and far between. By early November, however, specks should be invading the Mississippi River, producing plenty of action.[…]
News Breaker
Hit the road in Grand Isle
When November rolls around, Tommy Vidrine’s relentless pursuit of speckled trout doesn’t stop around Grand Isle — but if the weather cools off some, he definitely changes tactics.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Body of missing boater recovered Friday in Bayou Bienvenue
Search and rescue crews late Friday afternoon recovered the body of a Zachary man who reportedly fell overboard while fishing in Bayou Bienvenue near Chalmette on Oct. 26.[…]