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Bull red action heats up on Grand Isle
Grand Isle anglers will be seeing red this month — but that’s a good thing if reeling in hard charging, drag-screaming bull reds is what you’re after.[…]
Inshore Fishing
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Rolling in the reds
While waiting for speckled trout to finish their transition from offshore to inland waters in south central Louisiana, specifically the Dularge area, saltwater fishermen don’t sit idle and their boats don’t collect dust.[…]
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Highways to heaven
“I call them ‘highways’,” said the deeply tanned lower Lafourche Parish fishing guide.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Unlicensed commercial fisherman arrested near Bay Moncleus
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 39-year-old Houma man on Tuesday in lower Terrebonne Parish for alleged commercial fishing violations.[…]
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Grand Isle anglers share winning tips for Ride the Bull 8
When hundreds and hundreds of kayakers, paddle-boarders and canoers churn into Caminada Pass bright and early Saturday morning for Ride the Bull 8 — the world’s largest paddle-powered fishing tournament — there likely will be more than 1,000 hooks dangling in the current within the legal fishing boundary. […]
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Battling big Buras bulls
If you’re into some drag-screaming, rod bending, hold-on-for-dear-life bull redfish action, now is the time to head down to Buras to target schools of the fish piled up in coastal waters gorging on live bait before heading out to spawn. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fish early – or late – for Delacroix trout
Capt. Jack Payne, over at the Sweetwater Marina (504-453-8382) said the trout action should be as hot as the sweltering temperatures this month.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Buras man arrested for alleged shrimping violations, battery on an officer
A 52-year-old Buras man was arrested last week after allegedly scuffling with game wardens who had boarded his shrimp boat in Bastian Bay, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Redfish
What to look for when sight fishing reds
Capt. Ryan Lambert has no problem with stalking a clean marsh edge to find cooperative fish, but it’s also nice when the targets do all the work for you.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bank on Lafitte redfish this month
Lafitte is known for great fishing, but its prime speckled trout month isn’t exactly August.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cameron jetties are a magnet for fish
August is the prime time to target speckled trout and redfish on the rocks — well, around the rocks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bite not always early at Buras
Virtually every magazine or online fishing article about south Louisiana speckled trout fishing in the summertime involves the need to set a very early alarm clock.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Nine cited for alleged shrimping violations in Southeast Louisiana
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited nine people in five separate boats for alleged shrimping violations on Aug. 8 and 9 in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes.[…]
Inshore Fishing
August is a real winner for Dularge reds
August speckled trout fishing in South Louisiana: It’s hot, the trout are far away, live shrimp are needed and you have to deal with roughly 1,529 hardhead catfish per trip. Perhaps, worst of all, you have to get up earlier than the devil.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle trout slowly move off beaches this month
As summer winds down, so does the spawning season for speckled trout — so the fish begin the very early stages of transitioning back inside to marshes and coastal bays.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout tips for Breton Sound
You’ll have to run farther to find fish this month, and you’ll have to get an early start, according to Shell Beach Charter Capt. Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur.[…]