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
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.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fall inshore shrimp season to open statewide Friday, Aug. 18 at 6 a.m.
After hearing from numerous shrimpers during their meeting Thursday afternoon on Grand Isle, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission acted on a suggestion by LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet and pushed the opening day of the fall inshore shrimp season back four days.[…]
Columns
Tripletails are triple treats
Saltwater anglers get excited about catching a tripletail, a triple treat. They are easy to catch with live bait, they are hard dogged fighters, and they taste great[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beaches south of Cocodrie producing big specks
Capt. Anthony Kyzar had one of those days speckled trout fisherman dream out of Cocodrie Monday morning — even if the whole scenario played out just a little bit odd.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews locate body of missing angler in Lake Pontchartrain
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recovered the body of a missing New Orleans angler in Lake Pontchartrain this morning around 7 a.m.[…]
Contents
Trout in the Throngs
I never could wrap my mind around why people would actually tune in to watch Jerry Springer.[…]
Features
Sight fishing for marsh reds
“I really like sight fishing them with topwater hard baits, but you can’t do that while you’re guiding because you’ll wear them,” Lambert said.[…]
Columns
The easiest limit?
The phone rang.
“Dude, what are you doing tomorrow?”
“Hey, Sammy. What’s up? I dunno, I’ve gotta…”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews looking for possible missing boaters in Lake Pontchartrain
Search crews are currently looking for possible missing anglers after a 12-foot flat boat was discovered overturned Tuesday morning near the Highway 11 bridge in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pierre Part angler reels in Leeville leopard red
If the International Grand Isle Tarpon rodeo had a category for most spots on a redfish, Sally Chapman Mabile likely would have been the 2017 winner in a landslide.[…]