Inshore Fishing
Phone app shows fish finder screen
I thought Capt. Lane Zimmer had some kind of social-media addiction when I saw him continually retrieve his phone out of his pocket. […]
Inshore Fishing
Field Notes
Gearing up for the surf
Sammy Romano recommended some “must have” items to bring along when surf fishing for speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big trout on the beach at Elmer’s Island
Tommy Vidrine is known around Grand Isle for targeting big specks by free-lining live shrimp, croakers and pogies — so he frequents spots like the Caminada Pass jetties and the Fourchon barges in search of fat trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Make Delacroix your May trout destination
Ahab Broadus has been fishing Delacroix for more than 25 years, and he said this May is setting up to be one of the better ones for anglers who like to fish the outer edges of the popular St. Bernard Parish port.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Whacking specks on Caillou Island out of Cocodrie
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
More specifically — in the case of now-submerged Caillou Island — old oilfield trash means a treasure trove for speckled trout anglers right now out of Cocodrie. […]
Inshore Fishing
You don’t need much for a deluxe trip to Dularge
The biggest challenge most speckled-trout anglers face is finding fish. Once the fish are located, catching them is generally not too complicated, provided you’re angling ability is better than the average child’s.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two busted for alleged shrimping violations during closed season
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for alleged shrimping violations during a closed season last week in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Catching giant Cameron Parish crabs
Bobbye Sonnier and Dede Isaac are what you might call crabbing connoisseurs — and they put a serious hurting on some monstrous select jumbo crustaceans recently at the Creole Nature Reserve in Cameron Parish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Braid or fluorocarbon? Best options for speckled trout
On Lake Pontchartrain, Capt. Matt McCabe uses the lightest fluorocarbon he can get away with, and that usually means 10-pound-test, but sometimes it’s down to 8.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore shrimp season opens for much of the coast on May 8
State inside waters from the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River to Freshwater Bayou will open for the spring shrimp season beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 8, according to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bay Eloi: Trout no-brainer
The scenario plays out every spring. Anglers experience a dearth of freckled fish in March and April, and all hopes turn to May, in anxious anticipation. And always the questions are the same:[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top spots to find specks out of Grand Isle this weekend
Thousands of shrimp moving out of the passes each May mean the speckled trout are soon to follow, and reports coming from Four Bayou Pass to Fourchon this week confirmed that trout are indeed moving into the Gulf.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake trout biting over oyster reefs
Capt. Nick Poe said the water in Big Lake had finally just gotten really pretty earlier this week — right before Wednesday’s deluge arrived.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Reef fishing is a solid plan in Lafitte
Throughout the year, finding bait is essential to catching fish, but Lafitte guide Capt. Lane Zimmer feels it’s especially important to locate shrimp in May when targeting speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Full throttle Cocodrie
“It’s wide open right now and trout action is exploding everywhere,” Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, said.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake Mechant boating accident highlights importance of kill switch
Buddy Fuentes was a Baton Rouge police officer for more than 30 years, but he never saw anything quite like the accident he witnessed on Lake Mechant late last month.[…]