Inshore Fishing
Good and bad days
Like a box of chocolates, anglers “never know what you’re going to get” with weather and water conditions in March.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Don’t count out Dularge
Prospects for catching speckled trout in March in the Dularge area hinge on water temperatures, according to veteran saltwater fishing guide Ricky Brondum.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focus on drum, redfish out of Delacroix
While speckled trout are traditionally a tad more difficult to find out of Delacroix in February, Capt. Randall Shaw said it’s a great month to target line-pulling redfish and black drum.[…]
Field Notes
Slow lure fall key for February specks
With a relatively warm February about to wrap up — and a warm March seemingly in the offing — Capt. Kris Robert will take advantage of the early bump in water temperature to capitalize on speckled trout that have already moved up to the flats.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Video: West Pearl crappie moving up to spawn
When it comes to white perch fishing in South Louisiana, Slidell anglers Brian Baldwin and Steele Sessions rank the West Pearl River right up there with the best of best.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Boat crashes into Empire jetty
A 24-foot boat crashed into one of the Empire jetties Thursday evening, according to media reports.[…]
Columns
Steve Lessard wins Hobie Fishing Worlds 2016
The fishing in south Louisiana is often referred to as world-class. That’s the reason that Hobie Cat Company chose Leeville as the site for the sixth annual Hobie Fishing World Championship held there in mid-December 2016.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Crab season to close for 30 days beginning Monday
If you enjoy eating fresh boiled crabs, get your fix this weekend because they won’t be available for about the next month.[…]
Inshore Fishing
St. Bernard man cited for alleged oyster violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 33-year-old St. Bernard man for alleged oyster violations in Drum Bay on Feb. 14.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How two trout masters became fast friends
Those of us old enough to remember the Lone Ranger TV series will recall that Indian side-kick Tonto invariably called the Lone Ranger “Kemo-sabe.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top 5 reasons to fish trout with soft-plastics
Besides catching fish, soft-plastics offer other powerful advantages in the pursuit of speckled trout and redfish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top trout tactics for soft-plastic lures
Trout master Dudely Vandenboore recommended experimenting with and without corks. Corks keep the bait in the strike zone longer if the fish are suspended.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Are soft plastics playing out?
Most fishing lures are not immortal. Many come on strong, live a good life and quietly fade into history.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
For coastal fly anglers, February can be the best of times and the worst of times.
The worst? Relentless wind. When it blows, it blows hard.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Let the wind work for you
If you were to read a list of a fishing guide’s most important tools, you’d probably pass away before you found an American Flag on the record.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish are ripe for the catching at the Cameron Jetties
A long-time charter boat captain has just the place for anglers to go to tussle with redfish in the Calcasieu Lake region this month.[…]