Two years of tough red snapper fishing have taken their toll on anglers who count the delectable dwellers of the deep among their favorites. Especially off of heavily pressured areas such as Grand Isle, offshore anglers are eager to use every advantage to land their share.[…]
From the people who make it to the people who use it, one of the newest Yo-Zuri artificial lures is a deep, deep subject.[…]
Coming home empty-handed from an offshore trip is like digging a well but never finding water — the hard work can’t be justified.[…]
The salty coast is alive this month. Anglers have almost too many options.[…]
The charter captain yelled encouragement as his six-man crew slowly roused themselves from the hour-long trip out of Wine Island Pass.[…]
The briny deep just off the fertile Louisiana coastline is full of big fish, so much so that its anglers, for many years, spurned the use of live bait to catch prized species such as yellowfin tuna, amberjack, cobia and wahoo.[…]
Pelayo let out a low whistle and pointed ahead.“Ya think…..?”
“WOW!” I gasped. “Antonio outdid himself this time!”[…]
When the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico, Chris Hebert stopped fishing and just watched the day fade to night. No words were spoken because none could do this sight any justice.[…]
Zack set the hook and erupted with a mighty “WHOOOAH!” His rod bashed the console as it dipped to the water.[…]
Some of the nation’s most-competitive fishermen regularly converge on the Mississippi River Delta for contests involving redfish, king mackerel and billfish big enough to rule the day at the scale. […]
Perhaps no fish off of the Louisiana coast is more of a mystery than the Florida pompano, especially considering the regard it holds in fine dining establishments across the nation.[…]
Red snapper fishing, which has been slower-than-expected all summer long, is now drawing to a close. The season ends Oct. 31, and will not reopen until April 21, 2004.[…]
Transition is an ugly word for most inshore fishermen, especially those Southeast Louisiana anglers who favor the pull and delicate flesh of the speckled trout.[…]
James Peters was leaned out the side of the tuna tower, peering intently into the waters along the blue-green rip covered with sargassum grass.[…]
Capt. Aaron Pierce was waiting at the dock when we arrived. Daylight was peeking over the horizon, and our steed for the day, a 26-foot Glacier Bay Catamaran, reflected the early morning light.[…]
It’s difficult to imagine an offshore fisherman who goes on an overnight fishing trip every doable weekend for four or five months being called “soft” or “a wuss,” but that’s what Dr. Russell O’Steen gets for finally admitting he’s reached the point where he no longer “goes regardless.”[…]