Fishing
Elmer’s Island Refuge to reopen to the public May 15
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will reopen Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge to the public at 8 a.m., Friday, May 15.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool’s hawgs will hit frogs
According to Jonathan Quinn of Sweet Lake, who has been hunting big bass most of his life, May is a prime time to wrestle with big bass in Lacassine Pool.[…]
Features
Grand Isle means grand speckled trout fishing in May
Capt. Daryl Carpenter and Danny Wray of Calmwater Charters point to ways you can catch your share of the speckled trout hanging around Grand Isle in May.[…]
Big Bass
Steven Prudhome’s duckweed lunker
Steven Prudhome hooked a lunker Toledo Bend bass on a Texas-rigged, black-red-flake Zoom Ol’ Monster worm in Housen on Saturday, May 2.[…]
Bass Fishing
How Hackney tracks down bigger bass
In this segment of Sportsman TV, professional bass angler Greg Hackney shows the tips and tricks he uses to find larger fish.[…]
Fishing
Coastal fish populations didn’t crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill – why not?
Ten years later, researchers have found that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not appear to cause significant oiling injury to coastal fish populations.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Wading vs. boat fishing the Chandeleur Islands
The Chandeleur Islands are roughly a 40- to 45-mile boat ride from Venice, Hopedale Marina or Mississippi ports, and can be a dynamic fishery.[…]
Big Bass
Lake Fausse Pointe gives up another hawg
Travis Meche Sr. hooked an 8.82-pound bass on May 2 in Sandy Cove at Lake Fausse Pointe. It was the fifth 8-pound class bass reported since mid-February.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Spring shortages: Crickets and toilet paper?
So many people were stuck at home because of the pandemic that in early April, stores ran short of and even out of crickets.[…]
Field Reports
Barrel Fish Save the Day
Rough waves prevented Captain Josh Howard and his clients from getting to the tuna but they made up for it by catching barrel fish and amberjack.[…]
Bass Fishing
Spraying Will Shut Down Lockport Bass Bite
Bass fishing in and around Lockport was pretty good for a while but it’s pretty much done now according to BASS Elite Series Pro Tyler Rivet.[…]
Field Reports
High Winds Can’t Stop Terrebonne Bay Trout Bite
15 mph winds were not enough to stop the fish from biting for Captain Tommy Pellegrin on a recent charter trip out in Terrebonne Bay.[…]
Field Reports
Get Out Before the Wind Picks Up
On windy days, sometimes you can take advantage of the early morning hours before the wind picks up and that’s exactly what Captain Travis Miller did recently.[…]
Field Reports
Topwater Tips for Vacationing Anglers
For the past few years, with the consecutive openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, Chas Champagne has ventured east to Florida waters to chase speckled trout in the spring and summer.[…]
Flounder
Commission hears update on problems with the flounder fishery
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission members received an update on the status of Louisiana’s flounder fishery at the May 7 meeting.[…]
Field Reports
Venice Tuna Report
Captain Josh Howard recently put his clients on a good Tuna bite and finally got them to bite on live pogeys.[…]