Fishing

Fishing

Record-breaking heat — and summer hasn’t officially arrived

June 5, 2018 Ann Taylor

Hydrating is important when temperatures soar because perspiration is the key to keeping your body from getting sick with sunstroke. When it’s hot and humid, you need to frequently replenish liquids lost to sweat. Avoid caffeinated and alcoholic beverages because both are diuretics that will cause you to urinate frequently. If you do enjoy these kinds of drinks, consume extra water to compensate.[…]

Features

Get the drop on Trestles specks

June 1, 2018 Joel Masson

The legendary Trestles train bridge on Lake Pontchartrain is loaded with fish — and fishermen — every spring.  When the speckled trout bite is super hot and winds are calm, the 5-mile-long bridge often has a boat on almost every piling.[…]

Catfish

Look, mom: No bait!

June 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

Catfishing is supposed to be all about a gob of slimy worms, or bloody chicken liver, or smelly cut bait — or better yet some concoction of secret ingredients, usually including spoiled sour cheese.[…]

Features

Better late than never

June 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Although he still gets up some mornings at 3 a.m. to participate in the rat race to go catch fish, Kevin Lawson admittedly isn’t as mad at speckled trout as he used to be.[…]

Bass Fishing

Kahara Diving Frog

June 1, 2018 Louisiana Sportsman

The Kahara Diving Frog is a great summertime bass lure, especially on waters that get choked with surface weeds this time of year. Unlike traditional hollow-body frog lures which stay on the surface full time, this one dives underwater, and even under lily pads every time the angler moves the lure.[…]