Fishing Hotspots
Intercept specks at Delacroix
Capt. Nick Rando (504-281-8287) says the trout are still transitioning toward outside waters, so this months tactic is to intercept them mid-way.[…]
Fishing
Catfish
Des Allemands fat cats
It was a massacre.
Fish blood, poop, and slime covered the deck of the boat and the interior of the ice chest.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh madness
As Jeff Bruhl left the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and went down Interstate12, the sky spit droplets on his truck’s windshield. And as he pulled up to the East Pearl River launch, things even got a little gloomier: His trailer tires were the only ones touching the gravel parking lot. […]
Columns
Gaspergou are everywhere
As common as gaspergou are in Louisiana and the United States, few people realize how unique this freshwater species really is. Virtually any waters that connect with the Mississippi, Pearl and Mobile river systems and all the Great Lakes except Lake Superior are home to the species — 27 states.[…]
Bass Fishing
Post-spawn particulars
Caleb Sumrall and Marcus Curry left the launch full of confidence. After a winter that saw horrifically cold temperatures, the water in the Atchafalaya Basin was hitting the 70s.[…]
Contents
Cover: April 2018
After a brutal winter, trout anglers across the coast are looking forward to the start of the speck spawn this spring — and the hard-hitting action yellow mouths are famous for.[…]
Features
Top 3 trout hotspots
This winter has been miserable, with frigid temperatures putting speckled trout all along the coast into lethargic moods.[…]
Features
Common trout mistakes to avoid
We all live for the days when you leave the launch and birds are diving everywhere — and trout seem to fly over the gunnel right into the ice chest.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend Spawn: Phase 3
To everything (turn, turn, turn).
There is a season (turn, turn, turn),
And a time to every purpose, under heaven.[…]
Bass Fishing
Gators, birds and bass
Lake Martin is for the birds.
Or so some say — mostly folks with expensive binoculars and life lists of birds they have spotted. […]
Crappie/Bream
Last call for crappie
Stuart Baum loves turning the last calendar page from March to April.[…]
Field Notes
4 keys to topwater trout
Capt. Theophile Bourgeois has spent his career learning what makes trout tick, and he lives for that magical time of year when the big girls come out to play.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Head east for Buras trout
The high Mississippi River began sending tons of sediment out into the waters surrounding Buras in March — particularly on the west side, where trout will move to Grand Isle and Barataria Bay.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Big trout moving into Lafitte again this year
Laffite isn’t generally known for lunker trout, but Capt. Theophile Bourgeois said last spring began with some 3- to 5-pounders making their way up the system.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Move with the fish for D’Arbonne crappie
Earlier in the year, crappie on Lake D’Arbonne moved from the 30-foot channels to the 12- to 15-foot flats, then into the shallows to spawn. To catch fish after the spawn, you just need to follow the fish right back out.[…]
Fishing
Daiwa LT spinning reels
Daiwa has introduced a full line of spinning reels designed to meet every angler’s needs and budget.[…]