My old friend Capt. Mike Gallo (504-259-3474) says the frigid cold water will pile the fish up in the deep holes of Chalmette’s waters — and that’s where they’ll stay until it warms up.[…]
February is a really good wade-fishing month for speckled trout at Big Lake according to Kirk Stansel, co-owner of Hackberry Rod & Gun Club.[…]
Wouldn’t you know it?
About a month ago, I wrote that January should be a month when unseasonably warm temperatures prompt bass to move into shallower depths at Toledo Bend.[…]
South Louisiana’s speckled trout fishing is the best in the nation. Nowhere in the country can the sheer numbers of speckled trout compare.[…]
Buck Perry, the father of structure fishing, always advised that fish would either be shallow, deep or somewhere in-between.[…]
Spawning activity typically cranks up across Toledo Bend this month. Use these tips to take advantage of some of the best bass fishing.[…]
On Lake D’Arbonne, February means crappie action is just about to kick in. And that means local angler Rick Hill is ready to mop up.[…]
Lightweight, strong, and sensitive. That’s the recipe for a fishing rod that bass anglers strive to find, and it can be elusive, especially when you add affordability into the mix. Or at least it used to be. But the G. Loomis E6X changes that. […]
Details on a handful of the hottest crappie-producing spots in Louisiana — and tips for you to catch some slabs.[…]
“We fished this very spot,” murmured 59-year-old Rickey Lee. “I can’t remember names and faces, but I can remember where I caught a fish.”[…]
We toured the state to find out where successful Louisiana crappie anglers hit their honey holes.[…]
It’s the go-to rig for finessing finicky fish, nudging the cold-weary and lightly probing a variety of hard-cover scenarios from docks to laydowns, to bridges.[…]
Berkley Gulp products have certainly earned a spot in my tackle box.[…]
Go into a tackle shop, and you’ll see rows and rows of fishing line in various strengths and diameters. Because of that, figuring out what is right for specific situations can be overwhelming.[…]
False River in Pointe Coupee Parish was once one of the premier fisheries in the state, part of the Quality Lakes system stocked with Florida-strain bass. And then in the late 1990s, things just fell apart — siltation and water clarity suffered, and the fishery became a shade of its former glory.[…]
Muddy water greeted me and Bassmaster Elite Series angler Cliff Crochet on Friday (Jan. 26) as we turned off the Intracoastal Waterway and headed deep into the Atchafalaya Basin — and water levels were at rock bottom.[…]