Bass Fishing
Positive turn for Toledo Bend
That November days will be the time to catch Toledo Bend bass — in both quantity and quality — is a no-brainer.
And it can’t come soon enough.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Slow down for bass on Lake D’Arbonne
You probably won’t be able to catch a 10-pounder off the dock like Brennen Ramsey, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the fall largemouth bass bite on Lake D’Arbonne this month.[…]
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Speck party on Lake Pontchartrain
If you want to outfish the hundreds of boats on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles this month, you need to fish every level of the water column, according to Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]
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Short runs for Delacroix trout
Anglers looking for easy limits of trout without burning a lot of boat fuel should put in at Delacroix this month.[…]
Crappie/Bream
As fall arrives, Poverty Point crappie bite heats up
If country superstar Toby Keith wrote a song about Poverty Point crappie fishing, he’d probably say, “It’s not as good as it once was, but it’s good once as it ever was.”[…]
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Try sure-bet shorelines for specks
Fishing technology, and the latest new-fangled rods, reels, hooks and electronics, seems to constantly change in the angling industry.[…]
Columns
Cajun meets Italian: The “Stromboli Psychic”
Imagine our surprise when we walked into Janelle Folse’s Raceland home and she declared that she was going to prepare a Cajun stromboli.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Sumrall earns coveted 2018 Bassmaster Classic berth
New Iberia’s Caleb Sumrall has been on a fishing roll, culminating in this weekend’s victory at the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell — a win that earned him a berth in the 2018 Bassmaster Classic and an invitation to join the 2018 Elite Series.[…]
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Striking gold (and silver) in Golden Meadow
October is a welcome relief, as cooler weather and lower humidities make for more pleasant fishing conditions — and even the fish themselves seem reinvigorated by the change.[…]
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‘A million speckled trout’ swarm Cocodrie, guide says
If you can’t catch a limit of trout in Cocodrie this month, you can’t blame the fishery. At least, that’s what one of the veteran guides in the area reported.[…]
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Main lakes the places to be in Cocodrie
Easy limits have been the name of the game in the Cocodrie area this year, with tons of school trout feeding on seemingly unlimited supplies of shrimp, Capt. Tommy Pellegrin said.[…]
Field Notes
Use “bow and arrow trick” to free snagged hook
Nothing is more frustrating than getting your hook hung up — especially when the fish are biting. […]
Columns
New gear reviews
The Revo Inshore has been continuously refined since its introduction several years ago, and it’s better than ever. Packing a whopping 24 pounds of Carbon Matrix drag, it will beat whatever swims in the coastal salt.[…]
Columns
October’s best bets in a ‘yak
How: Try for trout, reds and flounder at the MRGO rock dam. Use popping corks with live bait or plastic tails near the rocks. Fish flounder away from the rocks on the north side using Gulp or live shrimp on a quarter-ounce jighead.[…]
Columns
October means prime kayak time
October is arguably the best month of the year for coastal Louisiana kayak fishermen. The weather is mild, with predictable patterns, and the fish are hungry.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sulphur man arrested for allegedly guiding without a license
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 22-year-old Sulphur man earlier this month for allegedly guiding 87 times without a charter guide fishing license this year.[…]