Fishing

Freshwater Fishing

A swamp life

July 15, 2017 Jerald Horst

Born and raised in the town of Des Allemands, Tommy Tregle (pronounced Cajun style as “Treg”) has spent almost his entire life making his living from the water.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Purpose-built sticks

July 15, 2017 David Hunter Jones

Capt. Marty LaCoste has fished in and around Dularge for nearly 30 years and has a game plan for every weather condition. He’s also got specific rods laid out for different baits to make his clients as effective as possible on the water.[…]

Sidebars

Fighting formula

July 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Like a coach chalk-talking in the locker room, Reid McKinstry used his Venice yellowfin experience to outline a simple, yet profoundly effective method for defeating these brutal fish.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Reel ratios explained

July 15, 2017 David Hunter Jones

OK, so you’ve selected a proper rod or two, now it’s time to get a reel. Here again is a primer on reel rations and the techniques for which they’re desired. I got in touch with Trey Epich, one of Shimano’s reel gurus, and discovered the following.[…]

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Fishing

Tippets

July 15, 2017 Catch Cormier

July is one of those transition months in saltwater. For fly anglers looking to enter a speckled trout in the CCA STAR Tournament Fly Division, history suggests that the first two weeks of the month offer the last, best hope for catching large trout on the fly.[…]

Inshore Fishing

How John Davis hunts for treasure

July 15, 2017 Jerald Horst

The story of Davis’ hunt for sunken treasure started when he was 17. An acquaintance gave him an old fishing map to help him find speckled trout. As he used the maps, he noticed that the islands holding some of the best fishing spots were eroding away.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Elmer’s surf still on fire!

July 12, 2017 David Hunter Jones

The surf of Elmer’s Island is still teeming with big speckled trout, a bite that’s not expected to last much longer. Longtime Elmer’s anglers Sammy Romano and Cabot Corso hosted me yesterday and despite some wild boaters nearby, we wrecked ‘em.[…]

Columns

A day at the pond

July 11, 2017 Catch Cormier

I get these calls all the time. It goes something like this: “I’m new to fly fishing and looking to get an outfit. I’ve got a trip planned with a guide to the coast (or Montana) in a couple of weeks.”[…]

Inshore Fishing

Follow the food

July 11, 2017 Joel Masson

Above all, fish are going to be where the bait is residing. You can have clean, moving water, but if there’s no bait there, there’s no reason for the fish to stay there.[…]