Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle trout slowly move off beaches this month
As summer winds down, so does the spawning season for speckled trout — so the fish begin the very early stages of transitioning back inside to marshes and coastal bays.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Trout tips for Breton Sound
You’ll have to run farther to find fish this month, and you’ll have to get an early start, according to Shell Beach Charter Capt. Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fall inshore shrimp season to open statewide Friday, Aug. 18 at 6 a.m.
After hearing from numerous shrimpers during their meeting Thursday afternoon on Grand Isle, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission acted on a suggestion by LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet and pushed the opening day of the fall inshore shrimp season back four days.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bite is on fire for Cutoff sac-a-lait
James Morgan spent several hours scanning the flats and edges of flats by the big curves in the channel of Bayou Bartholomew Lake, more commonly known as the “Cutoff” at Sterlington. He found lots of good structure for crappie on his electronics, but the crappie were scarce.[…]
News Breaker
Red snapper update: Still 300,000 pounds-plus to go to meet Louisiana quota
Louisiana red snapper anglers have another green light for trips this weekend in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
News Breaker
2017 Red Snapper Act introduced in Congress
Two Louisiana Congressmen recently introduced legislation to address long-term solutions for red snapper management for recreational fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Columns
Tripletails are triple treats
Saltwater anglers get excited about catching a tripletail, a triple treat. They are easy to catch with live bait, they are hard dogged fighters, and they taste great[…]
Bass Fishing
Head to the Atchafalaya Basin for great bass fishing
As the Atchafalaya River stage began to drop to a fishable level the first week of July, bass anglers’ fever began to rise as they planned trips into the heart of the nation’s last great overflow swamp, the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Snapper
Target big red snapper — with big live bait
Capt. Brent Ballay, and his wife, Capt. Meredith Ballay, owners of Cast N Blast Venice, say it’s all about offering red snapper a bigger fish as bait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beaches south of Cocodrie producing big specks
Capt. Anthony Kyzar had one of those days speckled trout fisherman dream out of Cocodrie Monday morning — even if the whole scenario played out just a little bit odd.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews locate body of missing angler in Lake Pontchartrain
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recovered the body of a missing New Orleans angler in Lake Pontchartrain this morning around 7 a.m.[…]
Fishing
Shimano Curado K
Shimano’s storied Curado line gets a new addition this year with the introduction of the Curado 200K. The 200K is designed to be a do-all workhorse for inshore anglers who demand precise cast controls, smooth operation, a redfish-stopping drag and the longevity that is the best in the business.[…]
Fishing
Live Target 2017 lineup
Famed hyper-realistic luremaker LiveTarget has released three new baits for the ICAST tackle tradeshow this past month, the Sunfish, Hollow Body Frog Popper and Hollow Body Mullet. […]
Fishing
Booyah Flex II
How many times have you flung a crankbait up toward a levee, riprap bank or dock piling only to have it crack or chip? Those days are over with the introduction of the Booyah Flex II, which has a foam-injected body.[…]
Fishing
Old Town’s Next
Old Town’s newest canoe is a durable, compact one-man fishing machine.[…]
Features
Sight fishing for marsh reds
“I really like sight fishing them with topwater hard baits, but you can’t do that while you’re guiding because you’ll wear them,” Lambert said.[…]