A bill has been introduced in the Louisiana Legislature that would prohibit dredging for oysters on Big Lake, which according to Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana has seen both its oyster population and vertical reef structure decline since the mid-2000s when scrapers were first permitted as an allowable harvest method.[…]
Speckled trout are invading inshore waters across the coast, and you can definitely build limits by drifting open-water bays. However, there’s a better way to fill your box with specks — but this tactic will only last a few more weeks.[…]
With Hackney out for this episode, we handed the reigns over to our buddy Kip Plaisance. He did a fine job and the fish co-operated too.[…]
Beverly Rogers Brister of Farmerville has a fish story that’s even bigger than the bass she caught on Lake D’Arbonne Tuesday — and that makes it a mighty good one. […]
Rad Trascher is a man on a mission right now.
The tournament director for the Coastal Conservation Association’s STAR Tournament is busy tagging redfish and speckled trout in advance of this year’s event, which kicks off in exactly one month — May 27. […]
Cocodrie and Dularge guide Capt. Tommy Pellegrin isn’t necessarily a bait guru, but he pays close attention to what lure is on the end of his line this time of year.[…]
Folks who think the average boater is great at backing a trailer need only spend 30 minutes observing a busy boat ramp to learn the truth.[…]
For the first time in almost 14 years, a giant bluefin tuna is poised to crack into the Top 5 of the Louisiana record books. […]
When Kirk Stansel, a veteran charter boat captain, wants to catch speckled trout in the Calcasieu Lake area in April, he fishes the Ship Channel from Lake Charles to the Intracoastal Waterway.[…]
Anglers heading out of Cocodrie currently have lots of options on the table when targeting speckled trout.[…]
A St. Bernard parish man who pleaded guilty to oyster violations committed last fall in Lake Robin was fined $950 and had his harvester license revoked for three years, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three Port Sulphur men for alleged oyster violations in Plaquemines Parish this week.[…]
At the bottom of the Mississippi River sits Venice, LA. It is the most fertile fishing grounds in the country and every time we go there we get a show done.[…]
They say it’s not how you start — it’s how you finish.[…]
Toledo Bend has been tagged as the nation’s No. 1 bass fishery two years running, but Dennis Tietje said there’s another reason to head to the sprawling border lake right now.[…]
It’s springtime, so thoughts naturally drift toward ice chests full of big pre-spawn trout, but Mother Nature often has other plans: howling winds that can muddy water, make casting difficult and generally cause chaos.[…]