State inside waters from the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River to Freshwater Bayou will open for the spring shrimp season beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 8, according to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department.[…]
The CCA Star Tournament is the largest fishing tournament in the country. It’s our annual trip to promote the CCA STAR and hang out with our buddy Rad Trascher.[…]
The scenario plays out every spring. Anglers experience a dearth of freckled fish in March and April, and all hopes turn to May, in anxious anticipation. And always the questions are the same:[…]
Thousands of shrimp moving out of the passes each May mean the speckled trout are soon to follow, and reports coming from Four Bayou Pass to Fourchon this week confirmed that trout are indeed moving into the Gulf.[…]
Paul Keith isn’t sure whether an earthquake back in the early 1800s or a logjam on the Red River backed up water into the lowlands of north Caddo Parish to form Caddo Lake.[…]
Capt. Nick Poe said the water in Big Lake had finally just gotten really pretty earlier this week — right before Wednesday’s deluge arrived.[…]
Throughout the year, finding bait is essential to catching fish, but Lafitte guide Capt. Lane Zimmer feels it’s especially important to locate shrimp in May when targeting speckled trout.[…]
Croakers are not very attractive fish, clunky rather than streamlined. They are not very attractive fish, clunky rather than streamlined.[…]
“It’s wide open right now and trout action is exploding everywhere,” Capt. Tommy Pellegrin, said.[…]
Buddy Fuentes was a Baton Rouge police officer for more than 30 years, but he never saw anything quite like the accident he witnessed on Lake Mechant late last month.[…]
Once again, if you blink you might miss it.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday released a ridiculously short three-day recreational red snapper season in federal waters next month: June 1 through the third, which includes exactly one Friday and Saturday of fishing.[…]
Capt. Mike Gallo chuckled when asked to name some potential hotspots for Lake Pontchartrain speckled trout anglers during the month of May.[…]
Keeping your tackle organized and protected has never been simpler than with Plano’s new Guide Series of tackle bags.[…]
When the fish are feeling the pressure, a long cast is critical to getting bit. If trout and reds feel like you’re on top of them, they simply won’t bite, so back off a little and make a longer cast. […]
Possessing the same deadly good looks and fish-catching prowess of its rigged brethren, the EZ ShrimpZ can serve as replacement bodies for the rigged version or rigged separately on jigheads or a weedless hook.[…]
Whether your boat is brand new or has been around the block a few times, you can keep the seats and other vinyl looking new and protected from the sun with Star Brite’s Ultimate Vinyl Clean. […]