Fishing
Springtime in the Wintertime
With the bass spawn happening earlier and earlier every year in the South, we ventured out in January and found conditions to be more like March.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Agents arrest angler accused of child sex trafficking, LDWF says
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a fugitive out of Orleans Parish wanting for alleged child sex trafficking after conducting a boating safety compliance check in the Violet Canal.[…]
Fishing
Catcher’s Mitt keeps hands dry, clean
The old adage says necessity is the mother of invention, and in the case of Mark Cartwright, copious amounts of redfish and speckled trout slime led to his creation of the Catcher’s Mitt designed to keep your hands dry, clean and cut-free while out on the water unhooking fish.[…]
Columns
Channel catfish do it all
After the expenditure of many hundreds of millions of dollars by lure makers and tournament sponsors, there is little doubt that the largemouth bass is America’s most popular freshwater fish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Seeing red out of Port Sulphur and Empire
Capt. Nash Roberts III (800-887-1385) said he and his son concentrate entirely on redfish this month.[…]
Fishing
LIVETARGET Swimbait Series
There’s an array of new swimbait models from LiveTarget that come in multiple sizes and color patterns designed under the theme of life-like lures. Six freshwater forage types were built around shiners, perch, herring, threadfin shad, gizzard shad and trout.[…]
Big Bass
Mansura angler hauls in Toledo Bend 10.78-pounder
Beau Loughman has fished Toledo Bend every single weekend since Jan. 20, so he knew it was likely just a matter of time before he hooked up with a big fish.[…]
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Dealcroix triple threat — 3 ways to catch March trout
MirrOLure She Dogs are made with premium hardware, rattles that can be heard from space, natural 3-D eyes, double-dipped MirrOclear exterior finishes and — above all — durable, life-like colors.[…]
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Wham, bam, sac-a-lait slam — Tips to catch more Tchefuncte River sac-a-lait
It was America’s least favorite day of the week — a Monday afternoon. The weekend Tchefuncte River boaters had all gone back to work, and Covington’s Jeff Bruhl had all of the main-river cuts to himself.[…]
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Close call — Stay close for Lafitte’s spring trout
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to drive past fish to find fish. That’s why Capt. Lane Zimmer is so excited about fishing out of Lafitte during March.[…]
Features
March mystery — How to catch transition trout
Trout start acting squirrely in March. They’ve been cooped up for months — even confined — by the invisible border winter throws around the marsh.[…]
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Cover: March 2017
If you haven’t already made reservations for a Toledo Bend trip, you’re behind the 8 ball. March is the month when the big girls come out to play.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tips for toads — How to catch Toledo Bend’s lunkers
In the past five years, Toledo Bend Lake has delivered a mother lode of double-digit lunkers — an unprecedented phenomenon in Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Bass Fishing
Color run — How to choose the right bass-fishing lure color
Several years ago, I was standing at the counter of a tackle shop shooting the bull when a customer dropped several crankbaits next to the cash register.[…]
Big Bass
Teen catches 10-pound bass in Bayou Bienvenue
The father-son team of Brian and Brennan Silcio spends a lot of time together fishing the Bayou Bienvenue area out of Chalmette, so they’ve got the bass figured out.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t let a little wind scare you
According to Capt. Jack Payne over at Sweetwater Marina (504-453-8382), March is a pretty good month for fishing, both for redfish and speckled trout.[…]