Fishing Tournaments
Lake Charles team wins Bassmaster High School Central Open
Five Louisiana teams finished in the Top 10 during the Bassmaster High School Central Open held this weekend at Toledo Bend, B.A.S.S. announced.[…]
Fishing
Fishing
Pelican Roost Camping
We made a nice “camping” trip to the finest lodge in Southeast Louisiana. Redfish and trout were on fire.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake specks turning on
Pretty water and relatively warm temperatures have speckled trout turning on in Calcasieu Lake now, according to a local fishing guide.[…]
Columns
Ask the Fly Fishing Answer Man
In what has to be the most alarming research paper ever, students in the physics department at the University of Leicester determined that, in a real zombie pandemic, humanity wouldn’t last longer than 20 days.[…]
News Breaker
Website for La. red snapper anglers delineates rigs in state, federal waters
Since 9 nautical miles became Louisiana’s official state waters boundary in 2016, red snapper anglers fishing near that mythical line offshore always had cause for concern about the possibility of being ticketed by game wardens and having their catch taken away.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Poor weather delaying bulk of Poverty Point crappie spawn
Poverty Point Reservoir State Park is home to six of the state’s Top 10 white crappie, including the Nos. 2, 3 and 4 fish which were all caught during a spawning slab-fest last spring on the 2,700-acre lake north of Delhi.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2017 CCA STAR to feature 100 tagged redfish
Anglers participating in the 2017 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament will have double the chances of reeling in a tagged redfish this year.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Defining common GPS terms
You might have noticed — I certainly did — that more and more devices are using the GPS satellite system for a variety of gadgets.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie riches at Poverty Point
Crappie fishing can get expensive this time of year on Poverty Point Reservoir near Delhi. A trip to the lake often leads to a follow-up trip — to the taxidermist.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Play the wind and the water
Taking into consideration all the variables of fish location, Capt. Billy Walbaum plans his day around the wind. Fishing in the lee inherently makes life easier in terms of boat control and casting, but it’s also a water-quality thing.[…]
Fishing
Top 10 springtime boating maintenance tips
If you’re like lots of other Louisiana anglers, fishing took somewhat of a back seat when duck and deer season kicked in last fall. […]
Big Bass
New Iberia angler scores on Toledo Bend 10.79-pounder
Michel Fox had located some quality fish in Carrice Creek a month before catching the largest bass of his life at Toledo Bend.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]