Inshore Fishing
Halter’s Island redfish gang up
A natural disaster started a wintertime tradition for residents and visitors to lower St. Mary Parish, where Halter’s Island becomes a redfish hotspot each December.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Spoiled with specks
January is a time to shine for the Calcasieu Lake are, and no one knows that better than Jeff Poe, who along with wife Mary and son Nick own Big Lake Guide Service.[…]
Inshore Fishing
A triple threat for trout
One Houma angler has the speckled trout right where he wants them on cold January days.
And, I might add, they’re there even on the balmier days of the first month of the year.[…]
Bass Fishing
January woes
I’ve gone out on a limb enough over the last half of this year, discussing possible successful bass fishing patterns the way water and weather conditions were shaping up for each month here at Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Caney’s lunker bass love the sun, too
Nothing brings more happiness than sunshine this time of year, unless it’s sunshine and the lunker largemouth bass bite turning on at Caney Lake at Chatham.[…]
Fishing
Portable emergency power for your boat
If you have never turned your boat or tow vehicle’s ignition key only to have it do absolutely nothing, you should be both wary and happy.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge speckled trout go deep
As December rolls around and water temperatures gradually cool, speckled trout move into deeper waters around Dularge — and that’s where Capt. Tommy Pellegrin heads.[…]
Columns
Cold weather, hot fishing
While many anglers across the country are forced to put their kayaks in storage to wait out months of icy weather, Louisiana anglers have no such problem.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Biloxi Marsh bash
Capt. Casey Kieff (504-512-7171) said trout action has been great during October and November in the Biloxi Marsh, and it should continue this month as long as the mild weather lasts.[…]
Bass Fishing
Storm’s Arashi Spinbait
What looks like a topwater prop bait but isn’t because it does its work underwater to entice suspending bass?[…]
Crappie/Bream
Best tips for more crappie
Whether it’s a jig or a shiner, West Monroe’s Ronnie Turner always adds a little lagniappe for his crappie.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Falling water means great Lake D’Arbonne crappie fishing
If history repeats itself, the 2016 winter drawdown on D’Arbonne will make the water go down and fishing action will go up.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Credentials of a guide and a chef
What gives Lloyd Landry IV and Tenney Flynn the authority to discuss the qualities of Sciaenops ocellatus, the red drum — what we call “redfish?” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie Food Network — Best crappie lure presentations
Presenting your crappie bait in the best spot for the maximum amount of time is the most important thing you can do to be successful for suspended crappie,[…]
Redfish
How to really clean a bull red
Tenny Flynn is not only proficient at producing beautiful cutlets from fillets, but he cleans out the throat and cheeks of each bull red.[…]
Fishing
Tippets
For flycasters, trout take center stage this month — both the saltwater and freshwater varieties.[…]