Freshwater Fishing
10 Commandments of crappie fishing
These principles will help everyone become more successful at catching crappie.[…]
Fishing
News Breaker
Recreational weekend-only red snapper season ends in state waters
The weekend-only red snapper season in state waters is effectively over because LA Creel estimates indicate harvest numbers have been reached, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to pitch for more bass
Pitching lures into heavy cover is a great way to catch bass, but it’s a technique that takes some getting used to.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three arrested for alleged oyster theft
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office arrested three men on Sunday for allegedly stealing oysters and attempting to sell them through social media, according to a news release.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Louisiana angler two-time kayak world champion
The biggest cold front this winter pushed through the state last Thursday, and Steve Lessard used it — along with his ‘home field advantage’ — to claim his second world championship at the Hobie Worlds 6 in Lafourche Parish. […]
Columns
The joys of Christmas fishing
Spending a beautiful day in the marsh with good friends, catching fish on flies we had tied, is a joy of Christmas for every fly angler.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie fishing for Christmas
Chuck Morgan travels all over the region crappie fishing for fun and competitively, but he also enjoys being home for the Christmas season, looking for crappie on the Christmas trees or other assorted sunken tops and structure right in his own backyard.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
DGPS vs. WAAS: What is better in a GPS?
I am now running my Global Positioning System unit mated to a DGPS receiver while in offshore locations, but I am considering getting another GPS unit that I would be using in interior lakes away from the coastal waters. I am also considering one of the current handheld units offered.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focus on Black Lake flocks
A good pair of binoculars in your tackle box is probably just as important as the jighead you’re throwing and the color lure you’ve selected when targeting speckled trout and redfish this month on Black Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Go to Lake Providence for peaceful fishing
Largemouth bass fishing on Lake Providence is pretty good all year round, but there is an added bonus for fishermen this time of year that could almost go unnoticed.[…]
Inshore Fishing
It’s a wonderful time for wading
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.
That’s what some speckled trout anglers do in December on the northern reaches of Calcasieu Lake — especially those who want wallhanger fish weighing up to 10 pounds.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Port Fourchon set to host kayak world championship
More than 40 kayak anglers from almost 20 countries will descend upon Lafourche Parish this week to compete in the 2016 Hobie Fishing World Championship from Moran’s Marina in Port Fourchon.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Castle crowds
Capt. Mike Gallo (504-259-3474) idled his bay boat through the crowd anchored around the big rock pile near Violet formerly known as “The Castle.”[…]
Columns
It’s a tough little world for shiners
The minnow family, Cyprinidae, is the largest family of freshwater fish in the world with roughly 2,400 species.[…]
Bass Fishing
2017 Bassmaster Elite Series includes six Louisiana anglers
When the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series kicks off next February at Lake Cherokee in Tennessee, 111 anglers will be in the field — including six from Louisiana.[…]
Bass Fishing
Delayed December
Don’t be surprised if many of the Toledo Bend bass caught in December are in water depths of 6 inches to 10 feet, with more coming from the shallower side of that spectrum.[…]