Fishing
Tippets
November is my favorite month for marsh fly fishing, since the interior lakes and bayous are thick with speckled trout. […]
Fishing
Fishing
How to create a loop
User “smokinburger” posted step-by-step instuctions on how to create a loop that is perfect for attaching anchors and with other boating uses — and pretty much anything else with which a loop can be helpful — on the LouisianaSportsman.com forum.[…]
Inshore Fishing
November speckled trout tactics for Grand Isle
While many people think of September and October as transition months for speckled trout in Louisiana — when the fish move from their offshore spawning haunts to inside marshes to ride out the winter — Tommy Vidrine also includes November in that count, as well.[…]
Columns
Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad
Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad, a hollow body soft-plastic frog with a pronounced cup in the nose, is going places.[…]
Fishing
Audit shows millions misspent by LDWF after BP oil spill
Louisiana’s legislative auditor found a lack of management oversight of funds and operations in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the wake of the BP oil spill, including sampling operations in Venice that cost $2,796 per fish, more than $280,000 in clothing and uniforms with no uniform purchasing policy in place and a used $1.8 million airplane that could now cost the state more than $500,000 to repair.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana Saltwater Series discontinued
The Louisiana Saltwater Series — a redfish tournament trail created in the wake of the BP oil spill — is being discontinued by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, according to media reports. […]
Inshore Fishing
Kayak Venice: Tips for November specks and redfish
If you’re planning on doing some kayak-fishing along the Louisiana coast this month, Venice is a great destination with relatively short paddles — putting redfish and speckled trout within easy reach of most anglers.[…]
Columns
More great stuff from ICAST
In the September 2016 column, we reviewed several of the many new fly rods unveiled at the ICAST trade show held in July. […]
Inshore Fishing
Prospecting at Golden Meadow
Fishing action slows down over the long, hot summer. The heat takes a toll on areas that you’d expect to hold fish. Even the water gets ugly, and anglers often come back with little to show for their efforts.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Fish scattered grass in Bayou Black
When Bill McCarty wants to catch sac-a-lait in November, he invariably heads to the Bayou Black area.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Use your GPS for marking an SOS location
Naturally, if you get lost or stranded and have a GPS unit with you, it can be used to capture your position and forward it to a rescuer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hite moving from bass boat to broadcast booth in 2017
Davy Hite won’t be competing on the Bassmaster Elite Series next year, but he’ll still be close to the action.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Red River boating accident claims life of Alexandria woman
A 55-year-old Alexandria woman died Sunday morning after being ejected from the boat she was riding in on the Red River in Rapides Parish, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Bass Fishing
November Red River lunkers
The explorer Hernando de Soto found it while exploring the Mississippi for riches. Another adventurer, Louis de St. Denis, spent years searching its shores for gold and silver.[…]
Columns
Cutlassfish are common everywhere
We don’t call them cutlassfish.
Most Louisiana sport fishermen call them ribbonfish. Commercial shrimpers dub them silver eels, and consider them a minor nuisance for their habit of getting halfway through the meshes of their trawls’ bags and dying there.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two shrimpers cited for oversized nets in Delacroix, LDWF says
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for alleged shrimping violations in St. Bernard Parish on Tuesday.[…]