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This kind of hind is speckled
Offshore bottom fishermen love groupers, mostly because they are so good to eat.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
CCA’s New Orleans Fall Fishing Seminar set for Tuesday evening
If you’re wondering when this year’s ‘World Series’ speckled trout run will crank up on Lake Pontchartrain — or if you have any other fall fishing questions — you can probably get them answered this Tuesday evening from an impressive panel of captains at the CCA Metro New Orleans Fall Fishing Seminar.[…]
Bass Fishing
Check out this cool new topwater lure
Everyone loves a good topwater bite, so knowing how to “walk the dog” is almost mandatory. But what if you could get even more action out of a lure while keeping it in the strike zone?[…]
Features
The backup plan — Lafitte fall redfishing tactics
October offers fantastic redfish fishing. This Lafitte backup plan will keep your rod bowed and your ice chest full.[…]
Bass Fishing
Transitional jerks – Jerkbait fishing tactics
Word association games show us our true perceptions by drawing forth gut responses.[…]
Features
Wet-leg reds— Where to wade-fish for Vermilion redfish
Redfish move into Vermilion Bay, and you can catch all you want. Or you could bypass the crowds and target these unpressured redfish.[…]
Contents
Dark arrows — Top tactics for coastal bowfishing
It wasn’t like shooting fish in a barrel. I thought they would be just kind of sitting there, hovering helplessly in gin-clear water, hypnotized by the boat’s bright lights.[…]
Inshore Fishing
SC man arrested for guiding without a license, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a South Carolina man Thursday for alleged charter fishing guide violations in St. Bernard Parish.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
STAR’s West Division trout leader DQ’d for failing polygraph
The Louisiana Coastal Conservation Association’s STAR Tournament officially has a new first place speckled trout angler in the West Division — after the long-time leader was officially disqualified this week for failing a polygraph test.[…]
News Breaker
Melancon snapper letter ‘inaccurate,’ Florida agency head says
The ongoing turmoil at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries continued Thursday in the wake of its opposition to regional management of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico — but this time another state is involved in the dust-up.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney punches his way to Venice bass bite
With an incoming tide and dirtier-than-expected water to start the day Wednesday, it took a while for the bass bite to turn on down in Venice.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney live from Venice on Facebook Wednesday morning
If you want to see what goes on behind the scenes while filming an episode of Sportsman TV, check out Louisiana Sportsman’s Facebook page all day Wednesday for live reports from Greg Hackney — who’s down in Venice to target bass at the Delta National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish The Cove for consistent fall trout
Speckled trout fishermen don’t have to go far from the Quintana Canal Boat Landing to catch fish in Vermilion Bay this month.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Sac-a-lait fishing will only get better at Morgan City
When a hint of coolness starts staying in the air even during the day and football seasons are in full swing, you can bet there are sac-a-lait to be caught in the lower Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Common sense Cocodrie fishing
Some equations are simple common sense, and for fall trout anglers, Cocodrie makes plenty of sense because it produces many trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cane River’s bass show off
Fall is a popular time along Natchitoches’ Cane River, as it attracts visitors from all over the world to quaint bed and breakfasts like the one featured in the movie “Steel Magnolias.”[…]