Bass Fishing
The making of a pro bass angler
Being flexible and determined are necessary for success in fishing, but to understand how Preuett has developed those traits, a little background is necessary[…]
Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Follow the bait
Cranking is productive on any lake that has a healthy crappie population. Cypress Bayou/Black Bayou Reservoirs, Toledo Bend, Caddo Lake, Lake D’Arbonne, Bayou D’Arbonne, Caney Lake, Poverty Point Reservoir, and Larto are just a few of the good spots.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Summer fishing weather warning
I have never fished the Mississippi Delta during the summer months without getting chased off a spot by a pop-up storm.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Learn the Salter jigging technique
Watching Blaine Salter passionately teach people jigging technique at the Louisiana Sportsman’s Show is entertaining.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to prep a crappie jig
J.B. Salter Sr. insisted that anyone who fished with him have 10 each of their favorite colors of tube jigs prepped before the trip.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
J.B. Salter and his signature fishing pole
The late James Blaine “J.B.”Salter Sr. didn’t set out to be a fishing pole maker. Rather, he was a businessman who loved to fish — but still a businessman first.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sabine Lake fishing regulations
Border waters are tricky to fish. Which state’s rules apply where?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Johnson Bayou’s history
It felt like I was passing through a whole ’nother country on the drive down to Johnson Bayou. It was wide-open space, like the high prairies of North Dakota — Louisiana’s own “Big Sky Country.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sabine’s summer trout cycle
Ricky Trahan said the live croaker pattern in the Sabine channel holds from May through September of each year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trahan’s croaker tips
Capt. Ricky Trahan specializes in fishing with live croakers. Here are his tips to getting the most out of the bait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing forges friendship
Robbie Trahan and Mark Driscoll couldn’t be more different — in almost every way.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to avoid Mr. Toothy
Capt. Theophile Bourgeois said to keep this truth in mind: You’re in Mother Nature’s yard.[…]
Bass Fishing
Top 5 jig-fishing tips to catch more bass
Jigs were once thought of as primarily cold-weather lures, but anglers have proved over the past decade or so the baits will produce bites even in the heat of summer.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Late-summer heat means early start for specks on MRGO rocks
August typically features some of the hottest temperatures of Louisiana’s long summer, and for Shell Beach guide Capt. Jakamo Laboureur that means it’s time to get an early start to beat the heat to catch speckled trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Rapala’s Shadow Rap Shad
Rapala, one of the most-recognizable and respected brands in the artificial lure manufacturing business, introduced a jerkbait at the 2015 Bassmaster Classiic.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three arrested for oyster violations in St. Bernard Parish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested three men on Tuesday for alleged oyster and boating safety violations in St. Bernard Parish.[…]