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.[…]
Fishing
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.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Weather cancels CCA’s Specks and Spots Tournament at Cypremort Point
Heavy rains Friday morning and an ominous weekend forecast prompted officials to cancel CCA Louisiana’s 5th Annual Specks and Spots fishing tournament scheduled for Saturday at Quintana Landing at Cypremort Point. […]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF: Vehicles now permanently prohibited on Elmer’s Island beaches
Anglers arriving by vehicle to fish on Elmer’s Island better get some comfortable walking shoes.[…]
News Breaker
Video: Big yellowfin pulls angler overboard when harpoon fails
Everyone knows that accidents can happen anytime you head out on a fishing trip.
But when you’re 120 miles offshore fishing at night your margin for error dramatically decreases.[…]
Bass Fishing
Livingston Parish angler lands freaky bass in Amite River
On a bass-fishing trip Sunday afternoon on the lower Amite River near Bayou Barbary, Curtis Little took “ripping a lip” to a whole new level.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Four cited for shrimping violations in Plaquemines Parish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited multiple boats in Plaquemines Parish last weekend for alleged shrimping violations.[…]
Columns
There’s an app for that
Tesla might have predicted the portable phone some 70 years before it’s time. But the brilliant physicist could never have imagined the extent to which it has evolved.[…]
Inshore Fishing
‘Smiley-faced’ redfish caught near Sable Island
It doesn’t take much these days to have a very pessimistic view of life.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fall shrimp season opening dates announced
The 2016 fall shrimp season from the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel buoy line eastward to the Mississippi/Louisiana state line will kick off at 6 p.m. next Monday, Aug. 15, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Pending junior female world record tarpon caught out of Grand Isle
Capt. Lance ‘Coon’ Schouest has seen plenty of grown men struggle while hooked up in a battle with a big tarpon. […]
Ask Captain Paul
DATUM settings in your GPS can be critical
I frequently get questions why a reader can’t find a stated position or a position a friend provides or why their GPS position information is not the same as their friends when both units are at the same position.[…]
Inshore Fishing
August tactics to catch Big Lake speckled trout
When August rolls around, Capt. Nick Poe pretty much has three locations on his mind to target speckled trout out of Big Lake: the beach, the Cameron jetties and the rigs near Johnson Bayou.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Keys to Delacroix’s late-summer trout
Stand outside for one minute in the middle of a sunny August day and you’ll immediately go back into your cool A/C, curse the summer heat and swear you’ll never utter a negative word about winter ever again.[…]
News Breaker
Top 10 grouper caught Wednesday ineligible for state record books
Just five days after a 287-pound Warsaw grouper that could be the state’s new No. 6-ranked fish hit the scales at Sand Dollar Marina, another fisherman 45 miles southwest of Grand Isle reeled in a 277-pounder that also likely would have cracked into Louisiana’s Top 10.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF secretary refers to Congressman Garret Graves as ‘Pinocchio’
Congressman Garret Graves made a surprise appearance at Thursday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, intending to set the record straight on specifics regarding his legislation that would transfer management of red snapper from the federal government to the five Gulf states.[…]