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We got gar – Louisiana has four species
In a state laced with streams, rivers, bayous, lakes and marshes, pretty well anyone who spends time outdoors knows that Louisiana has a lot of gars.[…]
Fishing
Big Bass
Ragley angler reels in Toledo Bend 12.25-pounder on Buck Creek
Toledo Bend is much more than the No.1 bass fishery in the United States: It’s also a camper’s paradise with scenic pines and hardwoods situated along its shorelines.[…]
News Breaker
Potential new No. 4-ranked mako shark caught on East Lump Monday morning
After an epic day of fishing Monday on the East Lump, Capt. Peace Marvel’s 31-foot AmeraCat returned to Cypress Cove Marina in Venice almost 800 pounds heavier than when it left seven hours earlier — thanks to two stud yellowfin tuna and a huge shark that potentially could become the new No. 4 mako ever caught in Louisiana waters.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Poverty Point yields potential No. 3 white crappie Wednesday evening
If this all looks very familiar, you’re not seeing double or reading the same story twice: The Hosea brothers — identical twins — are rewriting the white crappie record books for both Poverty Point Reservoir State Park and the state of Louisiana.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Hackney gearing up for 13th Bassmaster Classic appearance
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Greg Hackney is hoping 13 is his lucky number as the Gonzales angler prepares for tomorrow’s start of the 2016 Bassmaster Classic being held on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees outside of Tulsa, Okla.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top 3 Southeast Louisiana crappie hotspots
Catching sac-a-lait is a rite of spring for many anglers in Southeast Louisiana. And the weather is shaping up for another awesome weekend on the water.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend anglers weigh in 35-pound stringer
When Acadiana Bass Club members Eric Arnold and Brannon Mire weighed-in Saturday for the first day of their club’s two-day tournament, they were five fish short of their two-man limit. Their total was only about 15 pounds, leaving them a whopping 14-pounds out of the lead.[…]
Big Bass
Bossier City angler lands Toledo Bend 12.12-pounder in Palo Gaucho
Chad Poulsen was definitely on the fish in Palo Gaucho during a club tournament last weekend on Toledo Bend.[…]
Big Bass
Lake Charles angler catches 12.90-pound Toledo Bend hammer
A father-son outing on Toledo Bend turned into the trip of a lifetime Saturday when Keith Comeaux landed his biggest lunker ever — an enormous 12.90-pounder that devoured a wacky-rigged plastic worm in Mill Creek.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Captain gets to fish with the help of wings
When Capt. Theophile Bourgeois was sitting in his high school Algebra 2 class contemplating what he wanted to be when he grew up, he probably wasn’t aspiring to become a pilot.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker locales – The big bass hotspots at Toledo Bend
Toledo Bend has become the epicenter of big-bass hunters from across the country, pumping out dozens of super-sized lunkers annually over the past few years.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo’s top pics — The pros’ top bass-fishing lures
Mid-May will see some of the nation’s top bass anglers descend upon the nation’s top-rated bass lake for the Bassmaster Elite Series.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait
The LiveTarget BaitBall Glass Minnow Twitchbait will provide anglers a lure that perfectly mimics the small glass minnow forage that is targeted by trout, reds, Spanish mackerel or virtually anything chasing tiny bait.[…]
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Heads, reds and drum — Tips for catching Breton Sound’s sheesphead, redfish and black drum
You heard the one about the elite, big-fish speckled trout snob in Delacroix in March?
Well, there was this creek. And there was this paddle. The guy was up the creek: Aw heck, you know the rest.[…]
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Crappie Seeking Individual — Tips to catch more springtime Lake D’Arbonne crappie
James Morgan always seems to have a plan. It’s part of his DNA.
And when it comes to crappie fishing, the only CSI you need is to discover is that he’s a Crappie Seeking Individual.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jig power — Tips for fishing jigs for more Atchafalaya Basin bass
“I hate finesse fishing,” the fair-skinned man said with a mischievous look, pausing to wait for my reaction.[…]