Capt. Lane Zimmer has battled mangrove snapper enough to have seen all the highs and lows that come with going after these smart fish inhabiting oil rigs close to Louisiana’s coastline.[…]
Every speck and redfish fisherman who stows his rods in vertical holders has snagged a shirt on an exposed treble hook, been bopped on the head by a popping cork flopping in the wind or has spent frustrating moments untangling a snarled rod instead of fishing.[…]
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway consists of two spans of bridge, each 24 miles long. That’s a lot of bridge.[…]
There was fear among some in the tournament community that sizable bass would be hard to come by after the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission removed the 14-inch minimum length limit in 2013 and increased the daily creel to 10 bass this June 8 for all waters within the Atchafalay Basin and the Lake Verret system.[…]
Recently, there were a few more introductions into the crappie arena during the International Consortium of Allied Sporting Trades (ICAST).[…]
When fishing for mangroves, Capt. Lane Zimmer always keeps a few rods at the ready in case he spots a curious lemonfish cruising the surface.[…]
Greg Schlumbrecht likens bottom-fishing soft plastics on the Causeway to bass fishin[…]
Almost 1.3 million Florida-strain bass were released into Lake Verret, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde between 1993 and 2011, according to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The absolute best way to learn how to use planer boards for chasing cranky crappie is to do what Steve White did — find somebody to show you.[…]
With a few easy strokes of his knife, Jim Danley shows how to produce mild-tasting, white-fleshed cutlets of fish from his big river catfish.[…]
LaRocca’s Camp isn’t the only tried-and-true Barataria Bay trout mecca.[…]
When the minimum length limit on bass was abandoned in 2013, some anglers predicted loads of fish would be snatched from the water and released into Lake Crisco.[…]
Steve and David White have their own ideas about the equipment needed for catching crappie on crankbaits and extending their reach by using planer boards.[…]
Port Allen’s Brent Bonadona earned his tournament chops fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin, and in October his boat will be found in the middle to lower portions of the huge swamp.[…]
If you enjoy diversity in your saltwater fishing, then September is tough to beat. Before the first major cool fronts invade the coast, there’s a wide variety of pelagics that will be swimming within a short boat ride — or even paddle. […]
Although the weir on Island Drive is one of his main fall-back options, Ty Hibbs actually prefers fishing a few of the other Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area weirs and bayous because they — in his estimation — actually offer a little bit better fishing.[…]