Columns
New fishing products for 2016
In our September column, we highlighted the many new rods coming out this fall and next spring.[…]
Fishing
Fishing Tournaments
Laiche leads B.A.S.S. Nation Championship after Day 2
The conditions changed on the second day of the 2015 B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on the Ouachita River, but the first-day leader did everything the same and managed to stay on top of the field. Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche added 13 pounds, 14 ounces, ending Day 2 with 30 pounds, 4 ounces and a 1 1/2-pound lead.[…]
Bass Fishing
Laiche leads after Day 1 of B.A.S.S. Nation Championship
Despite never fishing the Ouachita River before he started pre-fishing this fall, Jamie Laiche of Gonzales took the lead after Day 1 of the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship being contest this week on the Ouachita River.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Specks a ‘shore thing’ now out of Shell Beach
I missed the first clue when I made a dark-thirty drive to Shell Beach to meet Captain Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur and Robert Campo for an early-morning trout excursion. […]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout biting in Bayou Lafourche
Nice speckled trout have already moved up into Bayou Lafourche, and can be caught under birds with a shrimp imitation under a popping cork, according to a local angler.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA expanding Redfish Pointe Artificial Reef in Vermilion Bay
The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana is increasing the size of an existing artificial reef in western Vermilion Bay.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Venice offshore platform fishing
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am a native of Louisiana currently living in Texas. I have a Texas registered 28-foot boat with twin 300-horsepower Verados with joystick steering.
I want to tow the boat to Venice to take my uncle fishing offshore for tuna. I’m looking for Thunder Horse, Diana and Hoover coordinates, if you have them.[…]
Columns
Put that in your pipe! Gulf pipefish are just plain different
Some fish just can’t seem to get their romantic life straight. For most fish it’s enough for females and males to discharge eggs and sperm into the water. Sometimes they do it in a constructed nest, but most of the time it’s in open water.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Body of missing boater recovered from Atchafalaya River
Search and rescue teams recovered the body of a missing boater Tuesday morning about 2 miles south of the Butte La Rose landing, according to a news release.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Ouachita River set to host B.A.S.S. Nation Championship
The B.A.S.S. Nation Championship returns to Monroe and the Ouachita River this week, one year after a Connecticut angler took the title with 32 pounds and 15 ounces.[…]
News Breaker
Red snapper public hearing slated for tonight in Baton Rouge
Another public hearing will be held this evening in Baton Rouge in the ongoing debate over sector separation and red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Contents
Hopping the wall — This month’s best bet for Lafitte redfish
Opinions about walls are defined by the different sides.
On one side, a wall can be a hedge of protection that keeps us safe by keeping out the proverbial bad guys.[…]
Fishing
Costa’s Rooster
Costa’s new Rooster style large-fit sunglasses include built-in side shields to block incoming glare, as well as vents to alleviate lens fogging, giving fishermen enhanced visual clarity when looking out into the water.[…]
Contents
Road warriors – Even summertime trophy-trout anglers can’t resist this relaxing hotspot.
I had to watch out for the traffic.
Cars and trucks thundered up and down Louisiana Highway 1, the only route into Grand Isle, not only what is arguably the state’s only fishing resort but a thriving base for the oil and gas industry.[…]
Contents
Delacroix’s Fall Festival — Trout, redish action picks up this month
Imagine my surprise to find long-time Golden Meadow charter Capt. Chad Dufrene fishing out of Delacroix Island — not just occasionally, but full time.[…]
Bass Fishing
Pick it apart — How to fish laydowns
Wood — once a tree, felled by man or nature, it’s now a bass fortress and a structure to be negotiated, encroached upon, invaded by those seeking a face-to-face with said fish.[…]