Fishing
Wiley X WX Tide
Whether you’re prowling the shallows or hunting big game offshore, the ability to read the water is paramount. And the Wiley X WX Tide sunglasses make it all possible.[…]
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Mississippi Monsters — Top fishing tips for Mississippi River catfish
It looked like a sea monster when it first came up.
The wide, slate-gray body did a rolling churn when it surfaced in the turbid Mississippi River water.[…]
Fishing
L&S Bait Co. Poppa Mullet C-Eye Pro Series
MirrOlure’s new surface lure offers the best of two primary topwater actions.[…]
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Hooked! Fishing guide shares tips for trout success at Shell Beach, Hopedale
I think the first time I fished with Capt. Tim “Hook” Ursin Jr. was back in the early to mid-1990s. At the time he was running his charter service out of the End of the World Marina on Delacroix Island — and we were both a lot younger then.[…]
Fishing
Arctic Ice Chillin’ Cradle
Known for a superior line of cooler packs that keep food and drinks either cold or frozen, Arctic Ice now offers the Chillin’ Cradle — a cooler accessory designed to maximize surface area contact with bottles or cans.[…]
News Breaker
Anglers land 213-pound yellowfin tuna out of Venice
Conditions out of Venice Saturday morning weren’t exactly ideal for a tuna trip — the wind was whipping up 5- to 6-foot waves 10 miles out of South Pass.[…]
Fishing
Two men arrested for illegal oyster harvesting in Terrebonne Parish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two men for alleged oyster violations in Terrebonne Parish on Friday.[…]
Columns
These Cajuns know crawfish
Vern and Dee Dee Becnel are River Parishes Cajuns. Here are their recipes for Crawfish Étouffée and Crawfish Stuffed Flounder.[…]
Big Bass
Texas angler scores on Toledo Bend 11.14-pound monster
Few bites get an angler’s adrenaline going like a big topwater blowup.[…]
Fishing
New trolling motors solve old boat-handling problems
One of fishing’s truths is that more casts mean more fish in the boat. And anything that eliminates distractions and saves time helps you make more casts and lets you pay more attention to your fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Venice bass biting on Delta National Wildlife Refuge
With the Mississippi River just over 3 feet now in New Orleans, rapidly falling water has turned on the bass bite out of Venice. […]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout haven’t transitioned inside yet near Cocodrie and Dularge
It may be officially fall on the calendar now, but speckled trout haven’t quite gotten the message to head back into interior marshes near Cocodrie and Dularge, according to a fishing guide.[…]
Fishing
6 cited for taking polluted oysters
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited six men for alleged oyster violations in Terrebonne and LaFourche parishes, according to a news release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top 3 tips to catch Lake Pontchartrain flounder
Long before the “World Series Trout Run” takes place in October, another tasty species usually kicks off fall fishing fever for Lake Pontchartrain anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tips to locate bass during fall transition
Sometime this month, in reservoirs across the Southeast, largemouth bass will make a major move from the deep places where they’ve spent the summer out on the main body of many lakes back into the tributary creeks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain yields monster alligator gar
Capt. Andy Jones loves to chase trout and redfish like the rest of us, but in the heat of the summer he targets bigger, toothier critters that swim in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]