Field Notes
Beginner’s guide to fishing live shrimp
Not everyone knows how to fish live shrimp. Everyone has a first time. So what’s the secret to keeping a live shrimp alive?[…]
Fishing
Columns
Kayak Fishing Boondoggle coming to Louisiana Oct. 9-12
The urban dictionary offers many possible definitions of “boondoggle.”[…]
News Breaker
Gulf of Mexico recreational amberjack season to close Sept. 28
The recreational amberjack season in the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled to close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, when landings data indicate the 1.13 million pound annual catch target will be harvested.[…]
Bass Fishing
Green Trout Traveling
From the top of Louisiana to the bottom we went in search of largemouth bass. […]
Fishing
Terrebonne Basin Restoration
Chris Macaluso talks about the Terrebonne Basin restoration project.[…]
Field Notes
How to effectively use spoons to catch more redfish
I’ve never liked fishing spoons. Maybe it’s because I never gave them the chance. Maybe it’s because I’ve never caught much on them.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish as easy as can be at Grand Isle now
If you love catching redfish, but aren’t that familiar with the waters around Grand Isle, now is the time to head down Highway 1 and make a trip anyway.[…]
Fishing
Pick the right fish-measuring board
You see it all the time on fishing trips: Someone catches a fish that might or might not be long enough to keep, and the angler flops it down on an ice chest for a quick measurement on the built-in ruler.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Carlyss angler dominates STAR Tournament — again
Lots and lots of people go on fishing trips, but very few people ever get the opportunity to go on trips earned by fishing.[…]
Field Notes
Organize, store hooks with surgical tubing
If you’re like many anglers, you have scads of hooks for different types of fishing because our finny targets have variable-size mouths.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Elmer’s Island access road to close next week for repairs
The access road to Elmer’s Island will be closed all next week for repair work, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Columns
BKB Swim Jigs
A Kansas bass angler is doing more than holding his own on the Bassmaster Elite Series circuit.[…]
Bass Fishing
B.A.S.S. announces 2016 Elite Series schedule
Some of America’s top-ranked bass fisheries — including newly-minted No. 1 Toledo Bend — await the nation’s top professional bass anglers competing on the 2016 Bassmaster Elite Series.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LiveTarget’s soft plastic rigged shrimp is a dead ringer for the real thing
The incredibly realistic LiveTarget soft plastic shrimp Vic Cook designed looks so good, you can almost picture it drizzled in garlic and butter, or served New Orleans barbecue-style accompanied by a piece of hot French bread.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout already transitioning back into Lake Pontchartrain
Speckled trout are already starting to make their return trip back into Lake Pontchartrain, and this weekend’s expected cool front should only improve fishing conditions as fall approaches and summer’s heat slowly fades away, according to a fishing guide.[…]
News Breaker
Three men cited for tuna violations in Venice on Sept. 9, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three men aboard the commercial fishing vessel “Jasmine” on Wednesday for alleged tuna violations in Plaquemines Parish.[…]