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Beating Ole Man River — Pro tips for Venice trout fishing
Rule No. 1 for speckled trout fishing: Look for clean water. […]
Fishing
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Code Red — Shallow-water fishing tips to catch more redfish
I shivered involuntarily in the predawn light. It felt more like I was going duck hunting than fishing, especially since I was in a surface drive-driven shallow-water boat.[…]
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Biloxi Marsh Mishmash — The key to March fishing
Webster’s Dictionary defines a mishmash, as “an assortment or variety of odds and ends, a mixture; a hodgepodge.”[…]
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Stone cold crappie — Duck Commander develops crappie-catching rig
“That’s not a fair question,” Jay Stone said, turning his head quickly to eyeball the tip of one of the 16-foot crappie poles that he thought had signaled another fish on the end of the line.[…]
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Cool Cats — Best ways to catch springtime catfish
My father-in-law was a marsh man who dreaded coming home from down the bayou after trapping season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Veggie variables — How to fish for prespawn bass
Grass equals bass — yep, we got that. But getting to know the specific makeup of vegetation is essential, especially during the early spring before the it grows tall and thick. […]
Bass Fishing
Moving up — How to catch prespawn bass
There’s a fine line between prespawn and spawning movement — get it wrong and you’ll be wasting time by fishing ahead of or behind the fish.[…]
Fishing
C-Eye Pro Catch 2000
One of MirrOlure’s best-selling lures, the Catch 2000, is now available in the C-Eye Pro Series.[…]
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Po-boy panfish — How to catch lake runners, bluegill and catfish in Bayou Lacombe
You know how it goes: After slurping through a few pounds of spicy boiled crawfish you start craving a something a little heavier and crunchier.[…]
Fishing
P-Line’s XTCB-8
By using 8 strands of fiber during the braiding process, P-Line has made a braid which is extremely tight and compact.[…]
Columns
If you knew the gou as I do
The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, has to be the most disrespected large freshwater fish in Louisiana and probably the whole United States.[…]
Fishing
WX TIDE
The WX TIDE is equipped with Wiley X’s patented removable and breathable Facial Cavity™ seal which blocks out wind and light for enhanced polarization.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2015 CCA STAR Tournament to feature new tagged speckled trout division
Big changes are in store for the 2015 STAR.
For the first time ever, the Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana STAR Tournament will feature a tagged speckled trout division, where up to four registered anglers will each win $2,500 prize packages for catching the first four tagged speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Two Chalmette men arrested for alleged oyster, drug violations in St. Bernard Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two men Wednesday in St. Bernard Parish for alleged oyster harvesting and drug violations, according to a press release.[…]
Bass Fishing
Slow presentation key for Basin bass bite
Slow and steady wins the race — and it could also be the key to catch some nice prespawn bass this weekend in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Fishing
One size doesn’t fit all
Every now and then, as I poke along through life, I’m hit with small blasts of clarity. Usually, it isn’t over anything new, just a clarification of a fuzzy thought that’s been lurking in the back of my mind.[…]