Bass Fishing
Hide-n-seek for crankbait bass
Deep water alone offers no promise of bass. Opportunity level, however, increases with the presence of fish-friendly features like ledges, humps, deep stumps, etc.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle’s new kayak launch completed
Workers were dumping limestone Thursday afternoon and putting the finishing touches on Grand Isle’s new kayak launch, which officials hoped would be up and running by this weekend.[…]
News Breaker
Recreational anglers, charter captains urged to attend Monday’s Gulf Council meeting in Baton Rouge
Although sector separation would essentially split the recreational quota between private anglers and charter captains, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging both groups to attend the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting Monday evening in Baton Rouge.[…]
Columns
The Rage Blade
An Edisto Island, S.C., artificial lure designer knows first-hand just how good the ChatterBait was when it was born and how good it is now, as it has won more money this year than ever before for pro bass anglers on the FLW and Bassmaster Elite series circuits across the United States.[…]
Fishing
Venice BIG Stuff
If you wanna go big, you gotta go to Venice. Cobia and bull reds were the targeted species in this episode of Sportsman TV and Venice did not disappoint.[…]
Cobia
Chris Macaluso – Thought’s on Cobia
Chris Macaluso thoughts on Cobia.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best August trout bait
Shrimp are kings of summertime trout fishing — everyone knows that.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout bite this fall could be extra-special, guide says
The dog days of August already have Capt. Mike Gallo looking forward to the cooler, crisper days to come later this fall.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite consistent in Biloxi Marsh
When Capt. Mike Gallo worked in retail many years ago, he used a slogan that’s served him well ever since.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: Using soft plastics to catch big trout out of Cypremort Point
David ‘T-Coon’ Billeaud is not a fan of live bait.
He routinely uses soft plastics exclusively to catch big trout around Cypremort Point. […]
News Breaker
AJ season to close commercially and recreationally on Aug. 25
NOAA Fisheries announced today both the commercial and recreational harvest of greater amberjack will close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Organizers expecting 700 kayakers Saturday for ‘Ride the Bull V’ on Grand Isle
At the very first Ride the Bull tournament at Grand Isle in 2009, Capt. Danny Wray remembers wondering if anyone at all would bother to attend.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Deadly Dudley’ discusses Lake Pontchartrain’s bridges, fishing the tide
Most people only dream about catching speckled trout that Capt. Dudley Vandenborre probably considers routine.[…]
Columns
Micro fly fishing
If Stephen Robert, Rob Bergeron and myself were ever locked in a nuclear laboratory, within 24 hours the world would end.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi River hits 4.1 feet in New Orleans, guide says water turning green near Venice
As the Mississippi River level continues to fall in New Orleans, the water is just now starting to turn green near Venice, and that can only mean one thing this time of year.[…]
Fishing
Fall inshore shrimp season to open Aug. 18, LDWF says
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday announced the 2014 fall inshore shrimp season will open on Monday, Aug. 18.[…]