Inshore Fishing
Best surf fishing beach gear
Whether you reach your surf-fishing spot by car or boat, you won’t have all those storage compartments on the sand, so consider how you’ll transport your gear up and down the beach.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Color calamity – What single lure color is the best?
Just as there’s no one bait for every imaginable scenario, there’s no one color that works on every cast. Nevertheless, experienced anglers have their favorites for a reason.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Rig it right for wade fishing
Surf rigs vary greatly, but this trio of setups will handle the majority of what you’ll encounter at the Gulf’s edge. Just vary the size of your tackle components to match the species you’re seeking.[…]
Bass Fishing
Freshwater diversions not without controversy
Kevin Schilling said flatly that having the freshwater diversion is “the key” the Caernarvon bass fishery.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Top bream baits
Bream fishermen have a wide variety of lures to choose from. Here are Dr. Ray Jones, aka Dr. Bream’s, top picks for a summer bream buffet.[…]
Inshore Fishing
What’s new? Baby VuDu!
The VuDu Shrimp baits have taken this area by storm, and tackle shops are having trouble keeping them on the shelves.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tackle information
Schilling’s main fishing reels are old-fashioned Abu Garcia 5500 Ambassadeur bait casters. They are used whenever he fishes with worms, frogs or flukes.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lighted public fishing piers
Lighted public fishing piers[…]
Bass Fishing
Kevin Schilling in the news
Kevin Schilling is only 33, but has popped up twice before in New Orleans area fishing news.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to find and catch Sabine Lake’s topwater trout
Sabine Lake locations targeted by Adam Jaynes and Robby Trahan are fairly traditional.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to access Sabine Lake
For anglers new to the area, Sabine Lake is an brackish estuary of stretching 23 miles long and nine miles that eventually pours into the Gulf of Mexico south of Port Arthur, Texas.[…]
News Breaker
Mississippi man dies from vibrio infection
An Ocean Springs, Miss. man who spent a lot of his life in the Gulf of Mexico was killed by bacteria that attacked his body after spending a day in those very same waters.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout fishing sporadic out of Delacroix
Specks are being caught now with live shrimp out of Delacroix, but Capt. Randall Shaw said the bite just hasn’t been as consistent moving into mid-summer as it’s been in years past.[…]
News Breaker
Potential new No. 5 Warsaw grouper caught at Fourchon Oilman’s Tournament
Simon Guidry was underweight, overmatched and outmanned when he picked a fight with a 305-pound Warsaw grouper Friday afternoon, but the Cutoff angler still managed to come out on top.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Seven tips for beach-fishing success
Grand Isle guide Capt. John Chauvin of Capt. John’s Fin-tastic Charters gives his top tips for surf-fishing success.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters Too excerpt: catching big specks on Lake Pontchartrain
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Eric Dumas with Living a Dream Guide Service talks about his obsession for speckled trout, and what he uses to catch them.[…]