Caleb Sumrall and Jamie Arceneaux plucked more than 20 ½ pounds out of Lake Dauterive yesterday to take the first-day lead of the Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Championship, and they returned there today to seal the victory and collect the $12,000 first-place prize.[…]
Caleb Sumrall wasn’t particularly optimistic about his chances at the Louisiana Open Bass Championship, but a five-fish, 20.57-pound stringer Saturday with partner Jamie Arcenaux has the team in first place after Day 1 at Doiron’s Landing in Stephensville.[…]
They haven’t invented any new fish that we’re aware of, but the fishing industry never lets us down in terms of new products to help us catch all those fish that we know and love.[…]
For a charter captain, fishing can be a little hectic.
With all the things they’ve got to think about each and every morning to ensure their customers have a fun and productive day on the water, the fun of fishing can sometimes be tough to recall.[…]
Louisiana has other urban fishing holes besides those in New Orleans City Park, including Cross Lake in Shreveport, Sibley Lake in Natchitoches, Bayou De Saird and Ouachita River in Monroe and City Park and University Lakes in Baton Rouge.[…]
Fishing for turtles is a low-tech affair and requires very few licenses.[…]
At first glance, cleaning the armored, prehistoric-looking loggerhead turtle appears to be an impossible task. But cleaning a turtle is quite quickly and easily done once one learns the ropes.[…]
First timers to Lake Boeuf should probe and hunt, concentrating their efforts near duck blinds because they provide permanent cover, Steve Bourgeois advised.[…]
Lake Boeuf, a natural lake set in a depression in northern Lafourche Parish has two reputations. First, it is known as a great fishing destination.; second, it has a reputation as a hard lake to fish successfully on a consistent basis.[…]
When bream fishermen refer to bream “bedding up” they’re not speaking of bream going to bed to sleep. Actually, bedded bream are spawning bream — the most active of bream and, therefore, the easiest to catch.[…]
Frogs can certainly get bites anywhere on the lake, but vegetation is the key to consistent results.[…]
Pulling big bass through grass mats requires tough line, and “tough” means braided line for most bass anglers.[…]
Breton Island is a National Wildlife Refuge and home to a huge population of seabirds.[…]
Ivy St. Romain, owner of Ivy’s Tackle Box in Morgan City, said he prefers a tungsten weight because the end of the weight has a deeper concave than lead.[…]
Hopefully the coldest winter in 24 years has come to an end. If so, fly anglers could enjoy a great month on the water.[…]
What good would a small mud boat be if you didn’t know how to catch fish once you got away from everybody else by crossing a shallow flat?[…]