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Slip-float slabs — Top fishing tips for wintertime crappie
In most activities, a slip-up is a bad thing. Botched snap that leads to a recovered fumble, dropping an easy fly ball, missing that breakaway slam dunk — all bad.[…]
Fishing
Features
Winter Retreat — Delacroix’s Oak River provides great trout fishing
Head to Delacroix’s Oak River this month for boatloads of specks — even if cold weather and high winds make you think about staying home.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana’s speckled trout should survive latest Arctic blast, officials said
With air temperatures forecast to hit 50 degrees today and 70 degrees by Saturday, state officials are hopeful that speckled trout along Louisiana’s coast will dodge another cold-weather bullet and survive this week’s blast of Arctic air.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Marrero man arrested for illegal fish sales, operating without charter boat license
A 30-year-old Marrero man was arrested for alleged commercial fishing violations after undercover agents allegedly purchased speckled trout and redfish from his Jefferson Parish residence, according to a release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Texas angler lands potential No. 4 wahoo for state record boooks
Capt. Will Wall with Pelagic Charters in Venice has helped land a total of four 100-pound wahoo, but none were bigger than the fish he came across this weekend off the mouth of Southwest Pass.[…]
News Breaker
Potential new No. 4-ranked wahoo caught out of Venice
Word is out that a potential new No. 4-ranked wahoo in the state was caught out of Venice over the weekend.[…]
Fishing
Humminbird touchscreens
Two years in development, Humminbird’s new ONIX and ION models offer anglers something different in marine electronics.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle angler braves the cold for big winter speckled trout along La. Hwy. 1
Conditions this afternoon are cold, damp, windy and generally pretty miserable along La. Hwy 1 between Grand Isle and Fourchon, but big speckled trout are biting, and that’s a good enough reason for Tommy Vidrine to brave the elements.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sportsman TV tonight at 6:30 on CST: Yakin’ for Reds
Watch Cox Sports Television tonight at 6:30 as Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney learns the ins and outs of kayaking for redfish at Grand Isle. […]
Fishing
Shermans taking boat services on the road to Bayou Segnette this Sunday
Ken and Devin Sherman will be pulling a nice new rig to boat landings across South Louisiana starting this weekend, but don’t expect to see them out on the water any time soon.[…]
Bass Fishing
Leesville angler catches 11-pounder at Toledo Bend
On Jan. 12, Leesville’s Robert Craft Jr. and his brother Jason motored out of South Toledo Bend State Park to fish some very cold waters.
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Bass Fishing
Bassmaster Classic to return to South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell in 2015
The Bassmaster Classic will return to Lake Hartwell and South Carolina’s Upstate in 2015, bringing with it an approximate $30 million impact on the local economy. […]
Columns
David and Goliath
One of the lures of kayak fishing is the ability to launch in remote places and fish areas generally not accessible to powerboats.[…]
Fishing
LDWF announces correction to 2014 fishing regulations pamphlet
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising anglers of a correction to the Free Fishing Weekend dates printed in the 2014 fishing regulations pamphlet.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Artificial reef to be constructed in Lake Pontchartrain starting Jan. 31
Anglers in Lake Pontchartrain will soon have a new 4-acre artificial limestone reef to fish on near Kenner, officials said.[…]
Columns
Lunker Frog
There is a soft-plastic frog so lifelike in detail that the legs possess a kicking motion no self-respecting bass can resist, a soft-plastic frog that captures the confidence of bass anglers everywhere and also reigns supreme as the ICAST Best Soft Lure of 2013.[…]