Freshwater Fishing
Casting call
Unlike those shoulder-straining full-size umbrella rigs designed for largemouth bass, the crappie versions won’t send you to the chiropractor after a weekend on the lake.[…]
Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Ups and downs
Working single jigs over brush piles boasts a long history of crappie success, but consider this: For a hungry predatory, if one bait is good, then two is great and more is — well, you get the picture.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Options and benefits
Complementing the umbrella rig’s benefit of quantity, you also have an amplified element of experimentation.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Rig roundup
Similar to its bass-market counterparts, the multi-bait crappie rig has seen rapidly expanding creativity. Local models and homemade jobs are many, but here are a handful of commercial models:[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
For fly anglers, January can be the worst of times, the best of times. It all depends on the weather and if you prefer quality over quantity.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top 4 Dularge fishing tips for December
“Remember: In these cooler months when you’re drifting and casting, you want to stop when you catch one or two keepers or you’re likely to pass up the fish,” Capt. Gerald Ellender said.[…]
Bass Fishing
Minimum size limit for bass should be dropped on six lakes, LDWF says
Slot limits should be dropped on six lakes because the regulations aren’t producing larger bass — largely because of anglers’ refusal to harvest enough fish, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist told Louisiana Sportsman.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF adopts NOI to alter catfish regulations on Texas boundary waters
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a notice of intent that would alter daily creel limit regulations for channel and blue catfish taken in Toledo Bend Reservoir, Caddo Lake and the Sabine River.[…]
Columns
The rainbow phenomena
Winter is the time of year to witness one of nature’s more unusual spectacles here in Louisiana — the Sundog.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish stacked in Yscloskey Canal right now
What do you do on the coldest days of the year? You go fishing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
As water temps rebound, speckled trout bite could turn on
As water temperatures across Louisiana’s coast slowly rebound after this week’s Arctic blast, anglers are eagerly anticipating a potential speckled trout feeding frenzy after days of cold-induced inactivity.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Temperatures forecast to plummet all the way to the coast Monday night
With air temperatures expected to plummet statewide tonight, including into the upper teens and lower 20s all the way to the coast, the possibility exists for localized fresh- and saltwater fish kills, according to biologists with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Columns
The case of the slippery eel
Nothing could be worse for a freshwater natural-bait fisherman. Something obviously huge had grabbed the worm or crawfish on his hook and was fighting furiously. He could almost imagine the broad head of a big catfish emerging from the water.[…]
Inshore Fishing
As temps get cold, try Hot Water Canal area for speckled trout
With cold temperatures in the forecast for at least the next several days, chilly water temperatures will continue to present challenges for anglers intent on fishing.[…]
Fishing
Seaguar Smackdown
Smackdown is the new amazingly strong, smooth-casting premium braid line from Seaguar. Made with eight ultra-thin, micro-weave strands in a round[…]
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Stump jumping — Fishing hotspots for Stump Lagoon
If you leave out of my launching pad in Shell Beach you can enter the Biloxi Marsh by one of two general routes. Either you cross Lake Borgne and enter through one of the numerous bayous that wind snakelike into the heart of the marsh, or you head up Bayou LaLoutre and enter through Stump Lagoon.[…]