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Pontchartrain Mix-up — Fishing for variety
Sometimes people forget that Lake Pontchartrain is about more than speckled trout.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Sabine Surrender — Sabine River bass fishing tactics
In the corner of his eye, Lake Charles’ Ken Chaumont spied what he was looking for. On a weedy point on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River across from Orange, Texas, balls of “rain shad,” as he called them, were erupting from the water.[…]
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Stupid September — Redfish action heats up in Dularge
John Wayne once said, “Life is hard. It’s even harder when you’re stupid.”
Me, I’m tired of being stupid when it comes to fishing in September.[…]
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Eat More Red Meat — How to catch Delacroix’s fall reds
The winds were already blowing when I stepped out of my truck onto the dock by Capt. Ron “Ahab” Broadus’ boat dock down in Delacroix Island.[…]
Bass Fishing
September simplified — Bass fishing without all the complications
As a photographer, I learned a long time ago that it is simple to make images look complicated.[…]
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River Runs Red —Mississippi River fills with redfish
The Mississippi River’s nickname is the Big Muddy. It’s well-earned.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Big Bass Splash slated for Sept. 20-22 at Lake Fork in Alba, Texas
Lake Fork Marina in Alba, Texas will be the site of the 2013 Big Bass Splash, where amateur anglers will compete for more than $500,000 in guaranteed cash and prizes over three days.[…]
Bass Fishing
City Park Lake in New Orleans may be small in size, but yields big results
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries focuses the majority of its time and effort on the marquee bodies of water that have helped earn the state its “Sportsman’s Paradise” nickname.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite continues inside Biloxi Marsh with favorable Labor Day Weekend forecast in store
Speckled trout still haven’t made their move back into Lake Ponchartrain yet, but the Biloxi Marsh redfish bite continues, a fishing guide said. […]
Fishing
LDWF schedules drawdown for Chicot Lake to control nuisance vegetation
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled a drawdown for Chicot Lake to begin on Sept. 3 to control nuisance aquatic vegetation, according to a press release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Monster speckled trout caught on south end of Calcasieu Ship Channel
With only days to go in the 2013 CCA Louisiana STAR Tournament, the current first place anglers in the speckled trout division just dodged a big bullet.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Three men cited for illegal oyster activity in Plaquemines Parish
Three men were recently cited by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents for alleged oyster and boating safety violations in Bayou Stephan in Plaquemines Parish, according to a press release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout will be on the move in September, so you should be, too
With the completion of the August full moon last week, a Hopedale fishing guide said speckled trout are probably just about ready to begin their migration back into coastal lakes and marshes starting in September.[…]
Fishing
How to get the best cartography on your chart plotter’s screen
Back when the earliest digital maps for freshwater lakes began to appear on chart plotter screens, I was struck by how different they were.[…]
Bass Fishing
Guide tips for Texas-rigging Toledo Bend bass
As a guide I am asked a lot of questions about boats, electronics, various lakes, the latest tackle and many other topics that anglers deal with on a regular basis.[…]
Inshore Fishing
A redfish kind of weekend in marshes around Shell Beach
Saturday’s forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of rain with winds blowing 10 to 15 from the east, conditions that didn’t sit well with Capt. Johnny Nunez.[…]