When a Port Allen bass angler needed to cull some fish in his livewell during a recent Bassmaster Southern Open on Lewis Smith Lake near Jasper, Ala., he started fishing with a soft plastic that had been on the market no more than three weeks.[…]
Fall is a great time to be on the water. First, most boats on the Pearl Rivers are loaded with hunters rather than fishermen. Second, jig fishing takes off as the leaves turn and the weather cools off.[…]
As is the norm across South Louisiana, fishing tends to slow down in Lafitte when the weather turns cooler. But Capt. Mike Daigle knows there are fish to be caught throughout the area for anglers who aren’t frightened by cooler climes.[…]
“That’s what’s so fun,” Capt. Robby Trahan said as he reeled in the chubby marsh red. “You can get so excited just watching them when you see that wake.”[…]
Capt. Paul Davidson Jr. knew exactly where to go last week on Big Lake. Slowing down the boat, he neared a break in the nearby ship channel during an outgoing tide.[…]
Lake Pontchartrain has been producing trout averaging over 2 pounds, with some weighing in at over 5.[…]
Despite a recent fish kill up north and the devastating effects of Hurricane Isaac down south, the West Pearl River was just as I remembered.[…]
Fly-rodders are a strange lot. There are those of us who will travel hundreds — sometimes thousands — of miles to catch a 10-inch fish, provided that fish happens to be the famed Gila trout or California golden trout. To land one of these rare species puts you in a very special list of folks.[…]
This month is the best marsh fishing of the year for speckled trout. They will be thick in brackish bayous, canals, and interior lakes. Colder water is typically clearer water, and that favors flies![…]
Most of the flyfishing fishing clubs in our state hold monthly meetings which are open to the public.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have the locations for the headquarters and the camping-mooring sites in the Pass-a-Loutre WMA?
B.V.[…]
The autumn is, far and away, Joe Lavigne’s favorite time of year to fish the north shore’s rivers.[…]
Catching amberjack is like going three rounds with a heavyweight boxer. But it’s worth it. They are a delicious table fish — better than anything else in the jack family except pompano and maybe rainbow runners.[…]
John Falterman Jr. considers his Minn Kota i-Pilot trolling motor instrumental in his approach to saltwater fishing nowadays, and the feature that he has found most helpful is it’s Spot Lock system.[…]
Low tidal ranges can be the death knell for saltwater anglers. Simply put, when the water’s not moving, the fish aren’t biting.[…]
Few bass anglers give much thought about what spinnerbait they tie on the ends of their lines. Want proof? Take a look at what’s lying on the front decks of bass boats all across the Bayou State.
Odds are you’ll find 75 percent have tied on 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white spinnerbaits with tandem Colorado/willow-blade combinations.
The other 25 percent? According to West Monroe’s Kenny Covington, they’ll have tied on a 3/8-ounce chartreuse-and-white double-willow spinnerbait.
“But none of them know why they’re throwing either one,” Covington said. “They may know that bass are slamming spinnerbaits right now because they’re up shallow feeding on shad, but they don’t know why they have those particular kinds of spinnerbaits tied on.”[…]