James Ledet was sitting on the front of the center console of a pristine 32-foot Yellowfin cruising at 45 mph. The next thing he knew he was in a hospital wondering what happened and why he was there, only to be told that he was pummeled in the jaw by a fish flying through the air at 50 mph.[…]
To stay on sac-a-lait during the summer takes commitment, skill and, of all things, the dire need to relocate. That’s exactly how 68-year old Harold “Boudin” Vidrine of Bayou Chicot and his buddy Ronald “Blanc” Manuel of Ville Platte surmised the summer sac-a-lait situation.[…]
With the closing of snapper season, we find ourselves dreaming of next March and new regulations. There are no shortages of red snapper in the Gulf right now, and bagging a limit of some 10- to 15-pounders on the last day of snapper season (July 16) was almost too easy aboard the Cajun Venture with Capt. Chad Reinhardt.[…]
Question from the Kayak Fishing Forum:
I am new to the whole kayak fishing. Just looking for a nice, cheaper alternative to buying a boat and still getting out on the water for a nice trip[…]
Kayak fishing clubs:[…]
What’s 2 5/8 inches long, weighs 3/8 of an ounce, has a wide-body profile, hits the surface and sinks a little bit before suspending and drives speckled trout, redfish and other saltwater species wild with side-to-side movement and sound from fish-calling rattles?[…]
I watched what seemed to be an unending parade of barges filled with mountains of crushed concrete arrive and dump their contents onto the lake floor to create a five-acre artificial reef, all from the back porch of my home on Lake Pontchartrain’s Northshore.[…]
The river has been low and the water around the mouth is a luscious, trout green. All you need to complete this picture is a good location for a boat and a shrimp under a cork.[…]
Red snapper numbers in the Gulf of Mexico have grown to the point that snapper seem to be everywhere off the Louisiana coast.[…]
I planned on a quick freshwater crabbing in June, combining some fishing for catfish while waiting for my nets to fill with blue paws.[…]
The recreational fishing season for red snapper in Louisiana waters will close on Monday, July 16 at 11:59 p.m.[…]
One of the surprise films of the year has been “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.” An international hit, it’s also been in the top five of revenue-per-theatre here in America.[…]
A reminder to fly anglers competing in the summer-long CCA STAR tournament that there’s a bonus drawing again for 2012 in the Fly Fish Division.[…]
Here’s a list of monthly fly tying activities open to the public:[…]
When largemouth bass play hard to get, it’s time to pull out the clichéd yet profoundly applicable allusion of the tortoise and the hare.[…]
The spring inshore shrimp season closes at 6 p.m Thursday (July 12) from the eastern shore of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to to the Texas state line, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]