Inshore Fishing
Three men cited for red snapper violations
Three men aboard a offshore supply boat were cited May 16 in connection with alleged red snapper fishing violations, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Stump field slabs
Every year during March and April, fishermen hammer Lake D’Arbonne’s shallow cypress trees and banks for spawning white perch (aka crappie or sac-a-lait).[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing hot for Grand Isle Speckled Trout Rodeo
The annual Grand Isle Speckled Trout Rodeo is set for May 25-27, and there’s no better place such an event right now. Setting out from Bridgeside Marina in any direction will land you on fat and hungry trout.[…]
Fishing
Louisiana Safe Boating Week set For May 19-25
Safe Boating Week is set for May 19-25 to mark the beginning of the boating season and to encourage safety on the water this summer, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Croaker Soaker
“I fish live bait — live croakers,” the 68-year-old says with conviction, as if looking for a challenge. “Using plastic can be a good way to find the fish,” he adds, seeming for a moment to soften a bit, “but when I find them, I throw croakers to catch more.[…]
Inshore Fishing
No-name duo takes two big-money speckled trout tournaments
It would be tough to find a hotter fishing team in America right now than Marcus Rieffel and Jim Tumey.[…]
Catfish
Back to basics
Whether it’s blue catfish or channel catfish, Central Louisiana’s coastal bays in the springtime are teeming with both. Toss in the occasional flathead, and what you have is the skinning pliers Ictalurus Trifecta of North America.
From the Atchafalaya River to East Cote Blanche Bay, nearly every bayou, canal or unnamed tributary that empties freshwater is a potential location to drop anchor and tightline for catfish in this region.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Back to basics
Whether it’s blue catfish or channel catfish, Central Louisiana’s coastal bays in the springtime are teeming with both. Toss in the occasional flathead, and what you have is the skinning pliers Ictalurus Trifecta of North America.
From the Atchafalaya River to East Cote Blanche Bay, nearly every bayou, canal or unnamed tributary that empties freshwater is a potential location to drop anchor and tightline for catfish in this region.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Goggle-eye chunky in Basin
I’ve always been taught catching a fish on the first cast is bad luck, so when my cork dipped beneath the surface of the water this morning (May 4) I was a little hesitant to set the hook.[…]
News Breaker
LWF Commission signals longer 2013 snapper season
Snapper fishermen could have more than twice the number of days to hit offshore rigs in 2013, if a proposal announced by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today (May 3) ultimately is implemented.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best equipment
While shiners can be used to fish for post-spawning crappie, most fishermen ease through the stump fields fishing about 10 feet deep with jigs.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Terminal tackle
What is on the business end of Auenson’s line varies very little. The vast majority of the time it holds a Carolina rig with a live croaker. The rig is simple — 18 inches of 30-pound-test monofilament.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Where to go
Lake D’Arbonne is located near Farmerville in north-central Louisiana, and there are several public boat ramps providing easy access to the stump fields in the Stowe Creek, Terral Island and Bear Creek areas of the lake.[…]
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Cover: May 2012
Speckled trout fishing is heating up across the coast, but there’s no shortage of freshwater action.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Summer cycle
Capt. Zutie Auenson has two fishing seasons. From sometime in September until late April, he charters from his permanent home in Golden Meadow.[…]
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A Man and a Fish
Following my GPS, I tentatively nosed my truck through the fortress-like gates of Mariners Cove in Slidell. When the man invited me to hunt alligator gar in the canal behind his house, I had just kind of assumed that the trail would lead me to a rural backwater retreat in the salt marshes between Slidell and Lake Pontchartrain.[…]