Anglers in Lake Cataouatche have noticed that submerged plants in the popular waterway seem to be disappearing, but a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said they shouldn’t be too concerned.[…]
A second body was found this morning in connection with a boating accident on Lake St. John yesterday (June 16).[…]
A 50-year-old man was killed early this morning (June 16) in a boating accident on Lake St. John, while another man was reported missing in the same wreck, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
The Abbeville Harbor and Terminal Public Boat Launch in Intracoastal City will once again be the site of the Fishing for Memories Rodeo benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association.[…]
“This is Grand Isle. There are supposed to be trout on all these rocks,” lamented Capt. Craig Matherne with Premier Charters of Grand Isle.[…]
Because of the sideways bite of a flounder, Betts’ new Flounder Fanatic hooks are a good way to increase your catch.[…]
The Texans’ aim was true in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series’ Louisiana-Texas Shootout on the Red River. Ten Texas collegiate teams combined forces to bring in 61 pounds, 2 ounces and get the better of 10 Louisiana teams that brought in 49 pounds.[…]
Toledo Bend was a bit tougher for Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brent Champman today (June 9), giving up only 16 pounds, 5 ounces. But that was enough for the Kansas pro to maintain the lead going into the final day.[…]
Kansas pro Brent Chapman received an early birthday present today (June 10) when he pocketed $100,000 for winning the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament held this weekend on Toledo Bend.[…]
Brent Chapman slapped 25 ½ pounds of bass on the scales of the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Toledo Bend, pushing the Kansas pro from 11th to first place during the second day of competition.[…]
Talk leading up to the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Toledo Bend centered around whether the lake could produce as well as it did last year, when Dean Rojas put together more than 70 pounds to win the event.[…]
Lyle Soileau nosed his party barge into a little cove on the Texas side of Toledo Bend and cut the motor while his wife Lynn eased an anchor into the water. In front of the boat, the bottom of the lake seemed to glow from the bare sand.
But the bottom was pockmarked with little indentations. And those little holes is why the Soileaus were there.
“If you find chicken pocks, you’ll find the bream,” Lyle Soileau said.[…]
I used to be fascinated at how quickly my grandfather’s catfish would come to the surface of his two farm ponds as he drove across the field in their direction.[…]
It would be strange to think that a mild winter north of Louisiana could affect the redfishing out of Lafitte, but that’s exactly what has happened as redfish that would have typically pushed south from Lake Salvador to Little Lake just haven’t made that move yet.[…]
Bream fishing continues to be hot inside the Atchafalaya Basin, with crickets producing heavy stringers of bull bream and massive goggle-eye.[…]
A 21-year-old Slidell man fell overboard early this morning (June 5) near the Interstate 10 twin spans near the Northshore, and authorities were still searching for him as of 11 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]