Inshore Fishing
Top baits for Delacroix specks
Like any speckled-trout angler, Capt. John Gremillion enjoys catching big fish, but he likes catching limits even more, so he throws a TKO Shrimp double-rig — even under a rattling cork.[…]
Fishing
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Heading ’em off at the passes
In sort of a hypnotic, mesmerizing motion the tip of my float wavered left to right in a semi-circle until it slowly sunk beneath the surface of the water.[…]
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Deep Sound
I’d talked about taking this trip for months and now, finally, I was on my way.[…]
Bass Fishing
Afternoon Delight
It doesn’t take much to get a typical Louisiana bass angler out of bed early during June. He knows he’s not going to be out there on the lake all that long anyway.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Essential bull-bream equipment
Bream big and small will often suck a bait — hook and all — deep down their throats before the float sinks.[…]
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Dancing the jig
Saltwater fishing has its ups and downs, but when snapper top your target list you’ll have a ton of fun with a bait based on the notion of up-and-down.[…]
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Cover: June 2012
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coast trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]
Bass Fishing
Big worms not the only brush-pile baits that work on Caney Lake
There’s no doubt a big Texas-rigged worm is the way to fish the numerous brush piles in Caney Lake during the summer because they work more often than not.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Beating the heat during the bream bite
June temperatures often start out in the mid 70s, requiring bream anglers to use a few precautions when going out on the water for a morning of fishing.[…]
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Elite strategem
Dean Rojas won last year’s BASS Elite Series stop at Toledo Bend with 70.15 pounds of bass caught over four days of fishing.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Appetizers accelerate the action
Snapper are notoriously wary, but if anything can override their caution, it’s their appetite.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
June is perhaps the best month to catch speckled trout in the surf on flies.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2012-Bass
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coastal trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Tietje’s top 5 anglers to watch
Predicting who will win a bass tournament is about as much of a sure thing as predicting what five cards you’re going to get in a hand of poker.[…]
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Night Shift
“And they call this recreation?,” I thought to myself as the Snapper Time, a 21-foot Cape Horn, swung into a wide arc and slowed to pull up to a big yellow-legged steel oil and gas platform. Recreational means fun by most definitions.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Upcoming Events
All month — CCA STAR Tournament. Runs through Labor Day (Sept. 3). Fly Fishing East and West Divisions for heaviest speckled trout. Also, a consolation drawing at the end of the tournament for all trout weighed in the Fly Division.[…]