Beginning in August and extending into October is the annual “bull-red run.” During this time, most of Louisiana’s passes and channels into the Gulf of Mexico will witness the twinkling of lights from anglers’ boats as they fish the nighttime hours for the bronze-skinned, heavyweight sluggers.[…]
In one fluid motion, I made a cast toward the little trenasse that emptied into the canal we were fishing, located just past the mouth of Mosquito Bayou on the northeast side of Mosquito Bay.
Also in fluid motion, I raised my leg in crane-like fashion, and used the top of my foot to itch whatever decided to bite the back of my calf while I wasn’t looking. […]
It’s amazing the number of infomercials on television now that promise the impossible on an installment plan.[…]
I can remember when a quarter’s worth of gasoline would putt-putt you around the lake all day long. Today, you can’t motor away from the dock on a quarter’s worth of gas.[…]
Huey Olivier’s well-equipped World Cat left Cypremort Point shortly after sunrise more than ready for a day of catching big speckled trout at close-in oilfield rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
During his exile in Michigan, our old Tigerland chum Eddie Fleeks chummed up with some of the locals who showed him the ropes of the local deer-hunting. Not that there was much to teach.[…]
Anglers who fish the Manila Village area located in Barataria Bay just to the south of New Orleans may or may not know the historical significance of the spot.[…]
Those who call Louisiana home are used to battling Mother Nature. Oppressive heat and humidity, hurricanes and the occasional ice storm are taken in stride as the price to pay for living in the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
I’m going to let you in on what may be the poorest-kept secret of the summer: The rocks at the end of the MRGO are on fire, and they have been for the whole summer.[…]
Captain Kerry Audibert with Ought To Be Fishing Charters (504-259-5304) hasn’t been catching a lot of limits lately, but it’s not because the fish aren’t biting.[…]
Captain Chad Billiot with Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) says there is a very good beach bite happening right now from the barges at Fourchon to Elmer’s Island.[…]
Record high fuel prices are causing anglers to cut back on their fishing plans, according to a recent survey. And the impact of fuel prices among anglers appears to have escalated sharply since last summer.[…]
All the freshwater that has been diverted from the Mississippi River down through Lafitte has pushed the best salinity levels south, and Captain Theophile Bourgeois with Bourgeois Charters (504-341-5614) says the best trout fishing is from Manila Village to the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Folks may not be thinking too much about flounder right here in the middle of the summer, but a recent trip I made with Captain Jeff Poe of Big Lake Guide Service (337-598-3268) and his son Nick proved to all of us that keeping an open mind can fill your cooler with lots of flat fish while the sun sizzles overhead.[…]
The basic principles of sonar are tied to the laws of physics and can’t change much, but Humminbird’s Side Imaging feature proves that sonar’s application to sportfishing is still evolving.[…]
Capt. Eric Dumas is just one angler who loves targeting trout in the cooler hours just before dusk.[…]