Bassmaster pro angler Mike Iaconelli will appear on QVC on Friday to showcase a network-exclusive LaserLure fishing kit. This marks the first time the shopping network has featured a pro angler.[…]
The design of your boat’s bottom will affect the type of propeller you will need. In the simplest of terms, there are two hull designs: displacement and planing.[…]
The Dulac/Cocodrie area presents a wide range of options for warm-weather speck chasers. From the Lake Barre oil and gas fields to the east to the feast-or-famine run to Raccoon Island and the small cluster of rigs to the west, anglers and area guides have lots to choose from in the sweltering summer months.[…]
Louisiana redfishing is often thought of as the baseball equivalent of small-ball. Tippy, skinny water boats slinking though ponds and broken marsh with a push pole or trolling motor at its lowest setting.[…]
“Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Jed,“Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Jed,“Poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed.[…]
When Captain Marty LaCoste skirted Lake Mechant, I had to wonder what was going on.[…]
Units capable of doing practically everything are available, yet some boaters still prefer single-purpose electronics. Is there a “best” solution?[…]
I met Brian McAdam for the first time in the dark hours of a cold morning on Paris Road in Chalmette. We agreed to meet there so I could hop in his truck and make a fishing trip with him and one of his long-time fishing buddies, Wayne Lobell.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m hoping to buy a houseboat in Lafitte, close to Joe’s Landing, across from Cochiara’s Marina, and moving it to Lake Maurpas close to the Amite River.[…]
The words “I didn’t think that anything so ugly could ever win an award” really caught my attention.[…]
Kudos to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
I like fishing in December with football games on TV, waterfowl and deer seasons taking place and most of Louisiana’s lakes clear of fishermen.[…]
Think of this brand-new jig as a bass fisherman’s dream version of an all-terrain vehicle. It’s an artificial lure that acts alive and apparently looks delicious to bass, fished shallow or deep, around rocks or wood and anything else they tend to hang out on.[…]
Calcasieu Lake was a lot quieter back in 1985 when Capt. Jeff Poe first moved to Louisiana and settled on its shoreline.[…]
The New Orleans Boat and Sportshow has kicked off the spring fishing season for the past 39 years, but the 2010 event has been canceled largely as a result of the economic downturn.[…]
While the trout transition to the inside around Hopedale has long been completed, Captain Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters (504-278-FISH) says there’s another kind of transition happening right now.[…]