There’s a lot of ways to bring in the New Year. Pop a few fireworks, celebrate with friends, toast 2010 at midnight on New Year’s Eve or you could do what hardy anglers do all over the Southeast Louisiana marsh — go fishing.[…]
Minutes after surveying Breton Island’s surprising paucity of fish and off-colored water, Gibby Andry, Lyle Panepinto and I were passing over the solemn remains of what is left of Grand Gosier Island. A small spit of land and a series of sandbars and shallow flats offer a grim reminder of what once was a land mass significant enough to put on most state maps.[…]
Think of what life must be like for a hardhead catfish — despised by all, loved by none. The contempt is universal.[…]
I’ll be going to the marsh this month at Bayou Segnette near New Orleans to catch pre-spawn bass there in January. The bass are starting to move out of the lakes toward the dead-end canals, where they intend to spawn.[…]
OK, sure, the economy’s slow. In other parts of the U.S., residents are cutting back on discretionary spending on their hobbies.[…]
After joking that he might rather stay home and go hunting, Capt. Eric Dumas with Living a Dream Guide Service (985.705.1244) says there’s actually some pretty good fishing in the Pontchartrain basin this month – as long as you temper your expectations.[…]
XCalibur’s Xt3 Twitch Bait is a fantastic lure when bass are up shallow, and the new Xt3D expands the bait’s effectiveness by essentially doubling the depth the lure will run.[…]
With the same attitude of the Money Craw, YUM’s new Money Frog features similar action while providing totally new versatility.[…]
Many years of research finally paid off with the creation of an effective, weedless and visually dazzling cigar-shaped soft-plastic topwater you can throw anywhere.[…]
The wind hasn’t slowed down the trout bite around Catfish Lake and Bayou Blue. In fact, Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) and his crew landed 73 nice trout a couple of days ago even with the wind trying to blow him off the water. The trout bite was so good he didn’t even target the reds.[…]
Who knows what this weekend will bring across coastal Louisiana. With high winds, rain and even snow in the forecast, deciding where to fish could turn more into a crap-shoot rather than a guarantee of consistent action.[…]
Tackle companies would like every lad and lass to get a rod this Christmas. Well, except for “Balloon Boy.” He deserves NO toys from Santa![…]
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.[…]