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Super Psycho Specks
Size matters. If you don’t think so, stand at any of the number of boat ramps around Calcasieu Lake this month and ask anglers what they’re going after.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Boondoggle Bassin’
It’s hard to imagine that the Florida Parishes don’t have some type of freshwater reservoir to attract anglers.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Program like a dream for anglers
“What are the best types of maps?” That is a question I am asked over and over again. It is similar to trying to answer, “What is the best truck?”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake reds on the rocks
When word gets out that the redfish are on the rocks at the end of the ship channel below Calcasieu Lake, anglers flock to the area to reel in everything from 16-inch grillers to 40-pound behemoths.[…]
Fishing
NOAA’s Fisheries Service Outlines Measures to Prevent Overfishing of Sandbar and Other Sharks
NOAA’s Fisheries Service has outlined new measures to prevent overfishing and rebuild the number of sandbar and other shark species. The public may comment on the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) until May 19.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Double rig working in Mud Lake
Trout fishing has definitely been on the upswing along many stretches of coastal Louisiana, but the problem many are finding is that the wind is just as strong as the fishing.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Yellow Cotton Bay steady if unspectacular
With millions of gallons of water so muddy it had coon tracks on it barreling down the Mississippi River just to our east, Captain Owen Langridge (225-978-1136) idled his boat to the west out of Yellow Cotton Bay Marina.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
New Orleans to host Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Open
NEW ORLEANS – The lucrative new Wal-Mart FLW® Redfish Open will debut the sport’s first pro/co-angler format when action gets under way at the Southern Sportsman’s Expo in the Louisiana Superdome March 27-30.[…]
Bass Fishing
Finger on the Pulse
Kelli Batten lives in West Monroe, and she wants to learn how to catch bass well enough to be able to fish tournaments in the future.[…]
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Cover: April 2008
The state’s experts look into a giant crystal ball and give their forecast for the coming trout year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: April 2008-Bass
Louisiana bass come to jerkbaits like kids to pizza.[…]
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On Top of the World
Click, clack, click, clack, click-whoosh! Before the next clack, the red/white Top Dog was mauled by a 4-pound speckled trout.[…]
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Perfecting Pontchartrain
t’s often hard for anglers to believe the fishing reports they hear coming from Lake Pontchartrain. The problem is that their eyes rarely see what their ears hear.[…]
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Just North of Destruction
Eddie went through this a couple years earlier when he moved back to his home state of Louisiana after two divorces and at least one disbarment that we heard of.[…]
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On Golden’s Ponds
April is the tail end of the dreaded transition period, according to Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357). By now, the weather has definitely changed, and temperatures are established in a solid spring pattern.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jazzed Up Jerkbaits
Had it not been for missing roe estimated to be 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds, Wisconsin resident Ed Stellner would have landed a new state-record largemouth bass back in February of 2000.[…]