The peak of the summer vacation season also sees a peak in gasoline use, and with the spike in prices at the pumps this summer, it pays more than ever before to know how to squeeze every mile out of a gallon of fuel — both on the water and on the way to and from the launch ramp.[…]
A friend called the other day and asked if I would help him change the sonar transducer clamped to the bottom of his trolling motor. He thought he could handle the job but wasn’t sure, and since I live a short distance away, he asked for help.[…]
When the weather turns extremely hot, your best chances for catching bass will be on river systems. My pick for productive August fishing in Louisiana is the Red River and its five pools that run from Shreveport to Alexandria.[…]
Set the hook hard, son!” the salty old man told me. That short sentence might just be the best piece of fishing advice I’ve ever given or received.[…]
Darkness was closing in as we breached Grand Isle’s city limits, and Pelayo slowed down. In seconds, he slammed the brakes with a force that would have launched us through the windshield.[…]
Some see a glass with water at the halfway point as half-full. Others see it as half-empty. Still others see the glass and ask “Where’s the ice?”[…]
We let the crappie tell us what type of bait they prefer on that day. When we first start trolling, we’ll use minnows, jigs and a jig tipped with a minnow.[…]
All it took was a phone call to put the gears into motion. Capt. Glenn Sanchez called and suggested that we do a Breton Sound trip.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I purchased my first GPS, a Garmin Map 60 CSX. I’ll learn the basics of it, then I’ll purchase some topo software for the coastal marshes of Louisiana and the Southwest Mississippi area.[…]
The argument about whether to use live bait or artificial will rage the next couple of days, but the simple fact is that some big trout are biting all across Southeast Louisiana from Lake Pontchartrain down to Venice and over to Bayou DuLarge.[…]
The regulations noose is tightening around red snapper anglers, but those who fish Ship Shoal are finding numbers to be better than ever.[…]
A student of his past, Capt. John Verret is a Houma Indian who discovered bow fishing after Hurricane Andrew replaced the frogs in the marshes of southern Terrebonne Parish with redfish and black drum.[…]
It always amazes me how few boats I see on Lake Pontchartrain outside of April and May. Take a recent trip I took with Eric Dumas for instance. We basically had the entire train bridge to ourselves except for the big trout that kept attacking our live shrimp.[…]
Capt. Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters (985-809-6391) was as spirited as Tiger Stadium after a touchdown when he told me we were going sight fishing for redfish.[…]
Ray Chagnard and Edward Adams, both of Metairie, caught a six-redfish total weighing 48 pounds, 2 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Divisions event in Cocodrie.[…]
Two terms come to mind when anglers think about South Louisiana saltwater fishing — inshore and offshore. That’s about the only two places you can fish isn’t it? If you’re inshore, you’re definitely not offshore.[…]