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Redfish Run
The water was off-colored, but Capt. Ben Leto wasn’t worried.
“I caught them in here yesterday as fast as we could get bait on the bottom,” he said.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Back Talk
I’ve always loved fishing river systems, but I have to admit that I never venture too far off the main river itself. All those river lakes, oxbows and creeks only serve to frustrate me to the point that I avoid them all together.[…]
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Vintage Venice
I don’t see how any angler who fishes Venice could ever gripe about somebody else being spoiled.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte anglers side-stepping fronts
The last cold front that blew through Southeast Louisiana scattered muddy water from Lafitte to Grand Isle, and it scattered the speckled trout just as far. Capt. Mike Daigle with Cast-It Charters (504-915-9480 or 985-331-8548) is still catching a few fish, but he said he’s having to fish 20 places just to catch 20 trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Chandeleur Lighthouse photos sought by Louisiana Sea Grant
Among the tremendous losses resulting from Hurricane Katrina was an old lighthouse that stood for more than a century at the tip of Louisiana’s most remote barrier island chain.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cocodrie trout already on the coast
In an interesting turn of events, Capt. John Pellegrin with Topwater Charters (985-852-9560) took some live bait out fishing Wednesday, but the trout didn’t want to touch it. Pellegrin was fishing on the coast below Cocodrie between Lake Pelto and Grand Caillou, and he caught all of his fish on swim baits.[…]
Bass Fishing
Low water helping Ouachita River bass bite
Anglers in northeast Louisiana don’t usually think about bass fishing the Ouachita River this time of year with good reason. High water levels usually push the fish so far back into the woods that it takes a machete and a chainsaw just to get to them.[…]
Bass Fishing
Johnboat angler lands 14-pound Toledo bass
The biggest fish Zwolle resident Joey Lafosse had caught before Feb. 27 weighed about 6 ½ pounds, and he wasn’t necessarily looking to break that record when he slipped his johnboat off the banks of his backyard.[…]
Currents
Sky is falling on red snapper fishery
Are you one of the thousands of Louisiana anglers gnashing their teeth over changes in red snapper regulations for the 2007 season?[…]
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Let the used-boat buyer beware
In some parts of the country, the boating season doesn’t begin until the ice melts off and the lakes become liquid again.[…]
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All Shook Up
Whether you like fishing tournaments or not, you can’t argue that they are the proving grounds for all the latest and greatest tackle in your box.[…]
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Only in Louisiana
While talking to one of my avid fishing friends about a very successful fishing trip I made, I began to tease him when he asked where we caught the fish.I told him that we caught a big mess of fish in White Linen Bay.[…]
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Perch Pa-TROLL
Have you ever stubbornly refused to change lures or techniques while suffering through a drubbing by one of your fishing buddies? Richard Lindsey has.[…]
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Post-Spawn Pros
The spring is one of the best times of the year to catch bass, with fish up shallow and aggressively protecting their spawning beds. Anglers simply love picking big sows off the nests.[…]