Caney is a different lake than it was in the early 1990s, when it was the hottest bass impoundment in the South. But it still holds plenty more lunkers than the average Louisiana lake.Like a pubescent teenager, 5,000-acre Caney Lake in Jackson Parish went through some changes a few years ago.[…]
“Son, you gotta be there shootin’ when the ducks are flyin’!” I can hear those 40-something-year-old words as if they were uttered just last season.[…]
The ride to Venice was both eye-opening and heart-breaking.It was my first trip down the Louisiana peninsula since the eye of Katrina came ashore and ravaged that fragile finger of land.[…]
Capt. Mike Guidry stepped from his truck and slid a crisp five-dollar bill into the slot of the honor box at Bason’s Marina. Seventy-five-year old Lurey Terrebonne, who operates this quaint launch, waved us on from his front porch.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I have a Garmin 192C that came loaded with current Blue Chart mapping, which I find very good for coastal areas. However, I do a lot of freshwater fishing as well, and Blue Chart does not cover inland waterways and lakes. I[…]
The late season front that blew through this past weekend put the brakes on the fishing around Hopedale for a couple of days. However, on Wednesday, Capt. Gene Dugas of Rather Be Fishing Adventures (985-640-0569) put a whacking on them, and his boat had 100 trout by 9:30.[…]
The front that barreled through South Louisiana Wednesday night blew lots of folks off the water, including Capt. C.J. Rojas with Griffin Fishing Charters in Lafitte (800-741-1340). As soon as the wind dies down, though, Rojas expects to find the action to be just as good as it was a couple days ago.[…]
Capt. Chad Billiot of Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) has filmed two television shows among all the guide trips he has had recently, and he has found the speckled trout action between Leeville and the Timbalier Islands to be as good as it has ever been.[…]
Six Louisiana anglers will be on three of the 64 teams from 33 countries that have qualified to compete in the seventh annual Rolex/International Game Fish Association Offshore Championship Tournament May 7-12.[…]
The opening day of snapper season came and went as quickly as Christmas morning, and, like kids showing off their new toys, anglers bragged and took pictures of all the presents the Gulf of Mexico provided.[…]
Do you struggle on False River? You won’t after reading this issue.[…]
Don’t fish this season without reading our 2006 Saltwater Blowout.[…]
LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diodes. They have been around for many years. In the past their use in boats has been more of decoration than function.[…]
This is it, my absolute favorite time of year. The days have grown longer and consistently warmer.[…]