Bass Fishing
The Toad Thumper Lure Co. plastic frogs
The Toad Thumper Lure Company’s Swamper and Thumper plastic frogs make stubborn bass sing a different tune.[…]
Fishing
Bass Class
Tioga bass tamers
Noah Roberts and Jacob LaCroix finished with a two-day total of 19.81 pounds to win the Louisiana High School Bass Nation State Championship.[…]
Fishing
ASA convenes in New Orleans for annual Sportfishing Summit
Allowing more state control over red snapper was one of the hot topics at the American Sportfishing Association’s Sportfishing Summit.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Hungry crappie on Lake D’Arbonne
Lake D’Arbonne has plenty of shad to attract crappie and the shad start gathering up on the edges of the main channels this time of year.[…]
Bass Fishing
O’Connell and Adams claim victory in Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship
Sean O’Connell of Mandeville and Edward Adams of Metairie secured a wire-to-wire win at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship.[…]
Bass Fishing
Look to Lower Atchafalaya for plenty of good bass
Barry Henry lives in a region that has so many bass fishing opportunities inside and outside the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
The best month of the year for Pontchartrain speckled trout
One of the most popular Lake Pontchartrain areas to fish is the Train Trestle — and for good reason: it holds piles of fish every November.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout “ting” is really a “whole buncha tings” facing Louisiana
Marine biologists say we don’t have enough large egg-producing female speckled trout to keep our trout population from being self-sustaining.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend double-digit bass busts a buzzbait for Ben Suit
New Iberia native Ben Suit caught a 10.75-pound bass on Oct. 16 while fishing a two-day Louisiana Bass Cats tournament at Toledo Bend.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
November specks, reds in the Biloxi Marsh
According to guide Sal Fontana of Gotcha Hooked Charters, anglers should head to the Biloxi Marsh for a successful fishing trip this month.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass get aggressive this month at Toledo Bend
Bass are going to be aggressive in November, so it’s a fun time to throw whatever bait you like. The more water you cover, the better.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Northshore sac-a-lait transition to deeper waters
Matt Schwierjohn, who fishes the rivers on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain, said November is one of the best months to catch sac-a-lait.[…]
News Breaker
Anglers got a few extra red snapper according to landing estimates for 2022
The LDWF released the preliminary final private recreational and state charter red snapper landing estimates for 2022.[…]
Columns
Dock shots should go the way of MySpace
There’s one habit that Marsh Man Masson would like to see go away forever: Posting pictures on social media of tables loaded with dead fish.[…]
Features
The restoration of Grand Terre Island
A more than $100 million restoration project to restore and protect Grand Terre Island was completed in late July.[…]
Features
Louisiana State Park Series: Poverty Point and Lake Bruin
Poverty Point near Delhi and Lake Bruin near St. Joseph both have great places to stay, boat and just relax.[…]