A bill that would streamline available Louisiana hunting and fishing licenses — and raise an estimated $10 million for the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries — moved out of committee yesterday and is headed to the full House of Representatives for further debate.[…]
The annual run of Toledo Bend big bass has been under way for a few weeks now, but the full moon that peaks March 31 will really crank up the action, one angler who spends lots of time on the lake said.[…]
Indiana’s Chris Myers has been tournament fishing for 37 years, but none of his competitive days on the water compared to March 8 — when he weighed in an 11.6-pound bass during the B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional event held on Toledo Bend.[…]
The next best thing to figuring out a hot bass pattern while competing in a tournament is dialing in while pre-fishing. During a recent warm spell, I set out on the river near my house to see if I could find some lunkers in preparation for a weekend competition, and although I got distracted by a ledge holding little bass, I eventually figured out where the bigger fish were and what they wanted to eat.[…]
B.A.S.S. has come out in support of HB 391 in the Louisiana Legislature, which would reopen navigable waters in the state to boaters and anglers.[…]
This time of year, Broc Corcoran fishes New Orleans’ legendary and historic City Park seven days a week, eight hours a day. He can’t get enough of the place, and it’s clear to see why. The park’s lagoons hold some of the biggest bass in the New Orleans area.[…]
Jason Courville spends a lot of time on Toledo Bend, but it’s become obvious he is carrying around a lucky rabbit’s foot.[…]
The 71st annual Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival will be held tomorrow in New Orleans City Park, once again featuring a Battle for the Bass student tournament and a Boats on the Bayou non-motorized competition on Bayou St. John.[…]
This would be a truly terrifying technological development for lots of Louisiana anglers.[…]
According to media reports, the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting deaths of four dogs at a camp near Stephensville.[…]
One could say there are two types of fishing: Fishing for fun and fishing under pressure.[…]
February’s weather in South Louisiana was like a fast-forward into late-spring, with temperatures setting records many days. For the most part, March has been more seasonable but still nice.[…]
Spring crappie techniques are generally pretty standard — single-poling, jigging trees, spider-rigging and the like. But sometimes you can meld crappie methods with a bit of a bass approach and pick up a mess of crappie faster than you imagined.[…]
Golden Meadow guide and 4 Horseman cork owner Capt. Aaron Pierce does very well with speckled trout in two places this time of year: Catfish Lake and Bayou Blue.[…]
With a radar app on every smartphone, it’s a lot easier now to slip out on the water between rain showers than it was just a decade ago. My son Joel and I did that on Friday, motoring our bay boat over bumpy seas to a grass flat we hoped would hold some topwater-munching speckled trout.[…]
In 2009, I came home from Iraq.
It would be a year before I could deploy again so, for the first time in my adult life, I was left to my devices in the “Big PX” of America.[…]