Freshwater Fishing

Trolling motors: An expert’s view

In the years that he has owned Dixie Trolling Motors (985-809-0685) in Mandeville, Louisiana, Todd Schultz has probably seen it all, not just with trolling motors he sells and services, but with Power-Poles and marine electronics as well.[…]

Freshwater Fishing

Tip of the day

Tommy Tregle’s self-designed, self-built boat is wonder of efficiency. Custom-built of welded aluminum, it is 18 feet long with a 12-inch V in the bottom. It looks like a hybrid between a mud boat and a bass boat with a center console.[…]

Freshwater Fishing

A swamp life

Born and raised in the town of Des Allemands, Tommy Tregle (pronounced Cajun style as “Treg”) has spent almost his entire life making his living from the water.[…]

Sidebars

Fighting formula

Like a coach chalk-talking in the locker room, Reid McKinstry used his Venice yellowfin experience to outline a simple, yet profoundly effective method for defeating these brutal fish.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Purpose-built sticks

Capt. Marty LaCoste has fished in and around Dularge for nearly 30 years and has a game plan for every weather condition. He’s also got specific rods laid out for different baits to make his clients as effective as possible on the water.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Reel ratios explained

OK, so you’ve selected a proper rod or two, now it’s time to get a reel. Here again is a primer on reel rations and the techniques for which they’re desired. I got in touch with Trey Epich, one of Shimano’s reel gurus, and discovered the following.[…]

Jack crevalle frequent rigs in slightly deeper water.
Offshore Fishing

Keep your eye on the sky

Along with baits, terminal tackle, and landing net, add “weather watching” to your summer rigs check list. Amid the rod-bending revelry of summer rig fishing, take precautions to keep everyone safe and comfortable.[…]

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Tippets

July is one of those transition months in saltwater. For fly anglers looking to enter a speckled trout in the CCA STAR Tournament Fly Division, history suggests that the first two weeks of the month offer the last, best hope for catching large trout on the fly.[…]

Inshore Fishing

How John Davis hunts for treasure

The story of Davis’ hunt for sunken treasure started when he was 17. An acquaintance gave him an old fishing map to help him find speckled trout. As he used the maps, he noticed that the islands holding some of the best fishing spots were eroding away.[…]

Bass Fishing

Big bass in June?

No question about it, largemouth bass are bigger in the springtime, especially the females which are chocked full of eggs before the spawn. But big bass bite in the summer, too. And they are no lightweights.[…]

Bass Fishing

Slow up for the blow up

Frog fishing, like all topwater tactics, rewards diligent casting with that pulse-pounding surface assault. Whether it’s a walking frog or a popper, we watch that steady motion like a birddog on point, hoping with clinched jaw and held breath that the next movement of that plastic nose will detonate the explosive charge.[…]