They say good things happen to nice guys.
On July 24, 2015, forty-nine days after our fishing trip — while fishing with trophy trout greats Ed Sexton and Dudley Vandenborre in the Faux Pas Lodge Invitational Rodeo — Tony Bruce finally caught his STAR-winning speckled trout.[…]
Largemouth bass fishing is cyclic. Water temperatures, and with them oxygen levels, vary by season.[…]
High winds and rough seas can make fishing the beaches and rocks pretty much impossible, so what is the angler to do?[…]
Fishing a Carolina rig doesn’t seem all that difficult: Throw it out and pull it back in.[…]
It felt weird — catching snappers in the wide open.
No rig. Nothing to mark the spot. Nothing but open water.[…]
For CCA members hoping to place an entry in the STAR tournament Fly Rod Division, June is the best month to register a larger-than-14-inch trout. As summer wears on, and water temperatures rise, larger specks become more selective in their feeding habits — and less likely to eat flies.[…]
Butterfly baits are highly effective for targeting large bottom fish such as groupers and large red snappers. Here are the steps to cut your own.[…]
LDWF data indicate the turkey kill in Louisiana has been on the decline since 2009. I suspect the decline will continue this past season.[…]
Flipping bait to mangrove snappers just beneath the water’s surface is an entirely different game than dredging their red snapper cousins up from the deep.[…]
Fishing without eye protection is a pain, especially in the high-glare offshore environment. But keeping sunglasses clean is the devil.[…]
Over a ritual pretrip supper with relatives at Leeville Seafood Restaurant in Leeville, Ricky Ruffin talked about his love affair with Louisiana fishing and cooking.[…]
For most anglers, Shell Beach is a pretty good hike. If you make the run, you want to be able to catch fish in different wind scenarios. […]
Capt. Mark Munson has a successful charter fishing operation out of Shell Beach. And every morning he has a charter, Munson idles his boat down to a marina to get live shrimp.[…]
Capt. Mark Munson doesn’t even carry plastics on his boat. […]
Remember when fishing was just for fun? When you loved to hang out with other fishermen and swap baits and stories?[…]
It’s lucky that Mark Weldon is a “doc” because there is something seriously wrong with him.[…]