Mackenzie Breaud was fishing off the side of the Mermentau River and the shrimp were just getting plucked off their hooks by the gafftop, so she decided to throw on a crab. Not even two minutes in the water, the fish started running. It took Mackenzie 30 minutes to fight, but she said it was worth it! Her personal best.
Chas Champagne starts off in Lake Pontchartrain and ends up pushing way back in some flooded duck ponds on high tides catching fat slot reds.[…]
Capt. Erik Rue said everything from slot reds to bull reds can be caught at Calcasieu Lake from the coast north to the saltwater barrier.[…]
Among the most fertile habitats in North America, river deltas and other coastal marshes can host untold numbers and varieties of fish.[…]