For the most part, Louisiana state WMAs have a very shortened season, yet arguably the late season tactics offered here may apply just after opening weekend depending upon the amount of hunters on any specific area.[…]
Although many anglers are aware that foraging redfish are not nearly as selective as speckled, Skip Floyd and Anthony Beslin understand it’s still important to choose a lure that matches the areas being fished.[…]
Waders often cover so much ground that they can hardly see their boat when they turn back around. This means they’ve got to carry everything they might need with them.[…]
Most waders look for areas with firm, sandy bottoms to ensure solid footing.[…]
Troy Terrebonne is a third-generation owner of Cut Off Net Shop. Although he estimates over 90 percent of his business is making shrimp nets for commercial shrimpers, he reserves a corner of his shop for bait nets.[…]
Capt. Don Bordelon has always liked to experiment with different baits and terminal tackle in an effort to find ways for his customers to stay on fish.[…]
Whenever two different metals are connected together — whether physically or electrically — and then immersed in saltwater, they become a battery.[…]
If you learn to fish the drift-line technique of presenting a bait slowly and gently to red snapper, you can catch more of them on every trip.[…]
Orange Beach’s Art Jones said that pointing the rod tip at the water allows you to bring the rod straight up over your head when you get a red snapper bite.[…]
Capt. Art Jones of Orange Beach, Ala., shares his techniques for catching big red snapper, including the bait and line to use. […]
Biloxi’s Capt. Mike Moore’s favorite way to catch snapper is with a chumsicle — a fish popsicle that’s fished on a downrigger.[…]
Members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation have introduced the Offshore Fairness Act to extend the Bayou State’s jurisdiction in the Gulf of Mexico and solidify its position on the management of the red snapper fishery.[…]
They may look a little like cedar plugs, but the Stogie, Diamondback and Tailwiggler Lures from BooneDox Gear and Tackle are much more – because they catch fish and keep on catching them.[…]
At the recent meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group in South Carolina, the talk among the deer researchers and biologists continued to focus on coyotes and fawn depredation, the lack of fawn recruitment in various herds and the continuing spread of CWD in this country.[…]
Sac-a-lait season is in full swing in South Louisiana. This means the little fish are spawning and using up energy reserves causing them to be more aggressive than usual for a meal. Spawning sac-a-lait coupled with times of low atmospheric pressure will cause them to strike at most things you can throw their way.[…]
When Capt. Gordon Matherne (985-491-3452) called and reported catching big specks in the very skinny water around the Sulfur Mine, he didn’t have to ask me along on his next trip twice.[…]