Cobia
Grand Isle guide puts monster cobia in bay boat
Capt. Vernon Ledoux is a diehard speckled trout fisherman, but when he’s down on Grand Isle and the winds fall to a whisper, he has a hard time resisting the call of the offshore rigs.[…]
Columns
The fish is a glutton!
The freshwater fish family Centrarchidae, commonly called the sunfish family, is arguably the most-important freshwater fish family for North American sportsmen.[…]
General
Off-road hybrids
Anybody who runs a boat with a gas engine on the back and an electric motor on the front is familiar with the gas-electric hybrid concept.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Tietje’s top 5 Toledo Bend baits
Since he isn’t fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series Toledo Bend tournament this year because of a medical exemption, local bass pro Dennis Tietje didn’t mind revealing the five lures that he believes will play big parts in putting together a winning pattern when the pros stop at the Bend this month.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Tournament schedule
The 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series will stop at Toledo Bend in early June, with the world’s top pros prefishing for the event beginning June 4, while competition will kick off at daybreak on June 7 and wrap up on June 10.[…]
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A full plate
“Ain’t no way!” Eddie snarled in response to Pelayo’s entreaty, which involved a “rig-fishing” trip.[…]
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Thoroughfare Thoroughbred
The average horse’s heart weighs 7 pounds.
The historic racehorse Eclipse, a distant sire of triple-crown winner Secretariat, had a 14-pound heart.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Causeway guide Dumas offers early summer trout-fishing tips
Big things are in store for Lake Pontchartrain.
How big?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway facts
• The Causeway is 23.83 miles long.
• The twin bridges are supported by 9,500 concrete stanchions.[…]
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Delacroix Inside Out
Capt. John Gremillion quit guiding because he likes to fish too much.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tides are next to impossible to predict at Delacroix
If you want to know when is the best time to go to Delacroix, you forget all about looking at the tide forecasts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Top baits for Delacroix specks
Like any speckled-trout angler, Capt. John Gremillion enjoys catching big fish, but he likes catching limits even more, so he throws a TKO Shrimp double-rig — even under a rattling cork.[…]
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Deep Sound
I’d talked about taking this trip for months and now, finally, I was on my way.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
June is perhaps the best month to catch speckled trout in the surf on flies.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Upcoming Events
All month — CCA STAR Tournament. Runs through Labor Day (Sept. 3). Fly Fishing East and West Divisions for heaviest speckled trout. Also, a consolation drawing at the end of the tournament for all trout weighed in the Fly Division.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cover: June 2012-Bass
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coastal trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]