Fishing Reports
Memorial Day swordfish saves the day
Day started out of Venice, Louisiana. We headed down river to East Bay to make our way to the snapper rigs we chose to go to. The snapper weren’t biting like they normally do. We
Fishing Reports
Jackson Baldridge’s big frog hunt
4-year-old catches big frog Jackson Baldridge, 4-years-old from Lewisburg, La., enjoyed chasing after and catching a big frog in his dad’s crawfish ponds.
Fishing Reports
Mallory O’Brien’s red snapper
Opening day huge snapper A great Memorial Day weekend out of Port Fourchon in our 32” Gaudet Catamaran. I landed all of these fish on lighter tackle – a Penn 5000 spinning reel with 65lb
Field Reports
We went on a crab hunt! SUCCESS!!
There are a number of popular techniques for fishing a Rat-L-Trap, and we wanted to see how each makes the bait look and sound in the water.[…]
Fishing Reports
A big day of snapper fishing for youth anglers
Kids’ snapper haul Blake Blomkalns, Jacob Juul, and John Bier in Cocodrie June 2020 after a successful trip reeling in snapper.
Deer Hunting
Dana Holiday’s first buck
Dana Holliday with her first buck, January 2021.
Fishing
Red Snapper and Speckled Trout Bites are on Fire
The Memorial Day weekend should be a good one for speckled trout and red snapper anglers, according to numerous fishing guides.[…]
Fishing
5 things you can do to take the ‘search’ out of search and rescue
The BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water offers five tips that can speed a rescuer’s response to a boater in need of help.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Concordia Parish honey hole brings the bream
Kelvontae Scott of Jonesville caught plenty of bream on crickets floated 2 feet under a cork at his honey hole in Concordia Parish.[…]
Catfish
Man wrestles 72-pound catfish into boat
J.R. Watson of Converse hooked a 72-pound catfish on the trotline he’d strung near his house on Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
News Breaker
Black bear spotted swimming off N.C. coast
When two anglers fishing in North Carolina’s Bogue Inlet area saw a floating object in rough waves, they took a closer look and realized it was a swimming black bear.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Cracked crab is king for reds in lower Mermentau River
The lower Mermentau River draws redfish in June. The bait of choice for fishermen this month is cracked blue crab.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Head to Biloxi Marsh this month for great redfish action
Capt. Justin Bowles of JB Fishing Charters spends many days in June targeting redfish in the Biloxi Marsh, and for good reason.[…]
Newsletters
Fishing oil and gas wells for speckled trout and redfish
In this Sportsman TV video, Capt. Charlie Thomason with Bayou Charters targets oil and gas well heads for speckled trout and redfish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Gamakatsu G-Power Flip & Punch Hook
G-Power Flip & Punch hook from Gamakatsu, which comes in sizes 2/0 through 5/0, is sure to attract the attention of bass fishermen. […]
Newsletters
Stormy bachelor party yields huge trout
Paul Fuselier of Covington caught a 27 1/4-inch speckled trout while fishing near Venice during his bachelor party excursion on May 17.[…]