Inshore Fishing
Fronts dictate Lafitte success
This is the time of year every Lafitte angler waits for, when they can forget the long hauls to the southern parts of Barataria Bay necessary during the summer.[…]
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Hopedale hotspots
“Trout action is on fire on the inside,” according to Hopedale area Capt. Gene Dugas, with Rather Be Fishing Charters (985-640-0569). “From the deep interior all the way out to Bay Lafourche, the trout are eating up baits and the reds are thick and hungry.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Low Atchafalaya River means Basin bass biting
When the north winds blow and bring a chill to South Central Louisiana, or the tide moves, the lower end of the nation’s last great overflow swamp becomes a top bass fishing destination.[…]
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Chalmette’s fall Smorgasbord
In October, the long trout drought finally ends in Chalmette waters and the freckled fish start showing up again in good sizes and quantities, according to Joey Jeanfreau, over at Jeanfreau’s Super Market on Paris Road in Chalmette. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie fishing picking up on Lake Providence
North Louisiana crappie expert Kirk Townsend can make you a list of what it takes to catch crappie just about anywhere in his area of the state. […]
Bass Fishing
Positive turn for Toledo Bend
That November days will be the time to catch Toledo Bend bass — in both quantity and quality — is a no-brainer.
And it can’t come soon enough.[…]
Bass Fishing
Slow down for bass on Lake D’Arbonne
You probably won’t be able to catch a 10-pounder off the dock like Brennen Ramsey, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the fall largemouth bass bite on Lake D’Arbonne this month.[…]
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Speck party on Lake Pontchartrain
If you want to outfish the hundreds of boats on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles this month, you need to fish every level of the water column, according to Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]
Deer of the Year
Grunt call brings in big Kisatchie 12-point
Curiosity killed the cat … and maybe a big buck, too.
Jonathon Zell, 29, of Dry Prong, had watched some does bed down on a ridge 80 yards from his perch 35 feet high in a Grant Parish pine on the Kisatchie National Forest. With his curiosity peaked, he decided to reach for his grunt call Monday morning.[…]
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Short runs for Delacroix trout
Anglers looking for easy limits of trout without burning a lot of boat fuel should put in at Delacroix this month.[…]
Crappie/Bream
As fall arrives, Poverty Point crappie bite heats up
If country superstar Toby Keith wrote a song about Poverty Point crappie fishing, he’d probably say, “It’s not as good as it once was, but it’s good once as it ever was.”[…]
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Try sure-bet shorelines for specks
Fishing technology, and the latest new-fangled rods, reels, hooks and electronics, seems to constantly change in the angling industry.[…]
Columns
Fall hunting schedule should include emergency plan
Everything was going just fine until I felt some heartburn and a little acid indigestion. It’s rare for me but not unheard of. Then things got worse — and in a couple of days I was in the emergency room and pretty sick. […]
Columns
Cajun meets Italian: The “Stromboli Psychic”
Imagine our surprise when we walked into Janelle Folse’s Raceland home and she declared that she was going to prepare a Cajun stromboli.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Sumrall earns coveted 2018 Bassmaster Classic berth
New Iberia’s Caleb Sumrall has been on a fishing roll, culminating in this weekend’s victory at the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell — a win that earned him a berth in the 2018 Bassmaster Classic and an invitation to join the 2018 Elite Series.[…]
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Striking gold (and silver) in Golden Meadow
October is a welcome relief, as cooler weather and lower humidities make for more pleasant fishing conditions — and even the fish themselves seem reinvigorated by the change.[…]