Bass Fishing
Shimano Zodias bass rods
Shimano has expanded its Zodias (ZDS) bass rod line-up with three new models that are constructed for specific lure and situation use and feature Shimano’s unique CI4+ reel seat.[…]
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Crank it up — How to catch crappie trolling crankbaits
The key to summertime crappie fishing is catching your limit and getting off the water before the blast furnace really kicks in. And this angler knows how.[…]
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Pole Kat — How the Salter Jiggin’ Pole can make you a better angler
The cork slowly went under.
I knew it was a crappie: It didn’t swim off like a bass, twitch like a bream or disappear with a snap like a catfish.[…]
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Bull stampede — Fishing for bull reds in the Mississippi Delta
Gary Abernathy was sure he saw a fish move off the tip of a grassy point on the south side of a little cut between islands.[…]
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The short haul — Shell Beach’s summertime fishing hotspots
“And all my rowdy friends have settled down!” Artie yelled while making his grand entrance through the back door to Doc’s Shell Beach camp, which was strangely dark and quiet.[…]
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Biloxi Marsh mix-up — How to catch trout and redfish during August
This goes down as one of my very best summers — ever.
June came in with intense heat and sweltering humidity, and an abundance of speckled trout. At least it did where I was fishing — in and around Bay Eloi.[…]
Bass Fishing
Heat advisory — How to catch Toledo Bend’s summer bass
Bass fishing in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees is not for the faint of heart.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fishing the Dream — Bassmaster Elite Series angler shares Ouatchita River bass secrets
Louisiana’s Brett Preuett is living the dream. Or should we say, “Fishing the dream.”[…]
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Border blowout — Tips for Sabine Lake trout-fishing succcess
We could be launching into a lake on Mars for all that most Louisianans would know about this place. There was enough daylight at the ramp to reveal that every vehicle already on the lot carried Texas license plates. […]
Inshore Fishing
Surf strategists — Top surf-fishing tips
Aggressive, abundant and readily available to those willing to enter the warm summer surf — speckled trout present the perfect wade-fishing target.[…]
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It looks like a brain!
“Ugh; It looks like a brain, man,” my fishing partner said, peering into the swampy water and gingerly poking a gelatinous-looking blob with a boat paddle.[…]
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LDWF’s red snapper stance a big step back
Change is inevitable when new administrations come into power. So it’s no surprise that Charlie Melancon, appointed head of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries by Gov. John Bel Edwards, is doing things differently than his predecessor.[…]
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Cover: August 2016
The summer heat is on, and that means specks are patrolling the beaches in search of easy meals.[…]
Deer Hunting
Judge orders Felicianas deer poachers to pay more than $38,000 in fines
Judge Elizabeth Jones of the 20th Judicial District Court in East and West Feliciana parishes ordered two poachers to pay a total of $38,776 for deer hunting violations that occurred last February, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2016 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo final results
Here are final results from the 2016 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo held this past weekend out of Sand Dollar Marina. […]
Inshore Fishing
Piers in the bay
Take it from a fisherman who got married on the water at one of his favorite fishing spots on Vermilion Bay: Many of the piers and wharves in front of the camps at Cypremort Point offer potential honey holes for speckled trout.[…]