Freshwater Fishing
How to make your own sinking corks
Rhett Buteau, like many other dedicated sac-a-lait fishermen, has had trouble buying fishing corks made of real cork in recent years.[…]
Crappie/Bream
How to fish different crappie cover
Rhett Buteau breaks sac-a-lait cover into four types: grass beds, bushes, laydowns, and wellheads, and explains how to fish each of them.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best sac-a-lait fishing tackle
Rhett Buteau has his sac-a-lait fishing tackle down pat for his needs.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
When and where to fish Atchafalaya Basin crappie
The Atchafalaya Basin is huge and its habitats are complex. Besides the main channel of the Atchafalaya River that runs the length of it, the Basin has major and minor bayous, pipeline and oilfield canals, sloughs, coves, lakes and back-swamps. […]
Offshore Fishing
Top rigging tips for swordfish
Fishing for swordfish ain’t like perch fishing. Nothing is tiny and delicate.[…]
Offshore Fishing
How to find swordfish
The Gulf of Mexico doesn’t look big on a map, but it’s a big ocean when you are looking for open-water fish like swordfish.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Venice fishing guide marches to his own drum beat
The man whose name has become almost synonymous with swordfish has the look of someone who has lived a lot of life and enjoyed every bit of it.[…]
Bass Fishing
When it’s time to change your fishing line
Changing line needn’t be a hassle; you simply have to control the situation. Here are some bass fishing pros explaining what they do.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tip for flyfishing for redfish
Now that shrimp have flooded the marsh ponds, better pack those shrimp flies into your box. Among the many choices are Kwans, Charlies, Crystal Shrimp, Borski Hair Shrimp, Popovics Shrimp and Coma Shrimp.[…]
Bass Fishing
KVD goes wire-to-wire at Toledo Bend
Kevin VanDam capped off a perfect week with another solid day on the water, bringing in 21 pounds, 6 ounces on Sunday to win the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
KVD maintains lead after Day 3 on Toledo Bend
Despite a tougher day of fishing Saturday, Kevin VanDam positioned himself for a wire-to-wire victory heading into the final day of the Bassmaster Elite Series event at Toledo Bend, picking up a solid five-fish bag weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces.[…]
Bass Fishing
VanDam maintains lead after Elite Series Day 2 on Toledo Bend
The biggest thing Kevin VanDam hooked Friday was himself — but that didn’t stop him from putting together a 20-pound, 11-ounce bag to maintain his lead at the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Toledo Bend. […]
Inshore Fishing
Four cited for alleged shrimping violations in Plaquemines Parish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited four men for allegedly using skimmers during a closed shrimp season on May 10 in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Put your money on plastic frogs
When I go bass fishing in May on Toledo Bend, my go-to lure will be — without a doubt — a soft-plastic that should wreak havoc on bass up and down the lake wherever peppergrass, milfoil and coontail is prevalent.[…]
Columns
The Matrix Mini
Chas Champagne wishes it would have been as simple as pointing a futuristic-looking device at one of the most-popular speckled trout soft plastics on the market and reducing the size significantly, like in the 1989 movie “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Raccoon Island means trout this month out of Dularge
May is typically moving month for speckled trout along Louisiana’s coast, as they make their transition from inside waters and head offshore to spawn.[…]