Freshwater Fishing
Crappie tournaments can shorten learning curve
One of the best decisions James Morgan made when he retired and dedicated himself to crappie fishing was to enter tournaments.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top crappie-fishing gear
Like all fishermen, James Morgan has favored equipment upon which he depends to consistently catch enough crappie to feed himself and many of his friends.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
High-tech helps catch more crappie
Having some of the best equipment, especially in electronics, isn’t absolutely necessary to catch crappie. But to be consistent, it sure doesn’t hurt, James Morgan said.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to beat Lake D’Arbonne’s crappie-fishing crowds
There are 16,000 acres to fish on Lake D’Arbonne. But when crappie stack up in the spring or even when they arrive at popular spawning grounds, it often looks like a boat show on the water. […]
Bass Fishing
The best Rat-L-Trap gear
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet spends of lot of his stump-field time behind a Rat-L-Trap.[…]
Bass Fishing
Trailer hook keepers made easy
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez likes tempting pre-spawn bass with a Strike King Series 3 crankbait or a ¾-ounce Strike King Scorcher spinnerbait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
Wind-wise, March comes in like a lion, but leaves like a lamb. If the “lamb” arrives early, this could be a great month for fly-casters who love to chase the poisson rouge![…]
News Breaker
Washington Parish trail cam captures black coyote — or coy dog?
Ray Labat got quite a shock when he was reviewing trail cam pics from his deer lease in Washington Parish earlier this year.[…]
Events & Announcements
VIDEO: More water flowed through Toledo Bend dam than Niagara Falls
The historic flooding of the Sabine River, which today claimed a portion of Interstate 10 at the Texas state line, was inevitable when considering just how much water was released from Toledo Bend Reservoir last week.[…]
Bass Fishing
Storm Wiggle Warts
The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pros, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.[…]
Big Bass
Gonzales angler snares Toledo Bend 11.27-pounder near the Indian Mounds
Looking at the weather forecast for last Wednesday, Gonzales’ Brenen Hebert made a wise decision to move up his trip to Toledo Bend by one day.[…]
Fishing
A better wacky rig – WackOjig makes wacky fishing more effective
I have tried to fish the wacky rig. Honestly.
But it’s like watching paint dry. In the winter. At night.[…]
Big Bass
One day after massive rains, angler scores on 12.11-pounder near the Toledo Bend dam
Just one day after the highest water levels ever recorded at Toledo Bend, Port Neches area anglers Austin Hebert, Sidney Shetley and Dave Gisselberg launched Friday morning on the reservoir’s south sider near the dam.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More freshwater for Lake Pontchartrain will make spring trout fishing tough
Just two months after the Bonnet Carre Spillway opened — and poured fresh Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain for about three weeks earlier this winter — the estuary faces yet another inundation of freshwater from rain-swollen rivers on the North Shore.[…]
General
Arctic Ice – We put the Cool in Coolers
Arctic Ice
We put the Cool in Coolers[…]
Bass Fishing
Winter Fishing in Louisiana
Greg Hackney shares fishing tips on how to fish Louisiana in the winter.[…]