Inshore Fishing
The best way to ice down fish
Yeah, Kerry Audibert likes to fish for big speckled trout — prestige fish. But he also loves to eat fish, so he treats his catch like food.[…]
Sheepshead
Four reasons why you should fish sheepshead this month
Kerry Audibert explains why you should make the long run from Shell Beach to Breton Sound to catch sheepshead, bull reds, and black drum.[…]
Sheepshead
How to clean a sheepshead
Sheepshead are a delight on the table. Kerry Audibert walks through the steps to becoming an expert at filleting sheepshead.[…]
Bass Fishing
Billy, bass and boudin
Billy Billeaud fishes 50 to 60 days a year — all for bass, except for bream excursions he and his wife Michele have begun making to Toledo Bend Reservoir, where they have a camp.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to pick a jig
Billy Billeaud fishes four styles of jigs: flipping, bladed, swimming and football models.[…]
Bass Fishing
Other great baits for Atchafalaya Basin bass
When Lafayette’s Billy Billeaud isn’t fishing a jig, he is usually using a Brush Hog or a Beaver-style bait.[…]
Bass Fishing
Equipment for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin
Billy Billeaud doesn’t arm himself lightly for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
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.[…]