News Breaker
Applications available for Elbow Slough WMA opening weekend dove lottery hunts
Applications are now being accepted for lottery dove hunts on Elbow Slough Wildlife Management Area in Rapides Parish for opening weekend.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Use topwater strikes to locate more Big Lake trout
The rapid fire ‘swish-swish-swish’ of Capt. Nick Poe’s rod as he walked the dog over oyster reefs in Big Lake Wednesday was followed up regularly with the splash of a nice speckled trout blowing up his MirrOlure She Pup.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Topwater tips for more Big Lake specks
Watching Capt. Nick Poe effortlessly ‘walk the dog’ with topwater lures on Big Lake is a lot like watching a bricklayer put up a wall — it looks really easy until you try to do it.[…]
Events & Announcements
Online petition underway urging Chalmette Refining to resume manufacturing non-ethanol gas
With the status of production at the facility still unclear, a petition urging Chalmette Refining to resume the manufacture and sale of ethanol free gasoline has been started online.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sebile’s new Pivot Frog increases hook-up ratios
Timing is tricky for frog fishing — if you wait too long the bass spits it out but if you set it too early, you miss the fish entirely.[…]
News Breaker
Slidell teen wins Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
As years go, 2014 has been a keeper for young Corin Knight of Slidell, and it’s the kind that can make a daddy very proud.[…]
Fishing
Costa to introduce 580P lightweight mirror lenses at ICAST
Previously only available in glass, Costa Sunglasses is introducing the 580P mirror lens in a super lightweight, impact resistant polycarbonate material that will be available later this fall.[…]
General
Artic Ice – Chill and Brew
Watch David White show you how you can keep you drinks cold with out ice[…]
Fishing
Chris Macaluso – Oyster Reefs
This is a short video on the importance of the Oyster Reefs around Louisiana.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hack Tyson’s Punchout
In the 1987 Nintendo released the video game, “Mike Tyson’s Punchout”. It is one of the best received video games of all time. Fast forward to 2014 when bass pro and Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney decided to make a quick trip to lake Des Allemands using the bass fishing technique known as “punching”.[…]
Fishing
Two Jefferson Parish men arrested for alleged commercial crabbing violations
Two Jefferson Parish men were arrested for allegedly stealing crabs in Plaquemines Parish, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout stocks in no danger, LDWF official says
Work on the soon-to-be-completed statewide speckled trout stock assessment indicates the species is in good shape despite recent concerns from some coastal anglers, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist told a crowd of almost 200 people last night in Lake Charles.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney puches hard in Des Allemands, knocks out some big bass
Bassmaster Elite Series pro and Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney punched through some thick grass mats and caught some nice bass on a recent trip to Des Allemands.[…]
Columns
Taming the gorilla
Flyrodders love small waters. I once dug a hole in my backyard that filled with rain, and several of my fly fishing buddies wanted me to stock it.[…]
Fishing
Trout stocks in no danger, LDWF official says
Work on the soon-to-be-completed statewide speckled trout stock assessment indicates the species is in good shape despite recent concerns from some coastal anglers, a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist told a crowd of almost 200 people last night in Lake Charles.[…]
Fishing
Get all knotted up – with the surgeon’s knot
EDITOR’S NOTE: With fishing action in full swing this summer, we thought now would be a great time to highlight a series on several basic fishing knots that can be used by a variety of anglers. […]