Fishing
Get all knotted up – with the Albright knot
Last week we highlighted the double-uni knot.[…]
Fishing
Operation Dry Water patrols cite five for DUI
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries patrol agents cited five people for allegedly boating under the influence and issued 98 citations statewide as part of Operation Dry Water last weekend.[…]
News Breaker
2014 USFWS Waterfowl Survey shows 8 percent increase in breeding pairs
A loss of about 107,000 wetland basins in the Prairie Pothole Region over a 12-year period dampened news of an 8 percent increase in breeding ducks this spring compared to last year, according to reports from Ducks Unlimited.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Work structure to locate big Grand Isle trout
The way Tommy Vidrine was pounding rocks Monday morning near Grand Isle, you might have thought he was part of an inmate work detail. […]
Fishing
Amite River boating accident Tuesday evening kills Livingston Parish woman
A 59-year-old Livingston Parish woman died Tuesday evening when a 17-foot surface drive vessel driven by her husband apparently hit a tree, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Events & Announcements
Two Louisiana teams win 4-H shooting sports national championships
Almost 600 shooters from 33 states participated in the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships last weekend, and two Louisiana teams won titles.[…]
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Cajun Peanuts — Picking American lotus seeds for the table
The grizzled, mustachioed swamper was running his aluminum boat in circles and hooks in what was officially called a lake but in reality was more a jungle of aquatic plants than water.[…]
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Before-work redfish challenge — How to catch your redfish limit before you go to work
Think it takes all day to catch a limit of redfish? This angler disproves that by regularly catching his fish before his workday begins.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fishin’ on foot — Expert tips for surf fishing
My mom used to rebut my anti-broccoli sentiment with that classic parental logic line: “You’ll never know if you like it unless you try it.”[…]
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Whitetail beginnings — History of deer hunting in Louisiana
The whitetail is the oldest deer species in the world, but it has not always thrived in Louisiana.[…]
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Friday Night Lights — Best tactics for nighttime trout fishing
As the sun began its lazy descent on the last day of a busy work week, a figure emerged silhouetted against the setting sun. At the end of one arm swung a tackle box, while the other arm clinched two half-crossed fishing poles.[…]
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Dr. Bream — Expert bream-fishing tips
Everything a bream fisherman would need was within easy reach of Dr. Ray Jones in the front of his fishing boat. As he eased his boat though the waters of Black Bayou Lake in Monroe, that became apparent rather quickly.[…]
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Border Bash — Expert tips for catching summertime lunker trout at Sabine Lake
Adam Jaynes of Orange, Texas, knows how to beat the heat to get on a great topwater bite in the summer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Green trout heaven — Fishing tips for Delacroix bass
We’ve come a long way since virtually everyone in Southeast Louisiana used the term “green trout” to refer to largemouth bass. One of Louisiana’s first conservation laws on the books was for the protection of New Orleans green trout populations.[…]
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Black Bay Burn — Top 4 Black Bay trout-fishing hotspots
July anglers can sometimes let a little heat and humidity intimidate them.
“I’ll fish until summer sets in; then I’ll wait till fall to go back on the water, when it’s cooler,” they say.[…]
Columns
Trout, red regs in need of overhaul?
Since 1988, we anglers fishing along the Louisiana coast have operated under regulations allowing us to keep 25 trout and five redfish per day. And that latter limit could have been even more liberal were it not for the redfish wars that ended commercial exploitation of that species.[…]