Fishing Hotspots
Minimal tackle key for Grand Isle beach bite
No matter what kind of fishing you’re doing in the marsh, finding clean water is almost always helpful.[…]
August 2018
Columns
How to age white-tailed deer: Part IV
Learn how to age the bucks that most hunters mount, the 4- to 6-year-old deer that are exhibiting their best antler growth.[…]
Columns
It’s a big year
Several years ago, I went to see the movie “The Big Year” starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. While it was enjoyable, I also found it somewhat educational.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Big Lake beach fishing
With speckled trout fishing success up and down this year in Calcasieu Lake, particularly during a summer plagued by high west winds, it’s time to point the bow of the boat to the beach from Johnson Bayou to Holly Beach.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Stay on the move to find Hopedale trout
Hot. Sizzling, searing, scorching, broiling, roasting — all describe our summer weather, and the trout don’t seem to like it any more than we do. Perhaps it’s why they pulled a disappearing act in June and have had anglers scratching their heads ever since.[…]
Field Notes
Tracking trout movement at the MRGO
Back in May, me and some of my closest fishing buddies targeted speckled trout to be tagged and released at the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Long Rocks. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Beat the heat for August specks
Fishing is all about stacking as many odds in your favor as possible, and something you should certainly put in your favor this month is leaving the dock early. Not only do you beat the heat, but you also get a much better speckled trout bite, according to Slidell guide Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
GPS waypoints: Delacroix to Point A La Hache
This area is actually where Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge got started. The interest generated from this location allowed me to start marketing waypoints for 21 different areas, including Barataria Bay, Lake Borgne, Hopedale to Bayou Terre Boeufs, Bayou Bienvenue, Port Sulphur, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne and many more.[…]
Columns
So what’s a sunperch?
Louisiana’s bream fishermen have a pile of fish to choose from. Tops on the list are bluegills and redear sunfish (also called lake runners or chinquapin). And fat-bellied goggle-eyes are always in the mix somewhere. In a lot of places, you can throw in some green sunfish (slick perch) or red-spotted sunfish (stumpknockers). […]
Field Notes
Inshore Insights: Mystery baitfish revealed
We were fishing Delacroix when a speckled trout coughed up this weird thing shown in the picture above. Read on to learn what exactly it is — and why it’s important to you as an inshore angler.[…]
Fishing
OtterBox coolers
High performance coolers have been around for several years now, and it seems like more and more companies are making them.[…]
Bass Fishing
Busting Delta marsh bass
With morning glories blooming across the canal, Capt. Cody Obiol was pushing away from the dock as I waited for his boss, Capt. Ryan Lambert to launch his Skeeter bay boat. Obiol was after bull reds that morning, but he knew my mission involved something much different, so his gracious salutation stoked my optimism.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Push-poling for slabs
With the advent of today’s electronics, this national champion crappie angler says old-fashioned spider-rigging is a thing of the past.[…]
Features
The ‘other’ snapper
Mangroves may not get all the publicity their rosy relatives receive, but you can catch 10 per day year-round. Here’s how one Buras guide fills the box.[…]
Deer Hunting
Get the most bang for your buck
You’ve dreamed about it — a private sanctuary loaded with trophy deer, abundant food plots, all-weather stands, improved roads, a beautiful lodge and a great group of friends and family to share it with. […]
Features
Hot trout tips
The dog days of summer have arrived, and that means staying on the water for 12 hours to limit out on speckled trout is about as much fun as hitting your thumb with a hammer. Twice.[…]