As bass baits evolve and get better at attracting bites from green fish, they also get more irresistible to redfish. On a trip this week, I found that was definitely true with shaky heads.[…]
Every angler has secret honey holes, the places known only to him or her that offer a reasonable chance for success. I have those as well, but I’m always on a quest to locate new ones. What I really LOVE to do is branch out from areas that are familiar into those that have never floated my boat.[…]
Creature baits and craws are almost as popular among bass and even redfish anglers as trolling motors, but not every one is created equal. Slick packaging and pro-angler endorsements don’t necessarily mean a lure will attract more bites than its competitors.[…]
In 2013, I moved my family to an established neighborhood that sits nestled on the prettiest river in Louisiana and maybe even North America. […]
Winds have been almost relentless during the spring of 2018, but when South Louisiana anglers can get out, they’re finding hot action on some of the healthiest speckled trout in years. […]
Often a last resort for Captain Marty, when weather gets bad, the crew thought it would be fun to show the audience how to target sheepshead.[…]
The speckled trout action in South Louisiana is the best in North America right now, and that means it’s an ideal time to shoot fishing shows geared toward a national audience.[…]
When Mother Nature quits her crying for a few days, the rivers that drain lower Louisiana clear up but still flow swiftly. That pretty water allows the Kentucky spotted bass that crowd the rivers to go on feeding binges fit for a Roman god.[…]
Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of area anglers who think they have to run outside to the big, salty bays to catch speckled trout this time of year? Well, you don’t.[…]
A day before last week’s deluge, I hit the Tchefuncte River system with Jeff Bruhl, a Madisonville resident who has been fishing the waterway since Lyndon B. Johnson was president.[…]
The next best thing to figuring out a hot bass pattern while competing in a tournament is dialing in while pre-fishing. During a recent warm spell, I set out on the river near my house to see if I could find some lunkers in preparation for a weekend competition, and although I got distracted by a ledge holding little bass, I eventually figured out where the bigger fish were and what they wanted to eat.[…]
This time of year, Broc Corcoran fishes New Orleans’ legendary and historic City Park seven days a week, eight hours a day. He can’t get enough of the place, and it’s clear to see why. The park’s lagoons hold some of the biggest bass in the New Orleans area.[…]
February’s weather in South Louisiana was like a fast-forward into late-spring, with temperatures setting records many days. For the most part, March has been more seasonable but still nice.[…]
With a radar app on every smartphone, it’s a lot easier now to slip out on the water between rain showers than it was just a decade ago. My son Joel and I did that on Friday, motoring our bay boat over bumpy seas to a grass flat we hoped would hold some topwater-munching speckled trout.[…]
Justin Bowles’ wife is way overdue, and it would probably have been wise for him to stay within reasonable driving distance of the hospital, but when big speckled trout are hitting topwater baits, any angler’s judgement can become cloudy.[…]
What do you do when winds are roaring behind a cold front, and you want to go fishing? Well, you go fishing.[…]