Bass Fishing
How to get bottom rigs unhooked when bass fishing
If the heavy finesse strategy has a hang-up, then we’ve punned our way into the explanation — hang-ups, snags, entanglements.[…]
July 2015
Fishing
Louisiana crabbing regulations
Recreational crabbing requirements are minimal, both license- and gear-wise. But, according to Sgt. Mike Garrity of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division, some licenses are required and there are some rules to the game.[…]
Fishing
Island people
When Barbara and Les Picard call themselves “island people,” they don’t mean to imply that they are natives of Grand Isle. It means they love all islands, whether in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, or the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bank-fishing checklist:
Bank fishing is like anything else: You can make it simple or you can make it complicated.[…]
Features
Old-school jetty trout-fishing tactic
It’s no secret that jetties attract speckled trout, which hide in the rocks and feed on bait washing by. Here’s how you can find fishing spots on the rocks.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bank-fishing fit for a king
In some cases, bank-fishing can make you king.[…]
Field Notes
Doing macaroni for chumming mangrove snapper
Angler David Meyers explains how he learned to use macaroni boiled in crab boil for mangrove snapper chum from an old timer.[…]
Bass Fishing
Skip your way to more bass
By flipping his frogs, Kenny Covington is able to put his lure in places where other topwater lures just can’t go.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Bermuda chum surprisingly tastey
Some fish you never think seriously of eating. […]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend bass anglers tangle with cannibalistic frog
During a bass-fishing trip to Toledo Bend the middle of May, Jason Pittman and his dad Floyd found themselves flinging hollow-bodied frog on top of grass mats in the back of a pocket.[…]
Columns
Trout trailers
Success, as usual in the artificial lure manufacturing business — or anything else, for that matter — begats success.[…]
Columns
Summertime fun
While fishing is good this month, there is much to do in the fields and woods to get ready for the fall season.[…]
Columns
Hit ’em with your best shot
All fishermen are liars, but fly fishermen embellish with style.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Position format is important
Dear Capt. Paul,
I have some coordinates directly from a buddy’s GPS, but they are not bringing me to the same location as his GPS? Is there more than one way to measure/input coordinates? What are we missing here? Why won’t they work?[…]
Columns
The secret lives of red snappers revealed
The secret lives of red snappers revealed[…]
Fishing
Shimano Citica I series
The new Citica I series reels from Shimano feature the toughness provided by a rigid, impact resistant Hagane body, so that angler strength is transformed into cranking power.[…]