Unless their customers request the use of artificial lures, the Bellangers habitually use live bait for speckled trout. They bring live shrimp and live croakers with them on every trip.[…]
• People new to the island should fish the beach and the rocks (breakwaters on the Gulf side of the island). Then venture farther from the island if the weather is good. A variety of fish can be caught at the rocks.[…]
Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine.[…]
An e-mail from Jimmy Stafford, turkey biologist for LDWF, indicated a poor 2013 spring turkey season across the state, with the harvest being down 500 or more turkeys from the 2012 season.[…]
On Easter Sunday of this year my father passed away. He was 90.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m trying to locate the coordinates for Freemason Island.[…]
The blue crab is one of the most-fascinating creatures in coastal marshes. This is one creature whose scientific name (Callinectes sapidus) completely describes it.[…]
The 2013 Coastal Conservation Association STAR tournament kicks off this month, and if you plan on fishing at all this summer, you’re taking a big risk by not entering.[…]
Because the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are the exact opposite of ours here in the Northern Hemisphere, their hurricanes occur when our tropics are as calm as a bottle of Valium.[…]
The thought was first planted in Mike Herrmann’s mind back a few years ago while on a bass-fishing trip. It was one of those occasions when something important happened, something that rang an inner bell and registered deep in his memory, only to have that memory fall asleep until another similar incident awakened it.[…]
Folks often say that there’s a fine line between lunacy and brilliance, between foolishness and valor. Well, an equally thin margin separates the “Aw shucks!” and “Oh boy!” moments of bass fishing.[…]
Find the nearest grass bed to snatch chunky bass into your boat this month, while specks are waiting along the coast. […]
It was opening day of the 2012 trawling season for the east bank, and I had arrived a little early at the boat launch.[…]
Find the nearest grass bed to snatch chunky bass into your boat this month, while specks are waiting along the coast.[…]
Flashy appearance and bold profile may define the spinnerbait’s basic appeal, but there’s a lot of room for tactical tweaking and creative development — particularly with the blade setup.[…]
Powered by only a single AA battery, the SpareOne mobile phone is the perfect communication device to have in an emergency situation.[…]