News Breaker
Speck party on Lake Pontchartrain
If you want to outfish the hundreds of boats on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles this month, you need to fish every level of the water column, according to Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]
Lake Pontchartrain
News Breaker
Try sure-bet shorelines for specks
Fishing technology, and the latest new-fangled rods, reels, hooks and electronics, seems to constantly change in the angling industry.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA Louisiana to build new reef in southwestern Lake Pontchartrain
Anglers in southwestern Lake Pontchartrain will soon have a new fishing destination, thanks to a reef being built in the St. John Parish portion of the lake by Coastal Conservation Association-Louisiana.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Slidell man ticketed for allegedly stealing crabs in Lake Pontchartrain
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 68-year-old Slidell man for alleged crab trap theft on Aug. 21.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews locate body of missing angler in Lake Pontchartrain
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recovered the body of a missing New Orleans angler in Lake Pontchartrain this morning around 7 a.m.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Search crews looking for possible missing boaters in Lake Pontchartrain
Search crews are currently looking for possible missing anglers after a 12-foot flat boat was discovered overturned Tuesday morning near the Highway 11 bridge in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Fishing
Covington man cited for allegedly stealing from Lake Pontchartrain crab traps
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Covington man last week for allegedly harvesting crabs from traps on Lake Pontchartrain that did not belong to him.[…]
Inshore Fishing
High Pearl River shutting down action at L&N Bridge — for now
On a typical mid-summer morning, the L&N Train Bridge that spans The Rigolets would be a beehive of activity, with boats gathering early at the site to pursue speckled trout, drum and redfish eagerly awaiting bait to come their way in the current. […]
Inshore Fishing
Targeting specks on the outer islands of the Biloxi Marsh
“Go West, young man” might have been a popular slogan as America expanded in the 1800s, but if you’re looking to catch speckled trout in the middle of the summer, heading east out of the Rigolets to the islands speckling the outer edges of the Biloxi Marsh is some pretty sage advice.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish thick in marshes off the ICW
Right now, grass is like a combination of Red Bull, bacon, Twinkies and ice cream for redfish — they simply can’t stay away from it. […]
Inshore Fishing
The art of anchoring in Lake Pontchartrain
Anchoring on shell pads involves a lot of strategy, according to Forrest Green.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain is loaded
Lake Pontchartrain is known for the Trestles, the Causeway and all of the structures that house speckled trout each year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA to build new West End Reef in Lake Pontchartrain
The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana is scheduled to begin construction of a new artificial reef near West End in Lake Pontchartrain on May 31, according to a news release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More freshwater for Lake Pontchartrain will make spring trout fishing tough
Just two months after the Bonnet Carre Spillway opened — and poured fresh Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain for about three weeks earlier this winter — the estuary faces yet another inundation of freshwater from rain-swollen rivers on the North Shore.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The top trolling tactics and gear for Lake Pontchartrain trout
Chuck and Zelita “Z” Cristinas never use a trolling motor to troll for speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Learning to troll for Lake Pontchartrain trout
Trolling for speckled trout came late in Chuck and Zelita “Z” Cristina’s fishing lives.[…]