Field Reports
Doormats and pumpkins at Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne starts off in Lake Pontchartrain and ends up pushing way back in some flooded duck ponds on high tides catching fat slot reds.[…]
Redfish
Field Reports
Saltwater fish moving into this river system
In the fall, this river gets low and slow, allowing speckled trout, redfish and flounder to move in and gobble a feast of baitfish and shrimp.[…]
Features
Brackish bonanza
Among the most fertile habitats in North America, river deltas and other coastal marshes can host untold numbers and varieties of fish.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Calcasieu Lake’s searing hot redfish action
Capt. Erik Rue said everything from slot reds to bull reds can be caught at Calcasieu Lake from the coast north to the saltwater barrier.[…]
Fishing Reports
Natalie and Hadley Grace with a bull red
Natalie Grace and her daughter Hadley were on a mother/daughter fishing trip on May 17 when they caught this 27-pound bull red just outside of Salt Bayou in Slidell.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
As late summer water temperatures rise, go deeper at Golden Meadow
According to Eddie Berthelot, Jr. with Spots & Specks Charters, speckled trout go into the larger, deeper bays and lakes in August.[…]
Features
Rigolets redfish
When monster spawning redfish move in from offshore, they pass through Lake Borgne and proceed through the Rigolets.[…]
Columns
Unlimited kayak fishing possibilities down Highway 1 corridor
The entire area down lower Highway 1 down to Grand Isle provides some great summertime kayak fishing opportunities.[…]
Fishing Reports
Bull red for America’s 250th birthday
Avery Mestayer with his biggest redfish yet at Cypremort Point for the 73rd Annual Iberia Rod and Gun Club Fishing Rodeo on July 3.[…]
Field Notes
A closer look at Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA
Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area consists of 33,488 acres of mostly marsh. It is located 15 miles south of Houma.[…]
Features
Mississippi River Delta offers incredible fishing opportunities
Whether fishing the shallow marsh ponds, bays or nearshore waters under petroleum platforms, Venice provides incredible action.[…]
Features
Many opportunities in the fertile waters around Fourchon
In the fertile waters around Port Fourchon, practically any fish might hit a bait at any moment. Stay flexible and be prepared.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Redfish chasing bait in the Mississippi River Delta
The weather didn’t deter the anglers gathered at Mike Frenette’s Redfish Lodge of Louisiana in Venice Marina.[…]
Features
Pass through Big Lake structures to a redfish paradise
Big redfish commonly congregate on the downstream side of the Calcasieu Lake weirs waiting to snatch anything flowing to them.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: Swansboro, North Carolina
Just off the beaches in Onslow County, anglers could find bull redfish, speckled trout and other fish species familiar to Louisiana anglers.[…]
Field Reports
Basic techniques for fishing flats
Capt. Charlie Thomason shares why speckled trout, redfish and flounder love flats and how he fishes them this month.[…]