Marsh Man Masson vid: Roadside redfish on every cast
The polar vortex that made North America more resemble Antarctica during New Year celebrations didn’t exactly bypass the Deep South.[…]
The polar vortex that made North America more resemble Antarctica during New Year celebrations didn’t exactly bypass the Deep South.[…]
There are certain times of the year when the Venice speckled trout fishing is as good as you’ll ever see in Louisiana. But unfortunately for speck diehards, January isn’t one of those months. […]
It’s a common misconception that skinny-drafting boats are needed to sight-fish reds, but professional tournament anglers show us otherwise.[…]
Speckled trout have pretty much made the move to interior bays and marshes north of Grand Isle now, so that’s where Capt. Keith “Herk” Bergeron heads to track them down in December.[…]
Go downtown, so to speak, to catch speckled trout consistently in December on Calcasieu Lake.[…]
If you live in Southeast Louisiana and want to catch quick limits of reds and specks, you should point your truck toward Delacroix.[…]
The pond that held all those biting redfish would have been a great honey hole — if only there was any water left in it.[…]
Fall is prime time for redfish, and the venerable old spoon is still an effective, fun lure to throw in interior marshes for solid action.[…]
When anglers think of redfish, very rarely do they dream of catching them in deep water — but Capt. Marty LaCoste fishes them in that zone in September.[…]
James Bryan was in search of speckled trout Saturday morning while fishing the Central Rig Facility Field in Breton Sound.[…]
Capt. Ryan Lambert has no problem with stalking a clean marsh edge to find cooperative fish, but it’s also nice when the targets do all the work for you.[…]
Lafitte is known for great fishing, but its prime speckled trout month isn’t exactly August.[…]
August speckled trout fishing in South Louisiana: It’s hot, the trout are far away, live shrimp are needed and you have to deal with roughly 1,529 hardhead catfish per trip. Perhaps, worst of all, you have to get up earlier than the devil.[…]
“I really like sight fishing them with topwater hard baits, but you can’t do that while you’re guiding because you’ll wear them,” Lambert said.[…]
Rad Trascher, director of the Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament, often gets asked about the fate of redfish tagged in previous years’ contests that never get caught. […]
Above all, fish are going to be where the bait is residing. You can have clean, moving water, but if there’s no bait there, there’s no reason for the fish to stay there.[…]