Inshore Fishing
Seeing red out of Port Sulphur and Empire
Capt. Nash Roberts III (800-887-1385) said he and his son concentrate entirely on redfish this month.[…]
Redfish
Inshore Fishing
Redfish are ripe for the catching at the Cameron Jetties
A long-time charter boat captain has just the place for anglers to go to tussle with redfish in the Calcasieu Lake region this month.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Roadside reds
It only happens when the weather gets really cold, like in the lower 30s, which doesn’t happen very often down here in southeastern Louisiana.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Downriver redfish
Capt. Shawn Lanier (225-205-5353) said he pretty much swims against the flow this month.
“A bunch of the Venice area guides quit fishing in January and February so they can hunt,” Lanier said. “Me, I don’t hunt — at least not on land and not with a gun. I’ll do all my hunting from the boat with a rod and reel, and mostly downriver where I’ll target big redfish in the outside bays.[…]
Redfish
How to really clean a bull red
Tenny Flynn is not only proficient at producing beautiful cutlets from fillets, but he cleans out the throat and cheeks of each bull red.[…]
Field Notes
Top 5 tips to catch shallow water reds
Chas Champagne offered up five key tips to make you more successful when trying to hook up with shallow-water reds.[…]
Columns
Creature of the Marsh Lagoon
With Halloween coming up, I’ve been looking for a costume resembling one of my favorite science fiction characters: the Gill Man.[…]
Features
The backup plan — Lafitte fall redfishing tactics
October offers fantastic redfish fishing. This Lafitte backup plan will keep your rod bowed and your ice chest full.[…]
Features
Wet-leg reds— Where to wade-fish for Vermilion redfish
Redfish move into Vermilion Bay, and you can catch all you want. Or you could bypass the crowds and target these unpressured redfish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Eddies offer fine dining
One of the many perks of going out to eat at a fancy restaurant is having food brought to you by a waiter rather than having to go get the food yourself.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Kayaking in Venice: Redfish plentiful in Yellow Cotton Bay
Some kayak anglers might be hesitant to toss a popping cork — attached to a twirling 2-foot leader with a Vudu shrimp dangling from the business end — straight at stands of leaning, swaying, hook-grabbing roseau cane, but not Capt. Brian Sherman.[…]
Field Notes
Throw frogs to fish you can see
Capt. Casey Brunning loves topwater fishing, so when conditions are right, he brings the frog-fishing game into sight-fishing redfish.[…]
Features
Life after summer — Best fall fishing bets for Big Lake
This Big Lake guide knows just how to fill the boat with redfish and flounder — and even a few trout — in the fall.[…]
Inshore Fishing
‘Smiley-faced’ redfish caught near Sable Island
It doesn’t take much these days to have a very pessimistic view of life.[…]
Inshore Fishing
St. Amant angler reels in leopard redfish with 600-plus spots out of Venice
Jerry Rouyea was definitely seeing spots on a recent fishing trip on the west side of the Mississippi River, but it wasn’t because of the stifling 93-degree heat and lack of any breeze that day out of Venice.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Robbing Lake Robin
Capt. Chris Danos (504-606-6223) operates his Screaming Reels Fishing Charters business out of Pointe a la Hache on the east side of the river. But these days he’s traveling over to Lake Robin and beyond to get into bigger and better speckled trout action.[…]