Bass Fishing
ICW bass fishing should be great in October
Ledges along the Intracoastal Waterway will hold plenty of bass in October. Angler Bill McCarty said the bassing gets good to excellent. […]
South Central LA
Deer Hunting
Coast into Louisiana’s 2020 deer season
Don’t turn your nose up at deer hunting in Louisiana’s coastal areas. Those whitetails don’t get as much notice, but they’re just as tasty. […]
Catfish
Cold water catfish
When the water is blown out and murky from cold fronts, there may be no better time than January to drop a tight-line rig for central coast blue catfish. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Fausse Pointe Borrow pit hawgs
More and more big bass are coming from the borrow pits along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee from Lake Fausse Pointe State Park south along what is locally known as the Borrow Pit Canal. […]
Fishing
Reds plentiful out of Vermilion Bay
Slot reds and bull reds by the box-full can be caught in January in a couple areas around Vermilion Bay. […]
Contents
Mastering the marsh
Pursuing bucks in the marshes of Louisiana isn’t for the faint of heart. But tough, uncomfortable conditions weed out lots of hunters, and just about any deer is a trophy. […]
Bass Fishing
Winter bite begins for Orange Grove bass
Backs of dead end canals should be active Some of the best bass fishing before the onset of what passes for winter in South Central Louisiana isn’t far from Houma or Morgan City. Bill McCarty […]
Inshore Fishing
Cypremort Point specks surface at The Cove
Mike Malone of Sulphur, La. tallied up his best day of speckled trout fishing this past weekend while fishing in Vermilion Bay during a scouting trip for the upcoming Lafayette Kayak Club trout fishing tournament. And he wasn’t the only one. […]
Catfish
Pitch black cats
It was black on the water. Of course, it was midnight.
We sat as quiet as death in Sidney Haynes’ 17-foot aluminum SeaArk boat. In the distance, automobile headlights flitted busily through New Roads, perched hard on the shores of False River, the big oxbow lake of Pointe Coupee Parish. […]
Catfish
Sidney Haynes’ juglines
Sidney Haynes begins building his juglines by cutting a 6- or 7-inch section off a foam swimming pool noodle. He then cuts about a 10-foot length of twisted, tarred black nylon twine from its spool. He wraps one end around the center of the noodle section and ties it tightly. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Monster reds at Marsh Island
Hot weather has redfish right where many Acadiana fishermen want them this summer — in the deep holes of bayous inside Marsh Island. And the good news is they’ll still be there in September. […]
News Breaker
Speckled-trout bite finally kicks off
Baseball, it is said, is a game of inches. So, too, is speckled trout fishing. […]
Fishing
LDWF cites several for alleged crabbing violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries were busy with alleged crabbing violators late last month. […]
Deer Hunting
Public Rambling: Now’s the time for scouting
Let’s get ready to RUMBLE! It’s officially time to put in the preseason work. Get up, get going and get out to your favorite hunting spot for some scouting. […]
News Breaker
World Waterfowl Calling Championships this weekend in the Cajundome
If you’ve been brushing up your calling skills in anticipation of duck season this fall, you can see how you measure up this weekend at the Louisiana Outdoor Expo in the Cajundome in Lafayette. […]
Ask Captain Paul
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge of GPS Waypoints for Vermilion Bay
The Vermilion Bay Fishing Edge consists of 205 different waypoint positions. Many locations were once land points or islands that are now submerged, in addition to other visible and key navigation spots. […]