Offshore Fishing
How to get your name in the Louisiana State Fish Records
Amanda and Dennis Menard, and their families don’t need any excuses to go fishing, but they do a lot of things to make their fishing more fun.[…]
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Offshore Fishing
The Menard’s offshore trick bag
One of the fun things about fishing with other people is learning little short-cuts they use. Here are a few of the Menard’s tricks for mangrove snapper.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Go goujon fishing heavily armed
Johnny Broussard’s fishing gear is not finesse tackle. Both goujon and blue catfish grow large, and much of Broussard’s fishing is next to the dense wood of submerged tree stumps and snags that are the lairs of these big fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bait is key when fishing for yellow catfish
“It’s harder to catch the bait than it is to catch the fish,” Johnny Broussard said, with note of frustration in his voice. “I spend a lot of time getting bait.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Man of the swamp
Johnny Broussard’s great passion is fishing for goujon with a rod and reel.[…]
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Crook Chene Calamity — Top tips for fishing for Opelousas cats
All Johnny Broussard’s friends describe him as a man of the swamp.[…]
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Bluewater bingo — Rig-fishing off the Central Louisiana coast
“Offshore is what we do,” 46-year-old Dennis Menard Jr. said. “We have blue water in our veins. We are all intrigued by it.[…]
Bass Fishing
Dupre’s Copasaw tips for bass fishing
Tyler Dupre credits his grandfather for instilling in him a love for fishing and much of the knowledge on which he improved over the years.[…]
Bass Fishing
Copacetic on the Copasaw — Top bass-fishing tips for the Bayou Black marshes
Tyler Dupre is someone who would rather travel 50 miles by boat than in his vehicle, fishing bass since the age of 12, the 24-year-old is a lifelong resident of Houma who has a wealth of knowledge learned mostly from his grandfather about this particular species of fish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Best baits for Cocodrie’s spring specks
Finding healthy numbers of late-spring speckled trout in the eastern Terrebonne estuary is one thing. Tempting them to bite is quite another — something that tends to change seemingly day by day.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Deep trout-fishing option
As endless as the shallow-water trout fishing options are to the east of the Houma Navigation Canal are, those choosing to fish bigger — though just as accessible — water in the same general area shouldn’t feel left out.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Best Atchafalaya Basin fishing tactics for chinquapin and bream
Berwick resident Michael Broussard knows a few things about fishing the lower Atchafalaya Basin. It’s like a second home for the naval architect student who works as a draftsman for Conrad Shipyards.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Top fishing tips for Atchafalaya Basin bream
1. Be there when water temperatures are right for the spawn — 68 to 75 degrees.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Where to go bream fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin
Beadle has several regions that are easy to get to with short runs from local landings in Berwick and Morgan City.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
When to go bream-fishing
Local angler Ray Beadle typically starts getting the itch to fish bream in February when the willows start to bud. I kind of get that, because for me it’s when I can hear the steady singing of prothonotary warblers and northern parulas.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The fishing chef
Only in Louisiana is fishing and cooking so closely intertwined. More often than not, anglers take as much pride in their skills in the kitchen as on the water.[…]