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Herk’s Half-Dozen
Grand Isle is a seven-square-mile barrier island connected to the rest of Louisiana by a narrow causeway.[…]
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Heavy Hitters in Trout Ball
When does a speckled trout cross over from the indignity of school-trout status into the glory realm of trophy trout?[…]
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The Lady and the Kid
“Well, at least the pork chop sandwich is good.” A half hour earlier, at 5 a.m., I stepped out of my truck under the Seabrook Bridge and a 20-mph wind hit me in the face like I had been smacked with a cast-iron frying pan.[…]
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Wrecked!
It started with a casual greeting just before daylight recently when I bumped into Capt. Charlie Thomason at the dock of Blackie Campo’s Marina in Shell Beach.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Little Lake reds schooling along shorelines
It wasn’t very hard to tell where the redfish were biting in Little Lake and Bay L’Ours a couple days ago. Captain “Papa” Joe Bush (504-689-3728) wanted to get an early start because he knew word had traveled quickly, and he wanted to get to the hot spots before everybody else.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish at night to beat the heat
Wait until the sun goes down, and you’ll find the speckled trout fishing heats up as the temperature cools down.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Timbalier tank batteries turning on
Twelve of the last 15 days have produced 100-trout limits for Captain Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357) and his customers, and the only reason he missed on the other days was bad weather and wind.[…]
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Thermos Trout
The summer trout bite happens quickly in Barataria Bay. Spend too much time at the coffee pot, and your chances of putting up big numbers goes down with every stir of your spoon.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle surf holding some specks
Captain Eddie Berthelot with Spots & Specks Charters (985-637-3177) has a good cure for fishing during the north winds we’ve had the last few days.[…]
Events & Announcements
Pearl River W.M.A. Hwy. 11 entrance to be periodically closed due to bridge construction
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will periodically close the U.S. Hwy. 11 gate that provides vehicle access to the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in St. Tammany Parish for the next two weeks due to ongoing bridge repairs.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Causeway trout biting in the wind
A calm day has been a rarity since January, but that hasn’t kept some anglers from smacking the speckled trout and redfish. Some, like Captain Eric Dumas at Lake Pontchartrain have even found that the fish bite better in the wind.[…]
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L.D.W.F. fishing closure declared in an area south of Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has closed commercial and recreational fishing in an area south of Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish following the discovery of tilapia in public waterways in the vicinity.[…]
Bass Fishing
Diversionary Tactics
I climbed into Capt. Frank Lawson’s Champion bay boat fully expecting to catch redfish. The fact that he was tying on three bass lures only made me think that he would be showing me how to use bass tactics to catch redfish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout biting under Bayou Dupont birds
Captain Chris Pike with Bourgeois Charters (504-341-5614) doesn’t play around when he’s fishing birds.[…]
Events & Announcements
Pearl River W.M.A. entrance from Hwy. 11 reopened
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Wildlife Division has reopened the U.S. Hwy. 11 gate that provides vehicle access to the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in St. Tammany Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pockets of fish showing up at Venice
Nobody would claim the fishing at the mouth of the Mississippi River is on fire, but if a recent trip with Captain Shawn Lanier (225-205-5353) was any indication, it’s possible to put together a nice day as long as you don’t get locked in to one spot.[…]