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Paint it Black!
This was a brutal spring for anglers, guides and marina operators in Southeast Louisiana.[…]
Southeast LA
Offshore Fishing
Variety of offshore fish biting well
The way most offshore captains have been running out of Venice lately according to Captain Josh Howard with Deep South Charters (225-572-7408), is to head out for some early tuna and amberjack if it’s a calm day before hitting the shallower rigs for snapper on the way back in. “We’re just trying to hit a variety of species right now,” said Howard.[…]
Events & Announcements
Corps workshop seeks input on Bonnet Carré Spillway Master Plan
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is hosting an informational workshop on Wednesday, June 11 at Destrehan High School, 1 Wildcat Ln., in Destrehan to collect input on current and potential recreational uses and management of natural resources found in the Bonnet Carré Spillway.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Trout Parade Continues at Venice
I’ve been on several awesome trout trips in the last few years, but few, if any, have been as good as the one I took with Captain Brent Roy with Venice Charters Unlimited (225-268-8420) recently. The phrase for the day was a grateful sounding, “just another 4- or 5-pound trout.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout on edges of Black Bay and Eloi
There is still a lot of river water in Black Bay, but Captain Gene Dugas with Rather Be Fishing Adventures (985-640-0569) said that it’s not slowing down the fishing much.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pontchartrain anglers still plugging away
The gates are closed and the Mississippi River is falling. The question remains, though, of what effect the opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway had on the normally spectacular speckled trout fishing at Lake Pontchartrain during the spring. If my recent trip with Captain Greg Schlumbrecht with To Fish Charters (985-960-1709) is an indicator, the answer is “not much.”[…]
Events & Announcements
Bonnet Carré Spillway to be closed completely today
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, will close the final 30 bays at the Bonnet Carré Spillway today. The Corps began to close bays on Apr. 30.[…]
Inshore Fishing
MRGO rocks giving up good boxes
While there are no guarantees in New Orleans East right now, Captain CT Williams with Big Fish Charters (504-610-6914) says the start of the squeeze play between the mud coming out of the mouth of the Mississippi to the south and the mud coming out of Pontchartrain to the north is pushing fish to Breton Sound.[…]
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Boys of Summer
The mouth of the Mississippi River has been an absolute mess this year. If the relentless wind wasn’t bad enough, old Mother Nature made it even worse by pounding the upper Mississippi River Valley with more rain than the river could contain.[…]
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Tambour-ine
The 25-foot Grady White fueling up at the dock looked perfectly normal for this setting, and the elegant brunette on the stern with the killer tan, bikini top and orange wrap flapping around her waist and thighs didn’t look out of place either.[…]
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Borgne Identity
Gasoline is well over $3 a gallon and the peak of the fishing season has not even arrived. What if you could still have a great fishing trip and spend a lot less on fuel for both the truck and the boat?[…]
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Delacroix Daze
The problem anglers face in May is not whether to go fishing, but where. The action turns on all over the state this month, and virtually any area you pick will be a winner.Even when you narrow your choice down to a particular area, you still face the same dilemma.[…]
Events & Announcements
Corps to open Bonnet Carré Spillway
VICKSBURG, Miss.– Heavy rain in the Mississippi Valley is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Friday, April 11, 2008, for the first time in 11 years.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Yellow Cotton Bay steady if unspectacular
With millions of gallons of water so muddy it had coon tracks on it barreling down the Mississippi River just to our east, Captain Owen Langridge (225-978-1136) idled his boat to the west out of Yellow Cotton Bay Marina.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
New Orleans to host Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Open
NEW ORLEANS – The lucrative new Wal-Mart FLW® Redfish Open will debut the sport’s first pro/co-angler format when action gets under way at the Southern Sportsman’s Expo in the Louisiana Superdome March 27-30.[…]
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On Top of the World
Click, clack, click, clack, click-whoosh! Before the next clack, the red/white Top Dog was mauled by a 4-pound speckled trout.[…]