Offshore Fishing
Best amberjack fishing gear
Capt. Hunter Caballero’s amberjack gear is no joke: stout, 7 ½-foot rods with Penn 30-wide reels carrying 200-pound braided line.[…]
Southeast LA
Inshore Fishing
Vidrine’s speck calendar
Tommy Vidrine’s speckled trout fishing calendar is broken into three segments, and how and where he fishes is different for each period.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Philosophy of a predator
“I try to think like a fish,” said Tommy Vidrine, dark eyes burning fiercely. “A predator like a trout is different than a redfish. They will be a predator and a scavenger. Speckled trout are always predators.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Find your catfish
Sonar expert Doug Vahrenberg offered a few tips for leveraging the perspective of subsurface imaging for effective catfish targeting.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Swamp studz?
The lean and tanned 24-year-old had just graduated college with a degree in engineering technology, but you would have to talk to him a long time before that turned up in the conversation.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Lake Maurepas is a big, little-known lake
Lake Maurepas is a big lake — actually the second-largest lake fully in Louisiana after its big brother Lake Pontchartrain, which lies immediately to the east of Maurepas.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Gearing up to spearfish catfish
For all the “cool factor” in what Jacob Griffin does, his sport is decidedly low-tech.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Spearfishing catfish stump strategy
While Jacob Griffin munched on peanut butter-filled cheese crackers between dives, he chattered about the fish he loves to chase.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Action and appetizers to catch more amberjack
An interested amberjack needs no coaxing. If they see it, they’ll eat it.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Amberjack’s family tree
Dark-brown backs, white bellies, a faint golden stripe running nose to tail and a distinctive dark line that reaches from the eye to the anterior (front) dorsal fin are some of the defining marks of a greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili).[…]
Fishing
Venice BIG Stuff
If you wanna go big, you gotta go to Venice. Cobia and bull reds were the targeted species in this episode of Sportsman TV and Venice did not disappoint.[…]
Cobia
Chris Macaluso – Thought’s on Cobia
Chris Macaluso thoughts on Cobia.[…]
Contents
West Delta Mack Attack — How to fish for Spanish mackerel at Louisiana’s nearshore rigs
“Not the trailer bearings again!” Artie groaned as we rumbled onto the shoulder amidst a cloud of smoke.[…]
Contents
X marks the spot — Grand Isle’s big-trout hotspot
“He is consistently catching large fish. I haven’t seen anyone enjoy the success that he has. It is nothing short of miraculous.” Patrick Bonin, Internet managing editor of Louisiana Sportsman.com.[…]
Contents
Delta blues — Keys for catching Mississippi River Delta blue catfish
I’ve gotta admit: When Ryan Lambert first showed me the cell phone video, I thought I was looking at a bunch of big bluegill busting bread at the surface.[…]
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Breton Sound Beat-down — Trout fishing tips for Breton Sound
The urban dictionary of slang defines a “beat-down” as when you pummel or repeatedly beat something (or someone) into submission.[…]