Inshore Fishing
Catching Cocodrie trout all about timing
Speckled trout show a fairly dependable annual cycle. Most (remember that I said most) spend winters in low-salinity, interior waters — lakes, bayous and canals.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
Picking conditions for December trout fishing
Bryce Michel has so much confidence in the Lake Mechant/Lake de Cade area in November and December that he thinks the biggest mistake a fisherman can make is staying at home instead of going fishing.[…]
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Sock Knocker
This past teal season didn’t exactly knock Capt. Chris Pike’s socks off. The Delacroix charter captain and duck-hunting guide hunted every day, and although he had some decent hunts, most days ended with a few empty spots on his duck strap.[…]
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Changing water conditions change duck patterns
Capt. Chris Pike is used to keeping an eye on the water while he is speckled trout fishing, and that has helped him to understand exactly how water conditions — namely high water and low water — affect duck hunting in the Southeast Louisiana marsh.[…]
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Biloxi Marsh offers duck hunters room to spread out
The marsh that Chris Pike hunts around Delacroix is admittedly all leased up. That means that one can’t just launch a boat and find the closest pond to make a duck hunt.[…]
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Corked! How a popping cork could save your fishing trip
Scrunch, Scrunch, Schrunch! The heavy frost on the vehicle’s windshield wasn’t yielding easily to my efforts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Seven tips for speckled trout fishing with corks
1. The diameter of braided line is much smaller than that of monofilament. If using braid, it is important to wrap the line around the shaft of the cork’s snaps two or three times on both the top and the bottom of the cork.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Why corks work for speckled trout
“I started fishing with corks while I was perch fishing in lakes and ponds around my house when I was growing up,” chuckled Kerry Audibert.[…]
Inshore Fishing
No trolling motor for speckled trout fishing?
Kerry Audibert definitely marches to the beat of his own drummer. Almost the only inshore charter guides who don’t have trolling motors perched on their bow deck are those who specialize in live bait, a much slower way of fishing than with artificials.[…]
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Wilkerson’s Wonderland — Myrtle Grove’s Wilkerson Canal offers great redfishing options
Maybe you’ve thought of Myrtle Grove as a mere blip in the road, a tiny hamlet somewhere between Ironton and West Pointe a la Hache, a place you whiz by on your way to more notable destinations, such as Buras, Empire and Venice.
But it’s time to think again.
Certainly, many old timers remember Myrtle Grove as an outstanding wintertime bank-fishing destination, where you could pay a small fee and pull your car or truck up near the edge of Wilkerson Canal and fish for trout and redfish.
It was well known for producing excellent catches of specks and reds in the most inclement weather. It actually seemed that the colder and more bitter the winter weather was, the better your chances of catching fish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fly-fishing a great Wilkerson Canal redfish option
Capt. Dave Marino’s other passion is to fish the same areas with a fly rod.[…]
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The Fourchon Freeze — Kayaks are perfect for catching redfish in Port Fourchon’s fish-filled waters
The Port of Fourchon is not the frozen tundra that Green Bay Packer fans so fondly depict their hometown as being. Nor do the surrounding waters of the port freeze, as some of those seen on the Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch.”[…]
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Second Split Stand-off — Move stands to see more late-season deer
Da Saints had just stomped Da Falcons in Da Dome. Da Tigers were scheduled to stomp Bama at the championship the following week. And a perfectly-timed (for hunting) holiday cold-front was barreling through.
So spirits were soaring high at Da Camp as we converged the day after Christmas, with Da owners Eddie and Artie arriving elegantly late, as usual.
Exactly which one of Dem owned and ran the deer-club had never been precisely nailed down. Artie’s uncle more or less “founded” Da Lease back around the time “Bum” Phillips resigned as Saint’s coach in a huff.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Kajun Kayaks
Just 65 pounds and stackable, Kajun Kayak’s 12-foot long, 34-inch-wide model is light enough for one person to handle and load into the bed of a pickup truck.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to guard against hypothermia while kayak fishing
Hypothermia is as much a danger during the winter in Louisiana as it is in northern climates. But, using common sense can make all the difference.[…]
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In the Zone — Keep catching specks this month in Cocodrie
So I asked him, “What’s the best speckled trout spot on the central coast in December?”[…]