Ask Captain Paul
Marking Pass a Loutre camp sites
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have the locations for the headquarters and the camping-mooring sites in the Pass-a-Loutre WMA?
B.V.[…]
Southeast LA
Bass Fishing
Lack of rain turns northshore rivers into spotted-bass hotspots
The autumn is, far and away, Joe Lavigne’s favorite time of year to fish the north shore’s rivers.[…]
Events & Announcements
Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA water-control structure damaged by Hurricane Isaac, poses navigation danger
A water-control structure at Point-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area was damaged during Hurricane Isaac and is currently a navigation hazard for boats in the area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries announced yesterday (Nov. 1).
The control structure is the western weir on the WMA’s Montegut marsh management system, the LDWF said.
The water control structure, just south of the town of Montegut on the north side of Wonder Lake in Terrebonne Parish, is the first of two water control structures boaters will observe when traveling east from the Humble Canal. The structure was washed out by storm surge from the hurricane. The public is advised that crossing the breach created by the washout is prohibited and fishing near it is hazardous.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Learn It!
Like so much of Louisiana, the Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou area seems to be a maze of canals and bayous. All of them look almost the same, so “what does a poor girl do?”[…]
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Lazy Limits — Venice duck-hunting tactics
The LSU-Ole Miss showdown wasn’t exactly a nail-biter. But our “tailgater” had Doc’s Venice houseboat fairly rocking and rolling with whoops and cheers as the Tigers put a 52-3 stomping on the Rebels.[…]
Sidebars
Hurricane effect means more ducks this season
The 2012-13 duck season should be great, even though Hurricane Isaac blasted Southeast Louisiana’s habitat.[…]
Contents
Pike’s Picks —Best fishing locations for Delacroix
“One fish. Two fish. Red fish. Blue fish. Black fish. Blue fish. Old fish. New fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are.” Dr. Seuss[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best baits
Pike said he mostly fishes Bomber mud minnows in glow/chartreuse, electric chicken, all chartreuse or purple/chartreuse, but any color with a chartreuse tail will be effective.[…]
Contents
Dr. Pontchartrain — Learn from one of Lake Pontchartrain’s legends of fishing
Dr. Bob Weiss knew where some keeper trout were holding. He knew he could yank up his anchor, start his motor and high-tail it to feeding speckled trout at the L&N Bridge in the Rigolets.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Separate and distinct
Because he fishes every day, Dr. Bob Weiss has more fishing partners than a bass pro wannabe on the co-angler circuit.[…]
Contents
Keep it simple, Stupid —It’s easy to catch November specks in Venice
I can’t remember exactly where I was when someone first told me “Keep it simple, Stupid.” I do distinctly remember that I was a little insulted — being called “Stupid,” and all that.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best baits for Venice speckled trout
Nash Roberts IV is a big fan of artificial lures, only turning to live bait during the hot days of June, July and August.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best equipment when fishing for trout
A guide does not make a living by lures alone. He needs other stuff — reels, rods and line.[…]
Contents
Mr. Sac – Tips for fishing crappie on Bayou Corne
Bayou Corne is famous for its crappie fishing, known locally as sac-a-lait and in North Louisiana as white perch.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Looney’s Bayou Corne sac-a-lait tackle
Jim Looney is an artificial bait kind of guy. Except when he is targeting bream in the heat of the summer, live bait is never on his hook.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The Sinkhole
Since mid-summer, Bayou Corne has received plenty of not-so-welcome publicity because of what the media has dubbed the “Bayou Corne Sinkhole.”[…]