Capt. Cory Talbot of Reel Addictions charters was recently entrusted with the 32-foot Twin Vee charter boat at 10:30 a.m. when David Pizzolato and his friends from Luling stepped on board.
“I was sure we were going to catch snapper, and was hoping for some tuna but was not really quite sure what to expect,” Pizzolato said while gearing up for the ensuing overnighter.[…]
Anglers in Lake Cataouatche have noticed that submerged plants in the popular waterway seem to be disappearing, but a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said they shouldn’t be too concerned.[…]
“This is Grand Isle. There are supposed to be trout on all these rocks,” lamented Capt. Craig Matherne with Premier Charters of Grand Isle.[…]
It would be strange to think that a mild winter north of Louisiana could affect the redfishing out of Lafitte, but that’s exactly what has happened as redfish that would have typically pushed south from Lake Salvador to Little Lake just haven’t made that move yet.[…]
A 21-year-old Slidell man fell overboard early this morning (June 5) near the Interstate 10 twin spans near the Northshore, and authorities were still searching for him as of 11 a.m., the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
The body of a 21-year-old Slidell man who fell overboard early this morning during a trip onto Lake Pontchartrain has been found, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.[…]
Capt. Vernon Ledoux is a diehard speckled trout fisherman, but when he’s down on Grand Isle and the winds fall to a whisper, he has a hard time resisting the call of the offshore rigs.[…]
The freshwater fish family Centrarchidae, commonly called the sunfish family, is arguably the most-important freshwater fish family for North American sportsmen.[…]
Saltwater fishing has its ups and downs, but when snapper top your target list you’ll have a ton of fun with a bait based on the notion of up-and-down.[…]
Snapper are notoriously wary, but if anything can override their caution, it’s their appetite.[…]
“And they call this recreation?,” I thought to myself as the Snapper Time, a 21-foot Cape Horn, swung into a wide arc and slowed to pull up to a big yellow-legged steel oil and gas platform. Recreational means fun by most definitions.[…]
Expert John Langlois’ shares his top 12 tips for catching trophy red snapper while fishing the waters off the Louisiana coast.[…]
The nation’s top bass anglers head to Toledo Bend this month, and the coast trout action is as hot as it gets.[…]
Ricky Richoux of Slimeslingers Professional Fish Cleaning gives a detailed step-by-step guide of how he cleans red snapper.[…]
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after,” said Henry David Thoreau, the 19th century American poet, naturalist, hermit and philosopher. Obviously, Thoreau wasn’t from South Louisiana.[…]
“Ain’t no way!” Eddie snarled in response to Pelayo’s entreaty, which involved a “rig-fishing” trip.[…]