Inshore Fishing
Fishing forges friendship
Robbie Trahan and Mark Driscoll couldn’t be more different — in almost every way.[…]
Southwest LA
Inshore Fishing
Sabine Lake fishing regulations
Border waters are tricky to fish. Which state’s rules apply where?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Johnson Bayou’s history
It felt like I was passing through a whole ’nother country on the drive down to Johnson Bayou. It was wide-open space, like the high prairies of North Dakota — Louisiana’s own “Big Sky Country.”[…]
Bass Fishing
Load up on bass in lower Sabine River
There’s a stretch of the Sabine River that gives up beaucoup bass in the heat of August. In fact, Lake Charles outdoorsman Ron Castille said it’s one of his go-to place for late summer for several reasons.[…]
Contents
Border blowout — Tips for Sabine Lake trout-fishing succcess
We could be launching into a lake on Mars for all that most Louisianans would know about this place. There was enough daylight at the ramp to reveal that every vehicle already on the lot carried Texas license plates. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Heat is on at Toledo Bend
When the national spotlight turned to Toledo Bend in May, the lake really showed off.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tap reds at Grand and Lambert bayous
Since Kirk Stansel has been a charter boat captain, one of his go-to redfishing spots in the Calcasieu Lake system is the marsh behind the weirs at Grand and Lambert bayous.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish frogs in grass for Toledo Bend bass
Remember this as you plan a bass fishing trip to Toledo Bend in June: It’s postspawn, sure, but those bass that left their love nests in the shallows after the deed was done will return there in late May and through June.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to fish Cheniere Reef
If one of Southwest Louisiana’s top speckled trout fishermen had his druthers — and he does — and could point the bow of his boat to fish for speckled trout in June anywhere on Calcasieu Lake, it would be the southern Cheniere Reef.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool lights up
A Lake Charles outdoorsman who started fishing for bass in the Lacassine Pool of the Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge when he was in the eighth grade knows where some of the best bass fishing can be had in southwest Louisiana in May.[…]
Bass Fishing
Put your money on plastic frogs
When I go bass fishing in May on Toledo Bend, my go-to lure will be — without a doubt — a soft-plastic that should wreak havoc on bass up and down the lake wherever peppergrass, milfoil and coontail is prevalent.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Old oil structures in Tiger Shoal are productive fishing spots
If it’s May, it must be time to catch speckled trout at Tiger Shoals due south of Vermilion Bay’s Southwest Pass.[…]
Events & Announcements
VIDEO: More water flowed through Toledo Bend dam than Niagara Falls
The historic flooding of the Sabine River, which today claimed a portion of Interstate 10 at the Texas state line, was inevitable when considering just how much water was released from Toledo Bend Reservoir last week.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to get in on Big Lake’s trophy trout fishing
Capt. Jared Adams said now is the time to be fishing Calcasieu Lake for the huge trout for which the Southwest Louisiana water body is known.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake coughs up 10-pound trout
Peter Landry’s trip to Big Lake yesterday was almost canceled because of the cold front scheduled to roll through.[…]
Sidebars
The top shot for specklebelly geese
White-fronted geese take heavy loads of 1s, 2s, BB and even BBB shot.[…]