Inshore Fishing
Tippets
Wind-wise, March comes in like a lion, but leaves like a lamb. If the “lamb” arrives early, this could be a great month for fly-casters who love to chase the poisson rouge![…]
Statewide LA
Bass Fishing
The best Rat-L-Trap gear
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet spends of lot of his stump-field time behind a Rat-L-Trap.[…]
News Breaker
Washington Parish trail cam captures black coyote — or coy dog?
Ray Labat got quite a shock when he was reviewing trail cam pics from his deer lease in Washington Parish earlier this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Storm Wiggle Warts
The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pros, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.[…]
Big Bass
Gonzales angler snares Toledo Bend 11.27-pounder near the Indian Mounds
Looking at the weather forecast for last Wednesday, Gonzales’ Brenen Hebert made a wise decision to move up his trip to Toledo Bend by one day.[…]
Fishing
A better wacky rig – WackOjig makes wacky fishing more effective
I have tried to fish the wacky rig. Honestly.
But it’s like watching paint dry. In the winter. At night.[…]
Big Bass
One day after massive rains, angler scores on 12.11-pounder near the Toledo Bend dam
Just one day after the highest water levels ever recorded at Toledo Bend, Port Neches area anglers Austin Hebert, Sidney Shetley and Dave Gisselberg launched Friday morning on the reservoir’s south sider near the dam.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More freshwater for Lake Pontchartrain will make spring trout fishing tough
Just two months after the Bonnet Carre Spillway opened — and poured fresh Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain for about three weeks earlier this winter — the estuary faces yet another inundation of freshwater from rain-swollen rivers on the North Shore.[…]
General
Arctic Ice – We put the Cool in Coolers
Arctic Ice
We put the Cool in Coolers[…]
Bass Fishing
Winter Fishing in Louisiana
Greg Hackney shares fishing tips on how to fish Louisiana in the winter.[…]
Bass Fishing
Love is in the Air
Life goes on and in order for it to do so, babies must be made.[…]
Bass Fishing
Guide cautions Toledo Bend anglers to be alert for floating debris
At the peak of yesterday’s historic high-water event at Toledo Bend Reservoir, long-time guide Jerry Thompson estimated the water level around mid-lake hit 175 feet.[…]
Columns
A new year, a new wildlife administration
The 2016 turkey season is the next to the last season of the 2015-16 hunting season (the spring squirrel season is the last). […]
Speckled Trout
Speckled trout anglers: Beware the Ides of March
The middle of March can actually be an awesome time to target speckled trout on topwater lures and jerkbaits.[…]
Inshore Fishing
No vehicle access to east side of Elmer’s Island beginning March 21
Anglers used to driving on Elmer’s Island to partake in surf fishing for speckled trout later in the spring better be prepared to walk — access to the east side of the island will be restricted while active construction continues on the Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration Project.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Unbelievable’ flooding now at Toledo Bend, guide says
Guide Joe Joslin has been fishing on the Toledo Bend reservoir for almost 40 years, but he’s never seen anything like the flooding the lake has experienced this week. […]