Inshore Fishing
Seven tips for beach-fishing success
Grand Isle guide Capt. John Chauvin of Capt. John’s Fin-tastic Charters gives his top tips for surf-fishing success.[…]
Statewide LA
Columns
Trout Masters Too excerpt: catching big specks on Lake Pontchartrain
In this excerpt from Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it, Capt. Eric Dumas with Living a Dream Guide Service talks about his obsession for speckled trout, and what he uses to catch them.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Cutoff angler wins CCA-Louisiana STAR tournament’s Chevy pickup truck
Jake Duet went to bed Sunday night dreaming of a brand new 2014 Chevy Silverado pickup, and thankfully for him, things didn’t turn into a nightmare Monday morning.[…]
Bass Fishing
Night-fishing trip near the Indian Mounds yields 10.43-pounder at Toledo Bend
When Gary Wilson decided to wrap up his day at Toledo Bend near a stump at the Indian Mounds early Friday morning, a nearly-full moon was shining bright and sunrise was still more than three hours away.[…]
Columns
A little game and fish potpourri
Last month I wrote about browse surveys and that now is the time to be looking at the deer habitat, seeing first-hand what is available for deer to eat and discovering exactly what plants they are actually eating.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Texas angler catches big 8.76-pound trout on Sabine’s north jetties
When Dean Halewyn woke up last Monday morning and realized it was the seventh day of the seventh month of the year, he remembers thinking it could be a pretty lucky day.[…]
News Breaker
Applications available for Elbow Slough WMA opening weekend dove lottery hunts
Applications are now being accepted for lottery dove hunts on Elbow Slough Wildlife Management Area in Rapides Parish for opening weekend.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Use topwater strikes to locate more Big Lake trout
The rapid fire ‘swish-swish-swish’ of Capt. Nick Poe’s rod as he walked the dog over oyster reefs in Big Lake Wednesday was followed up regularly with the splash of a nice speckled trout blowing up his MirrOlure She Pup.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Topwater tips for more Big Lake specks
Watching Capt. Nick Poe effortlessly ‘walk the dog’ with topwater lures on Big Lake is a lot like watching a bricklayer put up a wall — it looks really easy until you try to do it.[…]
Events & Announcements
Online petition underway urging Chalmette Refining to resume manufacturing non-ethanol gas
With the status of production at the facility still unclear, a petition urging Chalmette Refining to resume the manufacture and sale of ethanol free gasoline has been started online.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sebile’s new Pivot Frog increases hook-up ratios
Timing is tricky for frog fishing — if you wait too long the bass spits it out but if you set it too early, you miss the fish entirely.[…]
News Breaker
Slidell teen wins Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
As years go, 2014 has been a keeper for young Corin Knight of Slidell, and it’s the kind that can make a daddy very proud.[…]
Fishing
Costa to introduce 580P lightweight mirror lenses at ICAST
Previously only available in glass, Costa Sunglasses is introducing the 580P mirror lens in a super lightweight, impact resistant polycarbonate material that will be available later this fall.[…]
General
Artic Ice – Chill and Brew
Watch David White show you how you can keep you drinks cold with out ice[…]
Fishing
Chris Macaluso – Oyster Reefs
This is a short video on the importance of the Oyster Reefs around Louisiana.[…]
Fishing
Two Jefferson Parish men arrested for alleged commercial crabbing violations
Two Jefferson Parish men were arrested for allegedly stealing crabs in Plaquemines Parish, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]