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Catching Up —The basics for recreational trawling for shrimp
It was opening day of the 2012 trawling season for the east bank, and I had arrived a little early at the boat launch.[…]
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Deep-drop Bream — How to catch summer bream in deep reservoirs
Is there anything better than the fast action of a spring bream bed? The big redears we call shellcrackers in South Louisiana and chinquapin up north go to the warming shallows first, followed by bluegill and other sunfish.
When that happens, it’s time to take advantage of the golden opportunity to battle big panfish on a fly rod or ultra-light spinning gear.
Filling the cooler with chunky “bull” bream can work up an appetite, remedied by a fish fry at sundown. It’s just one more reason to love spring in the South.[…]
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Schoolie Mecca — Stay close to Cocodrie and load up on school trout
Pelayo punched his iPhone, put it to his ear, and discovered that his cousin Becky and her husband Al planned a trip down from New Jersey for Memorial day weekend.[…]
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Cover: May 2013
The weather should finally settle out this month, and that means bream will be teeming in the shallows.[…]
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Limited Time Offer — Late-spring fishing tips for D’Arbonne Lake crappie
We are constantly bombarded by television and radio commercials commanding us to “ACT NOW BECAUSE THIS OFFER WON’T LAST LONG!”[…]
Bass Fishing
Yard crashers — How to fish grass beds for bass
Grass equals bass. Now that’s an angling axiom you can take to the bank.[…]
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Taming Timbalier
It’s axiomatic that you never leave feeding fish to find feeding fish.[…]
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Artificial Intelligence — Tips for trout fishing with artificial lures
“Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” Yeah, Sir Walter Scott’s insight rings true for interpersonal relationships, but when it comes to speckled trout fishing, the Scottish writer can stick that nonsense in his bait bucket.
Tricking trout is the name of the game.[…]
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Myth Busters — Empire presents great fishing options, no matter how the wind decides to blow
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how myths began centuries ago when the human race was as sophisticated as the average corn cob.[…]
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Top Shelf — Where you should fish to catch a state-record speck
In the latter days of May 2012, Capt. Kirk Stansel of Hackberry Rod and Gun was on a run of big speckled trout in Calcasieu Lake.[…]
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In the Backside — Trout are packed into Barataria Bay this month
May and Barataria Bay go together like Christmas and Santa, like Brad and Angelina, like cheese and whiz.[…]
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Running of the bulls — How to catch Black Bayou Lake’s bull bream
The broad-shouldered man actually tiptoed when he moved around in his boat. “Being quiet,” he explained, “is real important when you are fishing for bull bream in shallow, clear water.”
We were indeed in shallow water — 2 to 3 feet deep. Through the tea-colored water, multiple, round plate-sized bream beds could be seen as dark blotches on a lighter bottom. A resident male bluegill was likely hovering over or around the nest, guarding it against intruders that could eat his eggs or young.[…]
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Get the Drop – Fill the boat with this bream-fishing technique
The day started out, well, rough. I hadn’t slept well at all, and then I lost an altercation with a coffee cup. I was left teary-eyed as the hot liquid dripped out of my close-cropped hair and down my face.[…]
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Mr. Gog — Tips for fishing for Atchafalaya Basin goggle-eye
The Atchafalaya Basin and google-eye bream just kind of go together — like grits and eggs or beans and rice. I was in the saddle with the old Atchafalaya Basin pro, Jim Looney, the author or four books on fishing bass and an astounding seven books on fishing for bream and sac-a-lait in the huge swamp.[…]
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Cover: May 2013-Bream
The weather should finally settle out this month, and that means bream will be teeming in the shallows.[…]
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Retro-fitting — Panfishing in ‘Orlandia’ is a great diversion
Artie blew up at the very mention of the place.
“Man don’t even say the word!” he snarled. “Brings back too many memories! Now it’s all gone!”[…]