Crappie/Bream
Find the thermocline for more crappie
When it gets as hot as it does in August, you’ll still catch crappie, but even in the early morning, you’ve got to find that thermocline.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie/Bream
How to prep a crappie jig
J.B. Salter Sr. insisted that anyone who fished with him have 10 each of their favorite colors of tube jigs prepped before the trip.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Getting it right
One of the more daunting challenges for novice crankers is learning how to keep their crankbaits at the proper depth.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Follow the bait
Cranking is productive on any lake that has a healthy crappie population. Cypress Bayou/Black Bayou Reservoirs, Toledo Bend, Caddo Lake, Lake D’Arbonne, Bayou D’Arbonne, Caney Lake, Poverty Point Reservoir, and Larto are just a few of the good spots.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Learn the Salter jigging technique
Watching Blaine Salter passionately teach people jigging technique at the Louisiana Sportsman’s Show is entertaining.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
J.B. Salter and his signature fishing pole
The late James Blaine “J.B.”Salter Sr. didn’t set out to be a fishing pole maker. Rather, he was a businessman who loved to fish — but still a businessman first.[…]
Contents
Crank it up — How to catch crappie trolling crankbaits
The key to summertime crappie fishing is catching your limit and getting off the water before the blast furnace really kicks in. And this angler knows how.[…]
Contents
Pole Kat — How the Salter Jiggin’ Pole can make you a better angler
The cork slowly went under.
I knew it was a crappie: It didn’t swim off like a bass, twitch like a bream or disappear with a snap like a catfish.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The Great Goggleye Roundup
We jumped aboard Tim Ortego’s Gatortail for great day in the shade of the Atchafalya Basin’s many cypress trees.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Preparing goggleye for dinner
There are many ways to skin a cat. Or in this case a goggleye. Watch this video and see how we prepare goggleye for dinner.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Finch Lake is worth finding
Neal Pace will go almost to Alabama for some of the best summer bream fishing in north Louisiana — the Alabama Landing area of the Ouachita River, that is.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
6 tips to catch more bream
Louisiana Sportsman contributor Jerald Horst has a reputation as a serious bream killer. I’ve repeatedly heard stories of him returning to the landing with hundreds of bluegill and goggle-eye.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tips for the Bayou D’Arbonne paddle trail
Monroe’s David Greene will be the first to admit that you can’t have a bad day fishing on the Bayou D’Arbonne trail even if you don’t get a bite because it’s one of the most scenic and interesting places he has ever kayaked.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Find paddling opportunities in D’Arbonne Country Water Trails
Members of the D’Arbonne Kayak Club were instrumental in putting together the comprehensive small-boat tour brochuretitled “D’Arbonne Country Water Trails” to help paddlers find kayak-friendly waters.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
July often brings diversity to coastal inshore fishing, as rivers fall and higher salinities prevail. Among the species that will get close to shore — or even inshore — are Spanish mackerel, jack crevalle, cobia, bluefish and tripletail.[…]
Field Notes
The best conditions for Atchafalaya Basin fishing success
While many factors come into play in successfully fishing the Atchafalaya Basin, what the Atchafalaya River is doing dominates decisions on whether and where to go fishing.[…]