Freshwater Fishing
High-Cotton Crappie: Tips for cold-water sac-a-lait
The only thing more consistent than a cold-water crappie bite is the speed at which news of the bite spreads.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Monster crappie: Tactics to put more fish in the boat
I’d had a miserable day of crappie fishing, and only had caught three crappie all day.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Flip Belle River boat docks for sac-a-lait
David Pizzolato hunched down on the front deck of his Xpress boat with a 10-foot Salter’s jig pole in his hand. The black Bass Assassin Tiny Shad swung back toward the line holder as he lifted the rod tip toward the air.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Mississippi River yielding huge cats
Four out-of-state anglers looking for some outdoor entertainment between shifts working with the BP oil-spill effort found more than they bargained for Tuesday night (Oct. 26) when they hauled in 31 catfish weighing just shy of 800 pounds.[…]
Columns
Missing someone? Blame it on the Rios
To fellow flyfishers in Southeast Louisiana, our loved ones are wondering: Where have you been?[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Shiner survival guide for more crappie
By fishing nothing but shiners all year long, J.T. Thompson with Living The Dream Guide Service at Toledo Bend has learned what to do and what not to do with them to keep them alive and make them more attractive to crappie.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Smoking Piles of Crappie
If you think winter and spring are the only times to catch these tasty fish, you’ve never visited Toledo Bend in the summer.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Deep is relative at Lake D’Arbonne
Deep is a relative term. If all the surrounding water is one or two feet deep, then a 4-foot channel winding through that shallow flat is deep.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Gene Larew Scent Wiggl’R
Minnow buckets. Trip to the live bait store. Batteries for the aerator. Little tiny scales all over your hands and pants. And when they’re gone, they’re gone. Using live minnows does have its drawbacks.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Gene Larew Minnow Mind’R
The old candy bar jingle many anglers likely recall sums it up best – “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.” That same line of thinking can be used to apply for crappie and minnows.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Berkley Gulp! Shad Guts
When anglers reach for stink baits or live bait to hit the waters in search of catfish there will always be wasted product remaining. It is an inevitable fact of using these products.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Berkley Gulp! Crickets
Fishing for panfish in small waters with crickets is nothing new, but rigging on a new Berkley Gulp! 1-inch Cricket turns heads and stretches lines. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Berkley Gulp! Crawler
Night crawlers have been one of the most popular baits to catch walleye and bass, but digging them up and caring for them takes time and effort.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Berkley PowerBait Split Belly
The new Berkley PowerBait Split Belly offers anglers an alternative, split-belly version of the Hollow Belly Swimbait that exploded into the market in 2008.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Five injured in July 4 boat explosion on Old River
A boat exploded on Old River on July 4, injuring five of the seven occupants, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Silverfin: So what’s the hitch?
They taste good. They get big. They are so abundant that they actually jump in your boat. So what’s the hitch?[…]