Inshore Fishing
Trawling checklist
Trawling checklist[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
High Life Swimmers tough for speckled trout to resist
Every year, as we enter the summer doldrums, trout start to shy away from live shrimp. Old salts say it’s because their mouths get sore from being pierced by so many shrimp horns.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t let easterly breezes scare you off — Fish Dularge’s inside waters
During the months of May and June, most anglers get a hankering to fish outside areas where the specks are big and hit with more attitude than Tito Ortiz.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Terminal tackle couldn’t be simpler for Biloxi Marsh redfish
For fishing the Biloxi Marsh this time of year, live shrimp isn’t an absolute must, but it sure makes life a lot easier.[…]
Inshore Fishing
H&M Fishing Charters is a family affair
H&M Fishing Charters (985-258-3632) has its roots in a time that predated inshore fishing chartes, Jules Bellanger said.[…]
Columns
Vudu Shrimp
Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF investigating fatal boat accident in Flat Boat Pass
One man died and two were injured — one seriously — in a collision yesterday between a 24-foot bay boat and a 28-foot crew boat in Plaquemines Parish near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said today.[…]
Apex Predator
The Bachelor Fishing Trip Reboot
Last year, my younger brother had his bachelor party in Cocodrie for a fishing weekend with the guys. Since this year I got married, I decided to do the same thing, except my trip was a post-wedding party labeled “The Non-Bachelor Party.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Oyster shells to be recycled to provide fishing habitat, aid in coastal restoration
For generations, oyster lovers have filed into Acme Oyster House and Drago’s to sample the succulent bivalves plucked from Louisiana waters. Now, those landmark restaurants are joining with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana to help protect Louisiana’s shoreline for future generations.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF investigation of Breton Sound bull-red kill continues
The mid-May die-off of bull redfish in Breton Sound is still a mystery to state fisheries managers, although they said menhaden boats are not suspected in the incident.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Freemason Island
Dear Capt. Paul:
I’m trying to locate the coordinates for Freemason Island.[…]
Columns
ABC means ‘all about crabs’
The blue crab is one of the most-fascinating creatures in coastal marshes. This is one creature whose scientific name (Callinectes sapidus) completely describes it.[…]
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Big Bait, Big Fish — Make huge swim baits to catch monster bass, reds and specks
The thought was first planted in Mike Herrmann’s mind back a few years ago while on a bass-fishing trip. It was one of those occasions when something important happened, something that rang an inner bell and registered deep in his memory, only to have that memory fall asleep until another similar incident awakened it.[…]
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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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Greener on the Other Side — How to fish Raccoon Island without fighting the crowds
Fishing the islands means different things to Louisiana speckled trout connoisseurs. Masses of pulverized shell, thick spartina grass rimmed by hidden oyster reefs and even near-perfect circles of roseau cane all have their place in different areas along the coast for anglers to hoist healthy yellowmouths over the gunnels.[…]
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Phony Fishermen — Live bait isn’t needed to load up on Dularge trout
Live bait was designed by Satan himself.
It’s surely not a coincidence, then, that it’s all Louisiana speckled trout will hit in the heart of summer when the air is thick and heavy, and temperatures are hotter than hell.[…]