Inshore Fishing
River full of reds
The wind was howling as I made the drive down Highway 23 from New Orleans to Venice. The flag at Buras had hardly a ripple in it, as the 20-knot winds tried to rip it off the pole.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Where to fish for Lake Pontchartrain’s World Series trout
“I look forward to this time of year,” said Capt. Eric Dumas, a former baseball player. who likes the World Series and loves World Series Trout. “World Series trout aren’t necessarily giant fish, but they denote the beginning of the fall run. It will last well into December.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best Lake Pontchartrain trout baits for fall fishing
Capt. Eric Dumas is a big fan of Deadly Dudley plastic baits. Bay Choveys are his favorite body style, and he fishes predominantly two colors: slamming sammy and opening night.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Causeway Speckled Trout Geography
To first-time anglers fishing the twin Causeway Bridges, the spans seem to stretch from here to eternity in both directions. They are long — 24 miles long — and everything seems the same.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Learn more!
You can learn more of Capt. Eric Dumas’ tips for Lake Pontchartrain success by picking up your copy of Trout Masters Too: How the pros do it today.[…]
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Highway robbery: Catch plenty of reds and specks within minutes of Highway 1
There are some pretty cool perks to being an outdoor writer. One is that opportunities sometimes present themselves to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Beginner kayak fishing basics
Veteran kayak angler Corey Coghlan said there are a few things novice kayak anglers should keep in mind when hitting the marshes along the coast.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best equipment
Both fly rods and spinning rigs are suitable for fishing out of a kayak. I used a Shimano Spirex SR-2500RE spinning reel with 8-pound Stren monofilament on a 7-foot Cabela’s Classic rod in medium action.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Kajun Custom Kayaking Company
The Kajun Custom Kayaking Company was formed by friends Corey Coghlan, Andrew Chidlow and Dan Garrett. The trio attended LSU together, and afterwards spent about a year developing the K12 kayak.[…]
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Tale of two weeks: Bayou Dularge redfish action goes crazy in October
Three days after Hurricane Isaac raked across coastal Louisiana, Capt. Marty LaCoste launched his 24-foot Blue Wave Pure Bay from Jugs Landing at the end of Highway 315 below Houma in Terrebonne Parish.
He knew what he was looking for, but he wasn’t sure he was going to find it.
Turns out, after making a loop from Lake Mechant into Sister Lake, down to the coast, up Pelican Pass and on into Bay Junop and King Lake, he found no birds and no clear water.
His catch for the day included a couple of redfish, a black drum and a freshwater catfish.
Things were a lot better for him two days later.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Dularge redfish get even thicker during December
While October may be a transition month for redfish moving from deep bayous to shallow lakes, Absolute Fishing Charters’ Capt. Marty LaCoste knows there is another transition redfish go through later in the year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Isaac’s contrasting wind directions delayed Dularge fish recovery
The earth is a resilient thing. It has a way of cleansing itself after it inflicts its own devastation, and there’s probably no better example of this than how quickly fishing picks up along the coast of Louisiana after a hurricane.[…]
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82 Options: Fishing locations abound along Highway 82
Highway 82 in Vermilion Parish is a paved corridor through some of the finest natural areas in the state.[…]
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Haunted Graveyard: Head to Lafitte’s Indian Graveyard for hot fall redfishing action
So, when the voice on the other end of the phone said we’d be fishing in a graveyard, I’ll admit it took me aback. The call came a short time before Hurricane Isaac struck, so we weren’t talking about fishing a flooded cemetery.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The good, the bad, the ugly and the dangerous
Whenever hurricanes or big tropical storms blow through our area the fishing action often increases.[…]
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A mullet by any other name is still a mullet
The striped mullet is a fish of many names. By one count, it carries 21 English names and at least 144 in other languages. It is “jompo” in Malagasy, an appropriate-sounding name for this most airborne of fish. In Dutch it goes by “diklipharder.”[…]