Fishing Hotspots
Delacroix trout can be tricky to track this month
October can be a tricky month for fishing. It’s certainly a whole lot easier than September, but locating fish still can be a challenge.[…]
Inshore Fishing
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Five Mississippi men cited for over the limit of redfish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited five Mississippi men for alleged redfish violations in Plaquemines Parish on Oct. 12.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Focal points for fish on a falling tide
Marsh drains? Yes, but don’t overlook these. Winter, spring, summer or fall, one of the most effective techniques for catching fish along Louisiana’s coast is to locate marsh drains on falling tides.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Avid angler in midst of terribly unlucky streak
Chad Battles is having a string of fishing misfortune. Chad Battles doesn’t have a Sea Tow membership, but after the week he’s had, he’s vowed to change that.[…]
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The autumn speckled trout run begins
Autumn. Fall. Harvest. Call it whatever you want. There’s simply no time of year like it, especially if you’re a speckled trout fisherman and you live anywhere near South Louisiana.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA: Big Lake oyster reefs on the comeback
According to a press release from the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana, biologists with the state’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries saw a 50 percent increase in total abundance of oysters on Calcasieu Lake in 2018 compared to 2017 — when scrapers were prohibited on Calcasieu and Sabine lakes, and hand-tonging was made the only legal means of harvest.[…]
Field Notes
Keep a close eye on clear plastic baits
After a few fish, clear baits are more white than they are translucent, and that can make them less attractive to speckled trout and redfish.[…]
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Good days very near at Lake Pontchartrain bridges
The first cool front of the autumn of 2018 has finally blown through. If you’re a deer hunter, that means your neck just swelled up, and you’re walking around the house rubbing the top of your head against door frames.[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: I cheated to catch redfish. He didn’t.
Some days, you want the challenge of catching fish difficult ways. Others, you just want the deck stacked as unfairly as possible in your favor.[…]
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Endless redfish in hard-to-reach area
Marsh Man Masson targets redfish the most basic and efficient way to put them in the boat — with dead shrimp under a cork.[…]
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‘Red’-hot action with BASSMASTER magazine editor
Redfish on their most-persnickety day are more dependable than speckled trout, and they fight harder than Ali in his prime. So, it’s not a surprise that anglers who visit South Louisiana usually want to target spots rather than specks.[…]
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Redfish are thick in Dularge right now
October is normally when Capt. Marty LaCoste pounds Dularge’s speckled trout population, however it just hasn’t happened yet this year.[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: Catching speckled trout with a grizzly bear
In recent weeks, speckled trout have been moving into inside waters across much of the Louisiana coast, with one glaring exception — southern Terrebonne Parish. […]
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Head to Buras to find willing redfish
The Mississippi River was absolutely beautiful a month ago, signaling a great fall run of redfish and trout. And then torrential rainfall swamped the Midwest, sending the river sky high.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Lake Catherine is a solid choice for trout
Speckled trout anglers hammer the eastern Lake Pontchartrain train trestle every year, and when it’s on, the fishing can be lights out. However, when too much boat pressure gets on the bridge, the fish will turn off faster than they started.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Which artificial shrimp is best?
Buy enough live shrimp, and eventually you might have to sell off one of your children. But no one can deny speckled trout love the tasty crustaceans, and many anglers simply refuse to leave the dock without a couple hundred of them enjoying a nice Jacuzzi bath in the baitwell.[…]