Bass Fishing
November’s best bets
Best bets for freshwater and saltwater in November.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Fishing the magic zone for bigger fish
Whether the term “Magic Zone” is Steve Lessard’s invention or not is irrelevant.[…]
Fishing
Z-Man Bait BinderZ tackle bags
Hard-sided tackle boxes are so 80s! They are bulky and create a lot of wasted space. And if you’re using mostly soft-plastic lures, it’s inconvenient to store them in hard tackle boxes while keeping them in their factory bags.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Stuck on Hobie
Steve Lessard started kayak fishing seven years ago. The Dutchtown resident was tired of the expenses and work after trips that went with the motorboat experience, but wanted to keep fishing. […]
Fishing
BaitCloud
You can only be at one fishing location at a time — so what if you could make that spot more productive by attracting baitfish and gamefish to your specific area?[…]
Features
“Artificial’ Intelligence
Venice is arguably the ultimate fishing destination. […]
Features
Black magic
From short jokes to hand-me-downs that don’t quite fit, it’s tough being the smallest kid in the family.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Disadvantages of live bait
It is easy to check off the major advantage of using live bait. It can produce bigger fish catches because it is easier to fool fish with the real thing. Of course, the bait has to be put where the fish are: The best bait in the world can’t catch fish where they aren’t.
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Inshore Fishing
Artificial lure advantages
1) Bottom bites are very subtle. Leave the monofilament at home. Braided line is much more sensitive. Both Brandon and Brent use 30-pound PowerPro line.
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Ask Captain Paul
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge for Lake Borgne
As a longtime fisherman of the Lake Borgne area, I had a vast library of locations to fish – and more than 160 of these are included in the Lake Borgne Edge file.[…]
Columns
The VOSI revisited
With Thanksgiving Day approaching, I’m compiling a list of the many things to be thankful for.[…]
Sidebars
Late night delight
Anyone fortunate enough to see the Delta’s offshore waters at night, knows the incredible vision of flood lights illuminating the many oil and gas platforms. The bright stuff is intended for human safety, but fish know how to leverage this bait-gathering influence to their benefit.[…]
Features
Magic Man
Capt. Lloyd Landry is apparently a master of black magic. It’;s clear he spends his free time reading tarot cards, casting tea leaves and studying the works of Aleister Crowley.[…]
Columns
Crackin’ Craw
If you want to catch bass or redfish, you better get crackin’.
Kaplan-based artificial lure manufacturer Zach Dubois, who specializes in soft plastics, has watched the fairly new Crackin’ Craw – a crawfish imitation -; take the bass fishing world by storm. And to his pleasant surprise, it’s also become a go-to bait for redfish along the coast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sabine River bass surprise
“We are very blessed,” Johnny Watkins said. “There are very few places where you fish bass on a shrimp pattern.[…]
Featured
Is it spring? It is in Venice
The high Mississippi River has pretty much decimated typical fall fishing spots out of Venice — but here’s where you need to head to still catch plenty of redfish. […]