There’s a reason manufacturers produce worms infused with more salt than a bag of potato chips in addition to those designed for bass on a low-sodium diet. Each type of worm has its specific applications and patterns when it shines.[…]
Bill McCarty cleans a lot of panfish for frying this time every year as he taps the bream, chinquapin and sac-a-lait population in the lower Spillway, better known as the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Lionel Serigne Sr., the owner and operator of Serigne’s Marina in Delacroix Island, passed away on Tuesday, July 3. He had been diagnosed with cancer and heart issues, but remained a constant fixture at the marina throughout his struggle.[…]
It was a bad year for flooding on Finch Lake and the Ouachita River near the small community of Haile — so that means it’s a good year for big bream.[…]
For all their glitz and glamour, tarpon are very close to just being giant pogies (menhaden) that eat fish. They are really primitive beasts. On the evolutionary scale, they and their close cousins ladyfish and bonefish are just one step ahead of garfish and bowfin (choupique), but more primitive than eels, shad, sardines and pogies.[…]
It’s July — time for fireworks on Lake D’Arbonne in Union Parish.[…]
During the scorching heat of summer, anglers have to take what they can get. It’s not typically a season when you can motor the boat anywhere on the water, open the ice-chest lid and watch the fish jump in while you enjoy an icy-cold beverage.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Tuesday voted to move to a weekends-only recreational red snapper season, starting on Friday, July 13.[…]
I can’t believe I’m already writing about midsummer bassin’ on Toledo Bend.
The year is flying by, and it’s already time to talk about deep patterns that are effective in July.[…]
If you’re heading to Grand Isle this week for the 4th of July, hopefully the weather cooperates and the hot trout bite along the Elmer’s Island beaches will continue.[…]
Ask a Florida flats angler what his favorite fish is, and he’ll probably tell you it’s a permit – the darling of Sunshine State fishermen that looks and tastes very similar to pompano, and gives one heck of a fight when hooked.[…]
Veteran charter guide Bobby Gros, over at Bobby Lynn’s Marina in Leeville (985-637-0118), says the fishing is as hot as the weather this month.[…]
So it was a banner redfish day, one for the record books.
I was aboard Capt. Mike Wittich’s boat, fishing with both he and Capt. Ron “Ahab” Broadus, on what was supposed to be a scouting trip.[…]
Life is made up of learning experiences, and last year Ty Trosclair got a tough one: He caught a tagged redfish, but wasn’t registered for the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana’s STAR Tournament.[…]
“I like fish that pull hard, ones that fight. I’m fishin’ for fun,” twanged Jeb Ard in a patented country accent. “If I want to eat fish, we go to a catfish buffet.”[…]
The siren song of schooling bass has lured many an unsuspecting angler to spend the rest of his days wondering what the heck just happened.[…]