Shortly after Lake Cataouache vaulted Kevin VanDam to his fourth Bassmaster Classic title in 2011 with more than 69 pounds of fish, hydrilla that made the area great started vanishing — and the area’s bass population seemed to disappear right along with it.[…]
Lafitte anglers have to make long runs most of the year to reach hot trout action, but this month everything is happening near the little port south of New Orleans.[…]
“Amoco.” That word should conjure up the image of a gas station sign beckoning motorists to come to the pump and gas up.[…]
If it’s May, it must be time to catch speckled trout at Tiger Shoals due south of Vermilion Bay’s Southwest Pass.[…]
The 24-mile, 9,500-concrete-piling, $56 million bridge across Lake Pontchartrain is nothing more than a time-saving blessing for commuters.[…]
Spot are easy to overlook, even though they are a member of the drum family — the same family that gives us speckled trout and redfish.[…]
Monofilament, fluorocarbon and braided line — options are numerous, and while certain fundamentals definitely guide the decisions; there’s plenty of room for creativity and situation-specific uses.[…]
It was the day of the full moon of May 2015, and New Iberia’s Shane Johnson was pumped.[…]
Crappie fishing is still on fire at Toledo Bend and the Atchafalaya Basin this month, while speckled trout have invaded the coast.[…]
Xiphias gladius. Ahh; what a name for a fish!
Xiphius means “sword” in Greek, and gladius means “sword” in Latin.[…]
Crappie fishing is still on fire at Toledo Bend and the Atchafalaya Basin this month, while speckled trout have invaded the coast.[…]
Scott Long has a fishing secret. He and his family discovered it years ago.
Everybody who fished used to know, but apparently Long is one of only a few who retained this knowledge. […]
Paul Brown Lures recently introduced their first top water surface walker, the 3 ¾-inch Soft-Dog. The ideal search bait, the Soft-Dog can walk-the-dog with ease and makes for effortless long distance casting.[…]
It was a sight to see in the dim light of dawn. There were untold thousands of birds.[…]
When runoff makes the water murky, bass don’t give up on eating — so fishermen shouldn’t give up on catching them. […]
“In a perfect world, it would be 10 feet on the Butte La Rose gauge with a slow fall, year around,” the rakish young man told me with an infectious grin. […]