Freshwater Fishing
Top crappie-fishing gear
Like all fishermen, James Morgan has favored equipment upon which he depends to consistently catch enough crappie to feed himself and many of his friends.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Equipment for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin
Billy Billeaud doesn’t arm himself lightly for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
High-tech helps catch more crappie
Having some of the best equipment, especially in electronics, isn’t absolutely necessary to catch crappie. But to be consistent, it sure doesn’t hurt, James Morgan said.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to beat Lake D’Arbonne’s crappie-fishing crowds
There are 16,000 acres to fish on Lake D’Arbonne. But when crappie stack up in the spring or even when they arrive at popular spawning grounds, it often looks like a boat show on the water. […]
Bass Fishing
The best Rat-L-Trap gear
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet spends of lot of his stump-field time behind a Rat-L-Trap.[…]
Bass Fishing
Trailer hook keepers made easy
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez likes tempting pre-spawn bass with a Strike King Series 3 crankbait or a ¾-ounce Strike King Scorcher spinnerbait.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The best way to ice down fish
Yeah, Kerry Audibert likes to fish for big speckled trout — prestige fish. But he also loves to eat fish, so he treats his catch like food.[…]
Bass Fishing
Storm Wiggle Warts
The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pros, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.[…]
Big Bass
Gonzales angler snares Toledo Bend 11.27-pounder near the Indian Mounds
Looking at the weather forecast for last Wednesday, Gonzales’ Brenen Hebert made a wise decision to move up his trip to Toledo Bend by one day.[…]
Fishing
A better wacky rig – WackOjig makes wacky fishing more effective
I have tried to fish the wacky rig. Honestly.
But it’s like watching paint dry. In the winter. At night.[…]
Big Bass
One day after massive rains, angler scores on 12.11-pounder near the Toledo Bend dam
Just one day after the highest water levels ever recorded at Toledo Bend, Port Neches area anglers Austin Hebert, Sidney Shetley and Dave Gisselberg launched Friday morning on the reservoir’s south sider near the dam.[…]
Inshore Fishing
More freshwater for Lake Pontchartrain will make spring trout fishing tough
Just two months after the Bonnet Carre Spillway opened — and poured fresh Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain for about three weeks earlier this winter — the estuary faces yet another inundation of freshwater from rain-swollen rivers on the North Shore.[…]
Bass Fishing
Winter Fishing in Louisiana
Greg Hackney shares fishing tips on how to fish Louisiana in the winter.[…]
Bass Fishing
Love is in the Air
Life goes on and in order for it to do so, babies must be made.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Don’t be scared’ to fish Toledo Bend after flooding, guide says
News reports yesterday showed a Toledo Bend that was swollen to record levels and belching more water through the dam than flows over Niagra Falls. Many anglers figured the torrential rains would ruin the famed bass fishing — at least until the massive reservoir settled down.[…]
Bass Fishing
Guide cautions Toledo Bend anglers to be alert for floating debris
At the peak of yesterday’s historic high-water event at Toledo Bend Reservoir, long-time guide Jerry Thompson estimated the water level around mid-lake hit 175 feet.[…]