Fishing
Spiderwire Stealth Glow-Vis Braid
The new Stealth Glow-Vis Braid from Spiderwire allows anglers to watch their line and detect bites that might have otherwise gone unnoticed.[…]
Fishing
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Black on Black — Tips for Black Bayou Reservoir’s black crappie
It was going to be a typical late-summer day — muggy with a high in the upper 90s. Normally, I would have stayed inside under the air conditioning, but on this particular morning I was off to Black Bayou Reservoir near Benton.[…]
Columns
Outboard blues
My nickname in some quarters is “Black Cloud” because I have a tendency to toward bad luck. My only chance to fish Lake Amistad during its heyday, for instance, was doomed when a blizzard (literally a blizzard) blew through South Texas — in late May.[…]
Columns
Outboard blues
My nickname in some quarters is “Black Cloud” because I have a tendency to toward bad luck. My only chance to fish Lake Amistad during its heyday, for instance, was doomed when a blizzard (literally blizzard) blew through South Texas — in late May. The one time I fished Lake Falcon, another big-bass mecca, fell apart when an upstream dam burst in Mexico and sent the lake into a massive rise.
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News Breaker
Video: Freediver provides free meal
When you’re holding your breath and holding on to a bloody fish you just shot with your spear gun several feet down, I guess discretion is the better part of valor.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hackney hits Grand Isle, Sportsman TV style
The Sportsman TV crew headed down to Grand Isle recently for a little rest and relaxation, and lots of fun fishing and crabbing in tonight’s episode scheduled to air at 6:30 on CST.[…]
Fishing
Designated waters closed after Deepwater Horizon oil spill set to reopen, LDWF says
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the reopening of some state inshore and Gulf of Mexico waters that were previously closed because of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[…]
News Breaker
Fog Cutter tags and releases three blue marlin, including a 700-pounder to win division at Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo
Capt. Chris Hall enjoyed an epic two days of bill fishing near Shell’s Ursa platform last Thursday and Friday, tagging and releasing three blue marlin weighing about 300, 500 and 700 pounds each.[…]
News Breaker
Reef Fish Amendment 40 pits private fishermen against charter captains in dividing red snapper recreational quota
The looming battle between private fishermen and for-hire charter and head boat captains to help determine how the red snapper recreational quota will be divided isn’t a great scenario for either side, according to a Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council member.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2014 Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo final results
Here are final results from the 16th annual Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo held this past weekend out of Venice Marina.[…]
News Breaker
Public comment period on potential increased limits for anglers lodging at Port Eads ends Aug. 1
The public has a few more days to comment on a notice of intent that would allow anglers lodging at the newly constructed Port Eads Marina Facility to have up to a three-day possession limit of cleaned saltwater finfish with them on the water.[…]
Bass Fishing
Jennings angler snares 10.62-pounder Sunday on Toledo Bend
Bass fishing can be pretty complicated sometimes — just when you think you have it all figured out, they change up their behavior.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Two records fall at the 2014 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo
Two new rodeo records were established at the 2014 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters Too excerpt: targeting big specks on Big Lake
Lake Calcasieu is home to some big-time speckled trout, but it can be a tough place to fish if you aren’t familiar with reef locations and how the Ship Channel influences the bite.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Anglers reminded new tripletail size, bag limit regulations now in effect
For the first time since new regulations went into effect in February, tripletail action is about to heat up along the Louisiana coast.[…]
Fishing
EPIRB plus PLB equals SOS
Standing in ankle-deep water on deck while too far from the shore to see it? Congratulations: You are behind a marine-grade 8 ball.[…]