Fishing
Sierra’s Lower Unit Fill/Drain Kit
Sierra’s new Fill/Drain Kit features two fittings that permanently replace the upper vent plug and lower drain plug in your outboard or stern drive lower unit.[…]
Fishing
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The Free-liner — Trophy trout expert shares the secrets to success
Speckled trout have always been the premier gamefish in Louisiana’s coastal marshes, and big speckled trout — the kind that are 7 pounds and larger — are the stuff of which dreams are made.[…]
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Springtime diversion — Catfish snagging tips
There are about as many ways to catch catfish as there are ways to cook them. Rods, yo-yos, jugs, trotlines, nets, traps and limb lines are all employed by Louisiana sportsmen.[…]
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Plan A, B and C — Fishing tactics for redfish, drum and sheepshead
“Redfish in April?” Artie laughed as Doc mentioned our forthcoming fishing trip. “Man, redfish ain’t ‘runnin now! Dey run in da fall! You guys gotta be outcha mind![…]
Bass Fishing
Glare Cutters — How to manage sun glare for more fishing success
Seeing is believing, but you’d better believe that too much of a good thing — namely, sunlight — can make it tough for you to see what you’re seeking.[…]
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Fishin’ the ’hood — Springtime fishing tips for reds and trout
Whenever I fish with Capt. Mike Gallo, we always bring a third man along. There’s plenty of room in his 24-foot bay boat, plus it means an extra set of hands and a third line in the water to increase our chances of catching something picture worthy.[…]
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Wading Wonderland — Wade-fishing tips for Big Lake, Sabine Lake specks
You won’t find too many speckled trout anglers who like wind. Wind muddies the water. Wind makes even simple things more difficult.[…]
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Candy from a baby — Best crappie-fishing tactics
He made catching sac-a-lait from Lake Henderson look like taking candy from a baby. It was like watching a hybrid between a robot and a ballet dancer at work. No moves were wasted; everything seemed programmed.[…]
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2014 Speckled trout forecast
April is here at last—time for any red-blooded coastal fisherman to start thinking about the fish.
The fish?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Lake speckled trout starting to crank up
As long as spring-like temperatures remain in the forecast, speckled trout fishing at Big Lake should keep on ramping up as water temperatures gradually rise, according to a fishing guide.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
67th New Orleans City Park Big Bass Rodeo attracts 575 anglers
Saturday’s City Park Big Bass Rodeo attracted 575 anglers, plus 89 kayakers for the Boats on the Bayou division.[…]
News Breaker
Coast Guard reportedly tickets red snapper fisherman 6 miles off Louisiana’s coast
After a LouisianaSportsman.com user announced online he had gotten a ticket from the Coast Guard while fishing for red snapper beyond state waters last weekend, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reminding offshore anglers of the risk of venturing beyond the currently recognized 3-mile boundary.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Specks showing up now on the west side of the Mississippi out of Buras, guide says
Speckled trout are just starting to show up on the outer bays and over the oyster reefs on the west side of Buras in advance of a minor April spawn, according to a Venice guide.[…]
Fishing
Garmin catches up (and then some)
Garmin is bringing its down- and side-scanning sonar technology to the marine electronics market, calling them DownVü and SideVü. You can expect near-picture-quality views of the fresh- or saltwater world beneath and off to both sides of your boat like those you’ve been seeing on the screens of other manufacturers’ units.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF, LSU AgCenter search for cold-tolerant salvinia weevil for North Louisiana
Unusually cold temperatures in the northern parishes are expected to have killed 90 percent of the salvinia weevils used to combat the invasive aquatic plant giant salvinia, which is clogging waterways across Louisiana.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LSU professor reels in ‘shocking’ catch on Florida beach
When Steve Harrison was surf-fishing recently at Grayton Beach State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., he caught a strange fish that he couldn’t readily identify.[…]