Contents
Top-shelf Tackle
They haven’t invented any new fish that we’re aware of, but the fishing industry never lets us down in terms of new products to help us catch all those fish that we know and love.[…]
Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Things to know before you go to Breton Island
Breton Island is a National Wildlife Refuge and home to a huge population of seabirds.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Shallow trout prefer a straight pull
What good would a small mud boat be if you didn’t know how to catch fish once you got away from everybody else by crossing a shallow flat?[…]
Bass Fishing
Where to on Toledo Bend
Frogs can certainly get bites anywhere on the lake, but vegetation is the key to consistent results.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide enjoys evening DuLarge bite
For a charter captain, fishing can be a little hectic.
With all the things they’ve got to think about each and every morning to ensure their customers have a fun and productive day on the water, the fun of fishing can sometimes be tough to recall.[…]
Bass Fishing
Braided lines for punching the grass
Pulling big bass through grass mats requires tough line, and “tough” means braided line for most bass anglers.[…]
Bass Fishing
Ivy St. Romain’s grass-punching equipment
Ivy St. Romain, owner of Ivy’s Tackle Box in Morgan City, said he prefers a tungsten weight because the end of the weight has a deeper concave than lead.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tippets
Hopefully the coldest winter in 24 years has come to an end. If so, fly anglers could enjoy a great month on the water.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to fish New Orleans City Park
Mike Laviolette fishes the New Orleans City Park Lagoons year round. But, although he caught some pot-bellied lunkers last Christmas Eve, he admitted that “in the heavy of winter they go dormant.”[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Turtle Sauce Piquant recipe
Turtle soup is considered one of the great classical Creole dishes of yore in New Orleans. Most Louisianan’s who try it today wonder what all the fuss is about.[…]
Bass Fishing
The New Orleans City Park story
Louisiana has other urban fishing holes besides those in New Orleans City Park, including Cross Lake in Shreveport, Sibley Lake in Natchitoches, Bayou De Saird and Ouachita River in Monroe and City Park and University Lakes in Baton Rouge.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tips about going turtling
Fishing for turtles is a low-tech affair and requires very few licenses.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to clean a loggerhead turtle
At first glance, cleaning the armored, prehistoric-looking loggerhead turtle appears to be an impossible task. But cleaning a turtle is quite quickly and easily done once one learns the ropes.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Lake Boeuf fishing tips from the pros
First timers to Lake Boeuf should probe and hunt, concentrating their efforts near duck blinds because they provide permanent cover, Steve Bourgeois advised.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
When and how to fish Lake Boeuf
Lake Boeuf, a natural lake set in a depression in northern Lafourche Parish has two reputations. First, it is known as a great fishing destination.; second, it has a reputation as a hard lake to fish successfully on a consistent basis.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Spawning 101 for bream
When bream fishermen refer to bream “bedding up” they’re not speaking of bream going to bed to sleep. Actually, bedded bream are spawning bream — the most active of bream and, therefore, the easiest to catch.[…]