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The Easy Button — Speckled trout stack up in Geoghegan Canal in December
I started carrying cash because of the emotional connection I have to break to give it to somebody else.[…]
Fishing
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Vermilion Chill — How to avoid the crowds for winter trout
When it’s cold, it can be hot.
At least that’s what Steve Smith, owner and operator of Stillwater Outfitters (337-654-3880), promised me. […]
Bass Fishing
Yule Tide bass
Drive or ride in any bass boat above the Tropic of Cancer late in December, particularly in coastal Louisiana’s semi-tropical region, and there still is a reasonable chance you’ll feel like you’ve gotten frost bite when attempting to catch a bass. […]
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Dead-end Dularge
Picking out the best parts of water to fish is harder than it sounds, particularly here in Southeast Louisiana where every body of water along our coast teems with nature’s bounty.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF stocks Red River with largemouth bass fingerlings
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in cooperation with the Red River Waterway Commission, recently stocked the Red River with more than 28,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass fingerlings.[…]
Fishing
Battery chargers with a pulse
The chemical process that produces electrical power in a battery can also damage it without human intervention.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Catch monster specks wade-fishing in Calcasieu Lake
Capt. Bruce Baugh kicked off wade-fishing season in style last week, netting some truly amazing speckled trout in just a two-hours span on Calcasieu Lake. […]
Bass Fishing
Leesville angler catches 10-pounder at Toledo Bend
On Sunday, Nov. 10, Leesville’s Darold Gleason and his fishing partner, Kevin Jeane of Anacoco, knew they were sitting on the quality bass needed to win a V&M Fall Series tournament on Toledo Bend.[…]
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Pontchartrain plastics
Lake Pontchartrain is legendary for its fall run of speckled trout. With miles and miles of bridge structures and some artificial reefs, there’s no shortage of locations to get on a hot bite.[…]
Fishing
LDWF agents arrest two men for alleged illegal boat sale
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested two Louisiana men on Nov. 14 for allegedly falsifying a boat sale, according to a press release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Grand Gosier Island
“I’ll fish Gosier two days after a front, when we have a bluebird sky and very little wind,” Bourgeois said. “The cooler November weather means you don’t have to start fishing as early in the mornings, and between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. is perfect for fishing reds on the flats at Gosier.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Freemason Island
“This island is just a long, beautiful stretch of shells, about a mile long,” Bourgeois said. “Once you step off the island into the water, the depth drops off fast and steep, so we don’t even wade in the water here.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The West-side Run
On the west side of the Mississippi River, Bourgeois has many options, with some good walkable islands with either shells or a hard sand bottom scattered from Barataria Bay to Timbalier Bay.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tippets
Speckled trout on fly? To quote Si Robertson, it’s on like Donkey Kong! A game plan for putting a nice mess of fish in the box starts off with poppers around sunrise, switching to weighted flies like clouser minnows and charlies under a VOSI around mid-morning, then finishing the day with poppers near sunset.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Boat launches for Lake Charles, Prien Lake and Moss Lake
Lake Charles, Prien Lake and Moss Lake are extremely easy to access.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tips to identify white bass, stripers and hybrid striped bass
Men, it seems — more specifically fishermen — like to mess with Mother Nature. North America is blessed with hundreds of suitable species for fishermen to catch, yet the pursuit of superfish for anglers to chase has led fisheries biologists to cross breed many naturally occurring species.[…]