Offshore Fishing
Beat line-shy tuna with fluorocarbon leader
Tuna are notoriously line shy, and Josh Howard says that’s why he uses fluorocarbon leader all year long, but this time of year especially.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Optimizing your tube
For those deep jobs with a lead head inserted into your tube, you’ll enhance the bait with a few well-placed snips. First, cut a ¼- to ½-inch slit in the tube’s body along the inside edge of the hook shank.[…]
Bass Fishing
Titan tubes
Fishing is a spectrum, and just as tiny baits and delicate tactics hold a solid position at one end, the opposite end sees the profound relevance of big and bold.[…]
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Cover: April 2012-Fishing
Is there a better month than April? Trout are getting active, and bass are still clobbering anything in the water.[…]
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Davis Pond Speck Effect
While telling me about how the Davis Pond Diversion has affected speckled trout fishing around Lafitte, Capt. Theophile Bourgeois mentioned something that I don’t think he realized provided a perfect contrast of the life before and after the levee break started flowing.[…]
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Vanishing Eden
The smoke/glitter sparkle beetle arched through the air toward a handful of scraggly, brush sticks poking out of the water — the few remains of the live black mangroves that once covered a substantial island.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tempting Tubes
Designed to imitate a range of forage, tubes are among the most versatile and productive baits in a bass angler’s arsenal.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cleaning speckled trout
Speckled and white trout are soft-boned and delicate-fleshed fish.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Louisiana on IFA Kayak Tour schedule
Kayak fishing is taking the marshes and swamps of South Louisiana by storm, and that will never be more evident than on April 22 and June 17 when the IFA Kayak Tour comes to the Bayou State.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Ish scores wire-to-wire victory Elite Series win on Okeechobee
When Ish Monroe wins in the Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes big.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Monroe in slim lead after third day of Elite Series tournament on Okeechobee
Nothing short of a heroic effort Saturday could have knocked Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., off his lead of 13 pounds, 11 ounces in the Bassmaster Elite Series Power-Pole Slam on Lake Okeechobee.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Monroe maintains lead after two days of Okeechobee Elite Series
Smashing a six-year-old Bassmaster Elite Series record and threatening others, Ish Monroe increased his lead Friday to 13 pounds, 11 ounces, in the Power-Pole Slam over his nearest challenger, 2012 Bassmaster Classic champion Chris Lane.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Monroe takes commanding lead in first day of Okeechobee Elite Series stop
Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., had one of those magical days all pros dream about: hauling aboard lunker after lunker after lunker.[…]
Fishing
New Iberia man arrested for shocking fish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division Agents arrested a New Iberia man for allegedly shocking fish on March 16.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Ponds around Lafitte’s Bayou Dupont loaded with fish
Capt. Theophile Bourgeois led a boatload of anglers to an ice chest filled to the brim with speckled trout, redfish and bass Monday, and said the hot action out of Lafitte is just beginning.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Over $75,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs in Louisiana Saltwater Series tournaments
The 2012 Louisiana Saltwater Series promises to be the biggest and best yet. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual catch and release tournament enters its third year, with last year’s competition drawing participants from across the Gulf Coast including Texas and Florida.[…]