Fishing Hotspots
Delacroix menu: Big baits for big speckled trout
Mike Herrmann likes the areas off Delacroix’s Twin Pipelines and all around Lake Amedee for speckled trout and redfish this month.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Legends of the Outdoors – Bo Dowden
Recently inducted into the Legends Hall of Fame, Villis P. “Bo” Dowden is one of only two Louisianans to have won the Bassmaster Classic.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Greater amberjack
Most catches of amberjack are incidental catches by anglers targeting snapper and grouper while bottom fishing with cut bait.[…]
Bass Fishing
Smasher Frogs
When Prototype Lures LLC’s Smasher Frogs get eaten, they often wind up far back in the mouth of self-respecting, hungry bass.[…]
Fishing
LDH issues updates for five fish consumption advisories in Northeastern Louisiana
The Departments of Health, Environmental Quality, and Wildlife and Fisheries issued updates to five existing fish consumption advisories.[…]
News Breaker
Gulf Council requests information via Fisherman Feedback tool for red snapper
This information will help to inform scientists and managers as they formulate a current understanding of the red snapper stock.[…]
Bass Class
Levi Thibodeaux got hooked early
It’s about learning every day for high school bass angler Levi Thibodeaux. His skills paid off this past year.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Mind your “minners” for crappie
Not only is it important that you take care of your minnows, it’s also good to know you are making the best use of them to catch crappie.[…]
Crappie/Bream
The great fish cover up
Artificial habitat differs from natural brushtops and fish attractors in several ways, but the artificial units will last forever.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Try the Tchefuncte River for big chinquapin
Ray Miller has been fishing the Tchefuncte River for the past 20 years and has transformed his ability to catch bream into a fine art.[…]
Features
Four League Bay is a hidden jewel
Four League Bay, near the mouth of the Atchafalaya River, has become one of Capt. Lloyd Landry’s favorite places to fish.[…]
Features
Speckled trout puzzle
Southeast Louisiana is always impacted in March by increased river water flows. So here’s how to put have speckled trout success.[…]
Columns
Two pound crappie, lucky false fruit and crickets going bananas
It’s amazing, but all spring all crappie, sac-a-lait or white perch — whatever you call them — seem to weigh two pounds.[…]
Bass Fishing
Anglers should adapt to fishing new areas at Toledo Bend
February is a magical month for bass fishing on Toledo Bend as the pre-spawn and, even, in some instances, the spawn itself gets underway.[…]
Bass Fishing
New Orleans City Park hosts its 73rd Big Bass Rodeo
The annual Big Bass Rodeo and “Fishtival” in New Orleans City Park will be held on Saturday, March 26, 2022.[…]
Bass Fishing
Children’s Miracle Network Tournament set March 13 on Toledo Bend
The Despino Tire Children’s Miracle Network Bass Tournament will be held at Toledo Bend on March 13, 2022.[…]