Crappie/Bream
Try live crawfish when you target slab crappie
Don’t forget crawfish for late-winter and early spring crappie. Crawfish and crawfish-colored lures start working best in February.[…]
Fishing
Bass Fishing
Reader Report: Saying goodbye to 2020 with two big bass
Jordan Tull spent the end of 2020 with a rod and reel in his hand targeting big pre-spawn largemouth bass that are looking for an easy meal.[…]
Newsletters
Redfishology
Phillip Logan explains how sneaking up on redfish in a kayak is a unique opportunity that helps you land a limit of the trophy fighters.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Des Allemands, Boeuf areas hot for sac-a-lait
Canals and other waterways around Bayou Des Allemands and Lake Boeuf are places you’ll find sac-a-lait anglers targeting slabs in January.[…]
Bass Fishing
Time to ‘trap’ Toledo Bend bass
As for Rat-L-Traps, ½-ounce models are the “bread-and-butter” to catch numbers and some quality bass at Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Preuett relies on his Cajun Bug to boat bass during January
Brett Preuett, a veteran guide on Toledo Bend and Caney Lake, swears by the Preuett Cajun Bug to catch bass in January.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney goes with a jig to hook bass in January
Greg Hackney sticks with the Strike King Hack Attack Flouro Flipping Jig for bass fishing during one of the coldest months in Louisiana.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bayou Lacombe basics for January sac-a-lait
Forrest Green of Lacombe has learned a lot about how colder temperatures affect the crappie bite on Bayou Lacombe.[…]
Columns
Sheepshead: Don’t overlook these fish
The most-underrated saltwater fish in Louisiana has to be the sheepshead. The good news for kayak anglers is that they are hard fighters.[…]
Field Notes
January’s bull reds are prime for flies
Louisiana is a flourishing fly fishing locale for redfish, especially during the winter when the bull reds push into the interior marshes.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Great Wall is great winter fishing spot
The Great Wall has helped the waters around MRGO fill back up with speckled trout and redfish, especially in winter.[…]
Bass Fishing
Species spotlight: Striped bass
Striped bass are targeted by thousands and thousands of anglers. They are not in the same family as largemouth or smallmouth bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lure Review: Bayou Bug 2.0
One of the soft-plastic lures that launched Cajun Lures six years ago has a new look. Bayou Bug 2.0 has arrived, and it is catching bass.[…]
Catfish
Two catfish eat family of ducks
Nick Price has cleaned plenty of catfish in his life, but none of that prepared him for what he found cleaning two of his Dec. 12 catches.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass pro Miller loves V&M Flatline jig in winter
V&M Pacemaker Flatline jig is bass pro and Toledo Bend fishing guide Colby Miller’s top choice for January bass fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass pro Hunter Freeman’s go-to January bait
A jig from Bryant’s Custom Jigs has been Hunter Freeman’s go-to bait from his collegiate fishing days to his current spot on the FLW Pro Tour.[…]