Black drum are an underrated recreational fish, certainly when their quality as table fare is considered. A few visits to Louisiana’s fabled Creole restaurants, where the fish is on almost every menu, should convince even a skeptic of that.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am from the New Orleans area and am looking to go to the sulfur mines. Been there before but do not remember how to get there. Can you give me some directions and maybe the address? Thank you so much for helping. I am looking forward to catching some specks and reds. I have not been fishing in years and wanted to try to get back in it.[…]
Capt. Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters exited the mouth of Bayou DuLarge at Pelican Pass. Only this time, rather than pointing his bay boat toward more-familiar destinations like Coon Point and the Mardi Gras rig, he turned sharply toward the west and ran the coastline toward the often-overlooked Oyster Bayou.
LaCoste spotted some action on the surface as he neared his destination and soon realized he was looking at speckled trout jumping out of the water to eat shrimp that were doing the same.[…]
After he started visiting Cross Lake on a regular basis about two years ago, Seth Winterer quickly discovered there wasn’t a whole lot of information about the lake on the internet.[…]
After spending a hot summer day searching for speckled trout in the surf, the cool sea breeze felt good as I strolled down the old wooden bridge among a crowd of people after dark.[…]
I watched what seemed to be an unending parade of barges filled with mountains of crushed concrete arrive and dump their contents onto the lake floor to create a five-acre artificial reef, all from the back porch of my home on Lake Pontchartrain’s Northshore.[…]
What tackle to use on the bridge is a matter of personal choice. Most people use medium-action spinning or baitcasting rigs, but fly rods and long crappie jigging poles are also popular.[…]
If you are serious about fishing and enjoying the many recreational opportunities of Lake Pontchartrain, you really need to buy the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s Fishing and Recreation Guide.[…]
Everywhere I go, I seem to bump into Casey McLaurin, director of operations for Acadiana Outfitters, a high-end specialty outdoor retailer located on the outskirts of New Iberia. Casey loves to fish for speckled trout and he loves to duck hunt, so our talk always turns to one of the two subjects.[…]
While most tackle shops have sliding-cork rigs already package, it’s easy to make your own.[…]
Running the long distances necessary for offshore trout fishing —up to 25 miles one-way from either Southwest Pass or the eastern end of Marsh Island — demands having a real boat under you. And after reaching those points, Vermilion Bay must still be crossed.[…]
GPS locations of Lake Pontchartrain artificial reefs[…]
Speckled trout fishing offshore of Vermilion Bay is a seasonal business, primarily because of the fickle behavior of the Atchafalaya River.[…]
When largemouth bass play hard to get, it’s time to pull out the clichéd yet profoundly applicable allusion of the tortoise and the hare.[…]
Hobie’s Mirage Pro Angler 12 may be their most versatile fishing boat ever. At 120 pounds fully rigged, the lightweight and compact kayak sports a 500-pound weight capacity and its 12 foot long, 36 inch wide hull allows anglers to fish lakes, rivers or open ocean without any boundaries.[…]
Live bait is considered critical for success by the anglers. Whether croakers, cocahoe minnows or mullet are used, live bait must, by definition, be kept alive to be used.[…]