Bass Fishing
Smith maintains lead, Crochet moves into second
The first day was easy for Louisiana’s Mark Smith, with the pro easily culling up on one stretch of water. […]
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Bass Fishing
Louisiana anglers hold pro, co-angler leads in Bassmaster Central Open on Atchafalaya Basin
MORGAN CITY, La. — Mark Smith grew up fishing rivers in North Louisiana, so the high, muddy waters of the Atchafalaya Basin didn’t intimidate him this week when he arrived at the fishery for the final 2009 Bassmaster Central Open.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fishing for Central Open in Basin could be tough
The final stop of the 2009 Bassmaster Central Open begins tomorrow morning in the Atchafalaya Basin, and the consensus of competitors during the angler’s meeting was that it could be a tough tournament.
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Inshore Fishing
Guide Eric Dumas says Causeway is ready
The word on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is, HOT HOT HOT. I have been out several times and the fish are on the bridge. Here are some keys to success.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix trout thick under shrimp, in winter holes
Last week’s northerly blow left a surprising number of shrimp in the Delacroix marsh. They’re small (I’d guess about 80-count), but there are plenty of them, and they’re being devoured by trout from the bottom and sea gulls from above.[…]
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Louisiana Swordfish?
The Mississippi River delta and surrounding offshore waters are without a doubt some of the richest fishing grounds in the world. There is no other place on the face of the planet where an angler can target largemouth bass and blue marlin in the same day, no other place where limits of 20-pound red snapper and 10-pound mangrove snapper are not uncommon, no other place where you can catch 100+-pound yellowfin year-round on a day trip.[…]
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Freezer Burn
If you’re deepfreeze is anything like my family’s, it takes you a while to dig through all the leftovers on top just to get to the good stuff underneath.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Back to the bays at Venice with river rising
Although the calendar shows that the trout and redfish should have invaded the Mississippi River at Venice, that hasn’t exactly been the case according to Captain Owen Langridge with Big O Charters (225-978-1136).[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide says Lafitte redfish bite “on fire”
One of the great things about Southeast Louisiana is that you don’t have to drive very far to get to some of the best fishing holes in the world.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Shell Beach bite getting better every day
Anybody fishing with the king, Captain Frank Moore (504-887-4960) lately has found that Biloxi Marsh, Stump Lagoon and Muscle Bay are absolutely full of redfish and trout right now.[…]
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Raiding Reggio
The winds were already blowing steady out of the north when I arrived in the little St. Bernard community of Reggio. It’s a small hamlet on the side of Bayou Terre aux Boeufs on the way down to Delacroix Island.[…]
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The Fall of Fall
Luke Landry’s favorite color is green. It is the color of money and of envy, but more importantly to Landry, it is the color the lower Mississippi River gets this time of year.[…]
Events & Announcements
L.D.W.F. assisting Grand Isle in bridge fire clean-up
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in cooperation with the Grand Isle Port Commission, the Town of Grand Isle and the US Coast Guard, is assisting in the clean-up efforts following the fire that destroyed a major portion of the Caminada Pass Bridge in Grand Isle.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Transition trout biting at Pontchartrain
September can be a tough month to find speckled trout because they can be outside, inside, or anywhere in between.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish ganging up at mouth of East Pearl
When Lake Pontchartrain regular Chas Champagne told me to meet him at the Rigolets Marina at 4:15 in the morning, I wondered if he had lost his mind.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lake De Cade full of redfish and bass
Although he’s starting to spend more time in the deer woods in preparation for the upcoming hunting season, Captain Ryan Young with Avid Angler Fishing Charters (985-855-5909) out of Bayou DuLarge says he’s been on the water enough lately to know that the redfish and bass are slamming swimbaits in Lake De Cade.[…]