VICKSBURG, Miss.– Heavy rain in the Mississippi Valley is prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Friday, April 11, 2008, for the first time in 11 years.[…]
With millions of gallons of water so muddy it had coon tracks on it barreling down the Mississippi River just to our east, Captain Owen Langridge (225-978-1136) idled his boat to the west out of Yellow Cotton Bay Marina.[…]
NEW ORLEANS – The lucrative new Wal-Mart FLW® Redfish Open will debut the sport’s first pro/co-angler format when action gets under way at the Southern Sportsman’s Expo in the Louisiana Superdome March 27-30.[…]
Click, clack, click, clack, click-whoosh! Before the next clack, the red/white Top Dog was mauled by a 4-pound speckled trout.[…]
t’s often hard for anglers to believe the fishing reports they hear coming from Lake Pontchartrain. The problem is that their eyes rarely see what their ears hear.[…]
Eddie went through this a couple years earlier when he moved back to his home state of Louisiana after two divorces and at least one disbarment that we heard of.[…]
April is the tail end of the dreaded transition period, according to Capt. Chad Dufrene (985-637-6357). By now, the weather has definitely changed, and temperatures are established in a solid spring pattern.[…]
The whipping winds have kept many coastal anglers at home wondering what could be the last several days. In the meantime, freshwater fishing has been productive and offers an escape from the blustery weather.[…]
It’s no secret that the Lump hasn’t lived up to hype this year. In fact, several guides aren’t even fishing it unless they have a direct request because it’s essentially been dead from the get-go, except for a couple good weeks back in January.[…]
Having spent two days plying the waters of Lake Pontchartrain within the last few days, it looks like the trout bite is just weeks away.[…]
Papa Joe Bush (504-689-3728) had to cancel his trip on Wednesday because of the strong winds and rain that were predicted to move through New Orleans during the early morning.[…]
For many Louisiana sportsmen, February is the most dreaded month of the year. Duck and deer seasons are over, and the Mrs. is looking to cash in on those long-promised honey-dos.[…]
The stretch of water between Yellow Cotton Bay and the Buras Canal has been pretty productive for Capt. Shawn Lanier lately.[…]
Gazing from atop the Empire Bridge in southern Plaquemines Parish, one can see literally thousands of white PVC pipes sticking up from atop oyster beds.[…]
Capt. C.T. Williams’ web address is thebigfish.net. But during this season of the year, the marshes surrounding his home port of Hopedale deliver not quite exactly what his Internet name implies.[…]
One thing for sure about coastal Louisiana is that there are some well-known areas where the fishing heats up as soon as the weather gets cold.[…]