Fishing
Lake Pontchartrain almost ready
Several anglers are trying to get the jump on the fantastic spring trout action on the bridges of eastern Lake Pontchartrain, but they’re coming back with spotty reports at best.[…]
Southeast LA
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte to host FLW Redfish Series event
The Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Division will make its first of four $200,000 regular-season stops March 8-10 in Lafitte.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Sulphur Mine stays steady despite weather
If the trout were a little blue last week, they’ve got to be a little confused this week. What’s a trout, or an angler for that matter, to do when the daytime high goes from 70 degrees one day to 50 the next?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Surprisingly big trout biting at Oak River
I don’t know if trout suffer from depression, but I do know the lack of sunshine around Southeast Louisiana lately has caused anglers to feel just a little bit blue.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Midnight Lump looking good for late January
Capt. Scott Avanzino with Paradise Outfitters (985-845-8006) said this is the perfect time to make a trip to the Midnight Lump because the tuna are already starting to bite, and there is very light fishing pressure right now.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Oil spewing from wellhead in Bayou Perot
The Coast Guard is working with local, state and federal agencies today to respond to an oil spill in Bayou Perot near Lafitte.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Golden Meadow action should rebound this week
Capt. John Aucoin with Hawkeye Charters (985-632-6988) had been smoking the trout and redfish around Golden Meadow before the deluge started on Thursday. All that freshwater turned off the bite a bit, but Aucoin said that the fish should turn back on in a few days after things settle down. “[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout bite around MRGO ‘goofy good’
If the fishing on either side of the MRGO has ever been better than it is right now, Capt. Barry Brechtel with Big Fish Charters (504-610-6914) doesn’t remember it.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout biting at Bay Rambo
It’s never good to say that any thing associated with fishing is easy, but catching speckled trout around Bayou Rambo to the east of Leeville is as close to easy as you’re ever going to get.[…]
Tuna
Guide reports tuna back in deep water
Yellowfin tuna may have been the main attraction south of the Mississippi River the past couple of days, but Capt. Scott Avanzino with Paradise Outfitters (985-845-8006) says there has also been a strong wahoo and cobia bite with even a few dolphin thrown in the mix recently.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Tiger, Red passes kicking off Venice romp
It would be hard to imaging the lower Mississippi River offering fishing as good as it did this time last year, but that seems to be exactly what’s shaping up for the approaching cool-water time.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Hopedale anglers catching early trout limits
Promises of easy speckled trout limits are often taken with a grain of salt. However, you shouldn’t have a skeptical ear if you hear Capt. Ben Leto of Louisiana Fishing Expeditions (985-630-2066) say he’s busting them. He’s been catching limits out of Hopedale the past few days before the clock hits 8 a.m.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Summertime Pontchartrain action still pretty good
Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters (985-960-1709) was one of three boats launching at Chef Harbor on Tuesday morning. Either the workday was keeping folks off the water, or more likely, they didn’t want anything to do with Lake Pontchartrain during August. First[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lots of options out of Leeville
Capt. Chad Billiot with Marsh Rat Guide Service (985-637-5058) answered his phone with more of a grunt than a hello. I quickly learned he was hooked up with a bruiser redfish and that I was going to have to wait.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bayou Segnette bass rebounding well
The state of bass fishing around the Mississippi River has been up in the air since Hurricane Katrina. Reports of fish kills were rampant, and it looked like bass anglers would have to travel north for a while if they wanted to continue catching fish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fast flounder action at Southwest Pass
Talking to Captain Cade Thomas with Run Away Charters (985-515-0687) the other day, I was trying to think of an excuse to not make the 2 1/2-hour drive from my house to Venice. He told me he was catching a ton of reds and a few specks – yawn.[…]