Inshore Fishing
How to effectively use spoons to catch more redfish
I’ve never liked fishing spoons. Maybe it’s because I never gave them the chance. Maybe it’s because I’ve never caught much on them.[…]
Southeast LA
Ask Captain Paul
Removed platform sites can be great fishing locations
Dear Capt. Paul:
I am looking for coordinates of shell pads that might exist in Lake Borgne and around Bay Eloi.
Any old rig pads, old islands or points, etc. would be great.
Thanks. […]
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Night games — How to catch Delacroix trout after the dark
This Delacroix guide and his two buddies prefer to do their speckled trout fishing after the sun sets — when the crowds have left for home.[…]
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The offshore gang — Learn how to catch tuna, dolphin and more from these young anglers
They’re baaack!
Five years ago Louisiana Sportsman ran a feature story about a gang of school kids who caught scads of fish from Metairie drainage canals right in the heart of the New Orleans metropolitan area.[…]
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The second shift —Sleep late and still kill your limit of teal
Kenny gaped — then he looked around the room frowning, his eyes like cue balls. Suddenly he smiled, reached into the cooler, and grabbed another brewskie.[…]
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Bang-up Barataria — How to stay on specks during the September doldrums
Do you remember how we used to try to fix things by hitting them? We’d smack the side of the old TV to straighten out the picture or hit the radio when it wouldn’t pick up a signal.[…]
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Dad gum mangroves!
This Lafitte guide relaxes by heading out of Grand Isle to catch mangrove snapper, one of the most-persnickety fish in the Gulf.[…]
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VIDEO: 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, coastal restoration work still to be done
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Louisiana coast. The monster storm cut through the marshes of Southeast Louisiana, tearing out huge swathes of the already ailing wetlands and pushing water up the long-pilleried Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to flood New Orleans and Chalemette.[…]
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VIDEO: Is this the world-record tuna
The heaviest tuna I ever landed was a roughly 115-pound yellowfin. But the meanest one was a 90-pounder that almost killed me. I mean the danged thing just refused to give up, and I almost threw the rod, reel and stand-up belt overboard in capitulation.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Expert shares how to learn new fishing areas
An intimate knowledge of a specific area can produce quick limits, Capt. Ronnie Daniels said. He simply knows where he should go given the specific conditions on a given day.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana fishing limits are OK when launching in Mississippi
The entire Biloxi Marsh is located in Louisiana, but what if you decide to launch in Mississippi? Do you have to abide by the 15-fish daily creel because you’ll cross Mississippi waters on the way in?[…]
Inshore Fishing
Youngster launches jig company
David’s Custom Tackle launched in the spring of 2014 after David Sanders had an epiphany while pouring jigs with his father.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Picking apart a flat
Mississippi’s Capt. Ronnie Daniels said effectively working a flat extending off an spit of marsh is about knowing how trout relate to the underwater structure.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How to rig up for deep Dularge redfish
We connected our cracked crabs to Carolina-rigged 5/0 kahle hooks. The rig allows you to get the bait on the bottom, while the hook’s curvature snags in the corners of redfishs’ mouths nine out of 10 times, Capt. Bill Lake said. […]
Inshore Fishing
Learn to read the current to catch more deep redfish
On our trip with Capt. Bill Lake, we had time to set up and receive instruction while we waited for the tide to actually slow down a little.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Finding the right redfishing spot
The average weekend or vacationing angler, for the most part, doesn’t have time to find the number of spots Lake has to in order to keep his customers in fish.[…]