Inshore Fishing
How to make a stupid-fishing rig
John Falterman explained that the idea for stupid fishing came to him during a charter trip a few years ago.[…]
Southeast LA
Offshore Fishing
Reds of the rigs
Capt. David Iverson typically runs out of Red Pass and targets West Delta rigs in 40 to 50 feet for bull reds. However, when he’s up for a challenge and the weather permits, he’ll take South Pass out his favorite East Delta rigs, where close proximity to the Continental Shelf puts 300-foot water well within the reach of his bay boat.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Get ’em out, get ’em up
For his butterfly jig action, Capt. Billy Wells uses a 5 ½-foot Shimano Trevalla rod and Shimano Stella loaded with 80-pound PowerPro.[…]
Fishing
Humberto’s Trashcan Slam
Humberto Fontova has been writing for Louisiana Sportsman Magazine since 1989 and his style is definitely that of the common man.[…]
Fishing
C Mac’s Elmer’s Island Restoration
C Mac’s thoughts on Elmer’s island restoration.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Hog Islands
Dear Capt. Paul,
By any chance do you have the latitude-longitude coordinates for a place called Hog Island? I used to fish it some 30 years ago.[…]
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Get Out — Keys for catching Delacroix trout this summer
I can’t tell you how many times I walk through my house during summer to find my kids plopped on the couch Instagramming, Snapchatting, Facebooking or watching plain, old-fashioned television.[…]
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Stupid fishing
“Ya wanna go fishing, Stupid?” the voice rang from up the aisle at the Louisiana Sportsman’s Show in Gonzales.[…]
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Last stop — How to fish east of Cocodrie in a small boat
Let’s start with a confession: I have an issue with hard-headedness. It spans well beyond fishing, but for this purpose we’ll focus on fishing — specifically the lifelong pursuit of all things speckled trout.[…]
Features
Jigs for briny pigs — Primer on using jigs for offshore success
Do you have to have live bait when fishing offshore? Well, it doesn’t hurt. But choose the right jig for the job, and you could be fighting bigger fish.[…]
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Bastian Bay Blast — Best bets for Port Sulphur and Empire trout, reds and drum
Scarlett O’Hara often got this look. But poor Ashley Wilkes never noticed. Glenn Close got it in Fatal Sttraction, and Michael Douglas caught it in the nick of time.[…]
Bass Fishing
Plucking the Pearl — Keys to bass-fishing success on the Pearl River
Covington’s Jason Pittman and his son Trenton worked the mouth of a canal leading into the river channel, working Mister Twister Jerk Rats — flat-bodied puffs of plastic with twin tails — across gator grass patches near points.[…]
Fishing
Port Eads is ready!
Port Eads is located at south pass of the Mississippi River.[…]
Inshore Fishing
How do you estimate the weight of a redfish?
The story of the catch and release May 15 of what would almost certainly have been a Louisiana state-record redfish evoked a predictable response on social media — cries that the fish in the photo just couldn’t be big enough to make the record books, much less shatter the current 61-pound state record.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Rigging up for paddle-board fishing
Rigging to fish from a paddle board involves some special gear — some conventional kayaking gear and some things that any fisherman would have.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Breaking bulls
Justin Head has his own method of cleaning big redfish that doesn’t require hacking through rib cages and leaves virtually no meat behind on the frame.[…]