Fishing
Venice BIG Stuff
If you wanna go big, you gotta go to Venice. Cobia and bull reds were the targeted species in this episode of Sportsman TV and Venice did not disappoint.[…]
Southeast LA
Cobia
Chris Macaluso – Thought’s on Cobia
Chris Macaluso thoughts on Cobia.[…]
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West Delta Mack Attack — How to fish for Spanish mackerel at Louisiana’s nearshore rigs
“Not the trailer bearings again!” Artie groaned as we rumbled onto the shoulder amidst a cloud of smoke.[…]
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X marks the spot — Grand Isle’s big-trout hotspot
“He is consistently catching large fish. I haven’t seen anyone enjoy the success that he has. It is nothing short of miraculous.” Patrick Bonin, Internet managing editor of Louisiana Sportsman.com.[…]
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Delta blues — Keys for catching Mississippi River Delta blue catfish
I’ve gotta admit: When Ryan Lambert first showed me the cell phone video, I thought I was looking at a bunch of big bluegill busting bread at the surface.[…]
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Breton Sound Beat-down — Trout fishing tips for Breton Sound
The urban dictionary of slang defines a “beat-down” as when you pummel or repeatedly beat something (or someone) into submission.[…]
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Young man’s game — Diver shares tips for spearfishing for catfish
The story of the old bull and the young bull is almost cliché.[…]
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Jacks are wild — Top tips for amberjack fishing
If you’re looking for fancy, graceful or aesthetically pleasing, amberjacks will disappoint you. If, on the other hand, an arm-stretching, back-straining lesson in brutality sounds fun, you’ll really enjoy hanging out with the fish marine biologists call Seriola dumerili.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Surf and Turf
Producer Jared Serigné traded in his camera for a rod and reel on this episode to take Hack Attack to some of his favorite grassy lakes in Delacroix, LA. The two worked the milfoil beds and filled the boat with bass and reds.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Basin producing huge bream
It’s been at least 25 years since my younger brother Greg, my dad Allen and I fished together. So it was an even bet whether or not we’d all survive the trip when we loaded up Monday morning to make a bream-fishing trip to the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Ducks
Getting a duck boat ready for hunting season
The father-son due of Hank and Andy Johnston of The Boat Doctor Inc. were the perfect people to interview on getting a duck boat ready to hunt.[…]
General
Wildman
Raymond Joseph “Joey” Fonseca Jr. is a complex man. By vocation, the 61-year-old is a commercial fisherman. By avocation he can be called an articulate philosopher of the wilds.[…]
General
The grain that flew
The literal interpretation from Cajun French to English for “gran à voler” is “grain that flew,” apparently because the ripe seeds are supposed to shoot out of the pods.[…]
Inshore Fishing
What’s new? Baby VuDu!
The VuDu Shrimp baits have taken this area by storm, and tackle shops are having trouble keeping them on the shelves.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lighted public fishing piers
Lighted public fishing piers[…]
Bass Fishing
Freshwater diversions not without controversy
Kevin Schilling said flatly that having the freshwater diversion is “the key” the Caernarvon bass fishery.[…]