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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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.[…]
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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.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
Bass Fishing
Tackle information
Schilling’s main fishing reels are old-fashioned Abu Garcia 5500 Ambassadeur bait casters. They are used whenever he fishes with worms, frogs or flukes.[…]
Bass Fishing
Kevin Schilling in the news
Kevin Schilling is only 33, but has popped up twice before in New Orleans area fishing news.[…]
General
Cooking American lotus seeds
As soon as Joey Fonseca got home, he poured a huge glass of swamp bay leaf tea and retreated to his shady back porch to extract the gran à voler seeds from their pods.[…]
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.[…]