The weather in the past few weeks has been sporadic, to say the least. Three days of wind and rain followed by a couple of days of beautiful but cold skies has been the norm.[…]
A Venice offshore guide was stripped Wednesday of his charter-captain’s licenses for the rest of 2013 after pleading guilty to harvesting an out-of-season bluefin tuna last year, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries reported.[…]
Watching your wheel wash, observing supply boats, and watching for hints of clear water boiling up around a rig are all great ways to figure out where clear water hides underneath muddy water.[…]
Wahoo and tuna, in spite of their large size, do not have large heavy bones.Here’s how wahoo of any size are cleaned by Ricky Richoux.[…]
The big, fair-skinned, bluff man looked at me level in the eyes as he spoke.[…]
Both suspending lures and soft plastics will produce fish.[…]
If you’re a fisherman, “mediocre” is a good word to describe March. Webster’s says it means “average, ordinary, unexceptional, low in quality, second-rate and inferior.”
Pretty harsh.
To be sure, it’s not horrible, like the months of January and February can be with their frigid cold and exceptionally low water conditions. But it’s certainly not May and June, either, when our weather and fishing action turns on and becomes phenomenal down here in Southeast Louisiana.[…]
Brandon Trahan remembers walking down a long, winding trail in Sherburne Wildlife Management Area and hearing a gobbler sound off at daybreak.[…]
Fifty-three-year-old Matt Fruge’ lives on the west bank of the Atchafalaya River near the Sherburne Complex, and he’s hunted the complex ever since it was opened to turkey hunting in the 1990s.[…]
Matt Fruge’ finds Sherburne WMA’s gobblers skittish, so he moves into his setup as quietly as possible.[…]
Offshore anglers know winter offers some of the best wahoo fishing of the year.[…]
Capt. Tommy Pellegrin likes to think he has the luxury of fishing out of Cocodrie. Now, before you start complaining that he is being just a little shortsighted, consider that his reasoning has more to do with the Mississippi River than it does a territorial stance.[…]
The Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest is back, and it’s set to be bigger than ever.[…]
Stunning new data not yet publicly released shows Louisiana losing its battle with rising seas much more quickly than even the most pessimistic studies have predicted to date.[…]
The fishing around Hopedale has been a little spotty lately, and the stormy weather has not helped out much. […]
Work that began recently on an artificial reef near the St. Tammany Parish Fishing Pier south of Slidell will increase fishing opportunities for shore-bound Lake Pontchartrain anglers, the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana said.
The work is being done between the new westbound span of Interstate 10 and the pier — the latter of which is part of the old Interstate 10 Twin Spans Bridge that partially collapsed during Hurricane Katrina. The pier opened on Lake Pontchartrain in 2012 to enormous support, but has been closed since Hurricane Isaac battered Slidell last August. […]