Statewide LA

Freshwater Fishing

Tippets

May 15, 2013 Catch Cormier

Speckled trout action should be gangbusters this month after a colder than normal spring. There was plenty of clear water in April and that favors topwater action.[…]

Bass Fishing

Hop to it

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Is there anything more dazzling, spectacular or spellbinding in the bass fishing world than a big mossback monster blowing up on a topwater frog?[…]

Bass Fishing

Swimming plastics

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Streamlined swimbaits like the Berkley Havoc Grass Pig, Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper, Yum Lil’ Suzee and Yamamoto Swim Senko offer a lot of versatility for grass fishing.[…]

Bass Fishing

Stanley Top Toad

May 15, 2013 Don Shoopman

A leading artificial lure manufacturer’s newest pride and joy jumped like a real frog to the forefront of bass fishing circles in and around Louisiana very quickly in early 2013.[…]

Columns

Oxbow blues

May 8, 2013 Catch Cormier

Look at a map of eastern Louisiana, from Bastrop to New Roads, and you’ll realize the power of the mighty Mississippi. Over millennia, the great river has carved out dozens of deep waterways, most of which have become isolated from the river’s flow. […]