There are several artificial reefs on Calcasieu Lake that hold speckled trout this time of year.
Dear Capt. Paul: Can you give me any coordinates for reefs in Big Lake? I’ve only been fishing there a short amount of time and I only seem to catch trout when the birds are working. I would like to be able to catch trout anytime. Thanks, Chris Comeaux
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At any time while fishing bass this month at the mouth of the Mississippi River, you may run across a school of speckled trout or redfish.
My pick for September as the best place to catch bass is Venice. I like bass fishing out of Venice then because of the very hot weather, and this area has plenty of moving water. The Mississippi River runs current through Venice, and the tide moves in and out 365 days a year.
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The Talon Series Lipstickers Shaky Head is unique in that it stands at a 90-degree angle.
Everybody was baking before and just after a mid-July weigh-in for a major-money bass tournament on a hot day at Lake Neely-Henry in Alabama.
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Randy Montegut admires a middling-size paddlefish he caught in Red River backwaters. Fish of this size are legal for sportsmen to keep, and are a unique culinary treat.
Paddlefish, or spoonbill catfish as they are often called by freshwater fishermen, are a primitive fish species found in almost all of Louisiana’s natural water bodies. They are often seen by commercial fishermen, but few sportsmen notice them because they do not bite on hooks. They feed by straining microscopic animals (zooplankton) from the water with their huge mouths.
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If you want your duck boat to be in tip-top shape for the season-opener in November, you’d better add it to your mechanic’s queue now.
Each year when duck season closes in January, most hunters simply park their mud boats and forget about them. We usually have other things such as fishing, cruising and water skiing on our minds.
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Understanding the differences between the three most popular types of marine batteries can save you money and ensure better battery performance.
Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that isn’t correct. We discovered in the charging column the differences between types become more than just semantics if you destroy a battery by using the wrong charger on it.
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Like love, these flies can’t be bought — the only way to fish them is to tie them yourself. The Cap Spider, Jitterbee and Fluff Butt (top) are killers for bream and sac-a-lait, while reds and drum go wild for the Coma Spoon (middle), LaFleur’s Charlie and
Here’s a question I’m often asked: Why tie flies when you can buy them online so cheaply?
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Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters (985-856-4477) says the trout on the Ship Shoal rigs are doing what they do best this time of year, and that’s slam topwaters and tandem rigs at night. “It’s going to be like somebody flipped a switch sometime after the sun goes down,” he said.
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