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Category Archives: Saltwater Fishing

February 22, 2010 Catching Winter Redfish Under Popping Corks with Bourgeois Charters

After leaving my trip with Big “O” Charters at Venice, Louisiana on Thursday, I headed over to Lafitte to fish with one of the most personable guides in all of coastal Louisiana, Captain Theophile Bourgeois with Bourgeois Fishing Charters. Bourgeois brought up the idea of us doing a “battle of the popping corks” to see [...]

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February 21, 2010 Venice, Louisiana Redfish on Market Bait with Big “O” Langridge

I headed down to Venice, Louisiana this past Thursday to fish with Captain Owen Langridge with Big “O” Charters. Langridge brought his good friend Allen Dessell from Independence along with us, and we had a great day catching redfish under corks.
Langridge and I worked on the April edition of my Saltwater Series of stories that [...]

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February 3, 2010 Sulphur Mine and Muscle Bay Next Two Saltwater Series

Louisiana speckled trout anglers know that March is one of the most difficult months to fish because of relentless winds and the beginning of the trout movement back toward the outer lakes and bays. For that reason, I selected two areas to feature in the March issue of Louisiana Sportsman where anglers can find biting [...]

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January 3, 2010 Calcasieu Lake Trout Bite Slow – Redfish Save the Day

After an earlier attempt of getting this trip in two weeks ago – we had to cancel on the water because my son started throwing up – I was finally able to get in a Calcasieu Lake trip with Captain Nick Poe with Big Lake Guide Service today. The trout bite was painfully slow. Nick [...]

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November 24, 2009 Speckled Trout Biting in Dead-End Canals around Lake Mechant

The Lake Mechant area out of Bayou DuLarge gave up 75 speckled trout to Captain Marty LaCoste with Absolute Fishing Charters, Jason Powers and me before 8:30 this morning. We were out working on a future feature story in my 2010 Saltwater Series for Louisiana Sportsman, and we didn’t have any shortage of fish to [...]

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November 21, 2009 Lake Amedee out of Reggio to be First Feature in 2010 Louisiana Sportsman Saltwater Series

I worked on a January story for Louisiana Sportsman with Captain Charlie Thomason and Bayou Charters today. This story will be the first in a 12-month series of exciting features that will provide all the information anglers need to know to be successful on the water.
Each story highlights one major lake or bay that is [...]

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