The Camping In late March, a rare weather window opened where camping in Louisiana was actually comfortable, so my wife and I decided to finally break out some camping gear we got as wedding presents over two years ago. The lows were in the 60s and the highs in the upper 70s, so sleeping at …
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"Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind. " -Splinter from the 1990 motion picture "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sometimes it pays to think outside of the box. Most topwater flies used for bass mimic insects or frogs, but …
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Cold Water January and February can be tough months for fly fishing in Louisiana. Cold water and short days mean that I usually just wait for a warm day and head to a local pond on my lunch break to see if anything is biting. If the weather is especially good on the weekend, I'd …
This is going to be a "recap" style post, to look back over my fishing trips throughout the year, document the best catches, most effective flies, methods, and equipment used, etc. Hopefully you've enjoyed the blog in its first year, and I'm looking forward to making it even better in 2023! Freshwater 2022 was definitely …
The last week of November 2022 provided a great day of sight fishing in the marsh. Chris and I spent cyber Monday paddling shallow flats and chasing redfish. He has a great account of the trip up on his blog: https://fatfingeredflytyer.com/birthday-redfish/ The conditions were great and we both caught good numbers of redfish, and I …
Background In search of new species of fish to catch and new places to catch the, I have spent a good deal of time researching and traversing an often overlooked part of Louisiana. The Florida Parishes are located between the Pearl River and the Mississippi River, above lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas, and below the 31st …
The weather is hot, and so is the fishing on the creeks. I made it out for a quick session recently and caught my biggest Spotted Bass of the year, as well as two Channel Catfish. That’s my first time catching multiple catfish on one trip, and I’ve managed to catch 4 so far this …
Since I've been able to do alot of creek fishing so far this year, and have been catching plenty of spotted bass, recently I've been trying to make things more interesting by trying to catch one of the most elusive panfish species, the Shadow Bass. Ben Roussel has a great write up on these Rock …
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The month of May has been very warm and very dry so far, meaning that the local creeks are prime for some top water action. With some rain in the forecast next week I figured I better make one more trip before the water gets high and dirty. I’ve been tying up a bunch of …
The warm and dry spring of 2022 in Louisiana has put all of the sandy rivers in the Florida parishes in good shape. The USGS water gauge on the Bogue Chitto was showing the lowest level in the last year, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a kayak float fishing …
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