anglers is OK, but he's discovered a design that's far more effective. "In Louisiana, we're lazy fishermen -- there's no doubt about that -- and we all use oval corks," Vandenborre told the crowd at a ...

The classic pattern for working a popping cork. This strange-looking rig, with a foam float sliding on a steel wire, isn't glamorous but it is effective. Jerking the rod tip causes the float to splash ...

Capt. Jack Payne caught speckled trout as fast as he wanted to during a Friday morning fishing trip out of Delacroix's Sweetwater Marina. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd ...

Overall conditions: GOOD. 81 degrees. Speckled trout and Redfish will be along the shorelines or around the jetties and are good on live baits or topwaters. Speckled trout are also in 9-10 feet of ...

There has been a good run of big kingfish off the Space Coast this week. Sometimes they will skyrocket on baits, trolled or simply free jumping, resembling a SpaceX flight taking launch. Inshore, the ...

Most South Louisiana speckled trout anglers love clip-on, oval-shaped corks, but there's a much more productive option, according to Capt. Dudley Vandenborre. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The ...