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 ...

Redfish BayGOOD. 65 degrees. Redfish are good and firing up after the cold front. The best bite is on cut mullet, shrimp.

Capt. Charlie Thomason's favorite corks are those that can be adjusted without cutting and retying. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Todd Masson) You know those corks with 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 ...

Sam Barbera's Monday fishing trip didn't go anything like he had expected. First of all, Barbera planned to leave Capt. Theophile Bourgeois' Lafitte lodge in the pre-dawn hours to find an early ...