by Team Salt | Oct 26, 2026 | Reports
Quick Answer: A half-day family charter near New Orleans runs about four to five hours on calm, protected marsh water, with a rod in every hand and all gear provided. Booking a first fishing trip for your kids comes with questions. Will they get bored? Is the water...
by Team Salt | Oct 26, 2026 | General
Quick Answer: Waterfowl Specialist launches from Shell Beach, about 35 minutes from downtown New Orleans, and half-day trips can have you back in the French Quarter by late morning. Ask ten people what they did in New Orleans and you’ll get the same list back....
by Team Salt | Oct 13, 2026 | Reports
We had the crew from Ergon Corporate Maintenance down to Shell Beach for a corporate team building fishing trip, and this group came ready to have a good time. It was a big crew, so it took several of our captains on the water to get everybody fishing. A Big Crew on...
by Team Salt | Oct 12, 2026 | Reports
Waterfowl Specialist Guide Service just wrapped up another great showing at the Valero Fishing Rodeo in New Orleans. A couple of days of beautiful Louisiana weather turned into a whole lot of fish hitting the deck, with Captain Jimmy Corley and crew putting anglers on...
by Team Salt | Sep 18, 2026 | Reports
A quick search for “fishing guides New Orleans” turns up a long list of options. Not all of them are the same, and picking wrong can turn a trip you were looking forward to into a wasted morning. Here’s what actually separates a good guide from a disappointing...
by Team Salt | Sep 18, 2026 | Reports
New Orleans anglers ask the same question year-round: when’s the best time to fish? The honest answer is that the marsh around Delacroix, Hopedale, and Shell Beach produces fish twelve months a year. But “productive” doesn’t mean “identical.” What’s...
by Team Salt | Aug 20, 2026 | Reports
If you fish the New Orleans area enough, you start to notice something when early fall arrives. The heat breaks. The water temperature drops just enough. And the redfish start acting like they haven’t eaten in a week. Early fall isn’t the only great time...
by Team Salt | Aug 20, 2026 | Reports
Most kids who grow up fishing have one thing in common: their first trip went well enough to make them want to go back. That first trip matters. Too much waiting and they’re done. Rough water and they’re miserable. Nothing biting and it’s the last...
by Team Salt | Aug 20, 2026 | General
August in New Orleans gets hot. The kind of hot that makes people wonder why anyone would want to be outside. The answer is simple: because the fishing is on. The marshes around St. Bernard Parish, just 35 minutes from downtown New Orleans, are loaded with fish in...
by Team Salt | Aug 20, 2026 | Reports
Every New Orleans visitor itinerary has the same things on it. Beignets at Cafe Du Monde. A walk down Bourbon Street. A swamp tour. The swamp tour is on every list because it delivers something the rest of the city can’t — a look at the real Louisiana. The...
