May’s an excellent month to fish the Red River because the bass have finished their spawn and are starting to move from the bank out to deeper water. But they’re not all the way to the deep places where they tend to hold in the summertime.[…]
Remember in The Deerhunter when De Niro, after barbecuing the commie with the flamethrower then perforating him with his own AK-47, gets knocked down by a spate of explosions?[…]
Spring gives way to warm days as the summer season nears. Pesky insects start to dominate the woodlots and open fields. For the young whitetails that survived the pursuit of predators, now their lives of growing into mature deer begin to unfold.[…]
Spring is finally in full bloom. Winter has released its icy grip for another year, and the birds are back to singing their merry tunes. Bees are buzzing, grass is growing and the gardeners among us are glad to get their fingers down in the soil again.[…]
If you look up “spunk” in the dictionary, you might find Keitha Broussard’s picture illustrating the entry.[…]
The strongly built man leaned against the heavily bowed rod. Rivers of sweat poured from under his sun visor and ran down his face. His green fishing shirt was soaked. His muscles burned with pain.[…]
Capt. Greg Schlumbrecht believes that the old 80/20 rule is no more evident anywhere else in the world than it is at Lake Pontchartrain during May.[…]
Most of the time you’ll find bream not as big as crappie and not as heavy as bass or catfish. You may have to clean quite a few, especially if you fillet them, to feed a family for a Friday night fish fry.[…]
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature picked a state fish. It wasn’t the much-hyped tournament fish, the largemouth bass; it wasn’t any one of the glamorous snapper species; it wasn’t even the beloved speckled trout.[…]
Folks in Louisiana are used to “passing a good time,” and of those folks wanting to pass a good time on the water this month need to hook up the boat and drive down Highway 315 in southern Terrebonne Parish until the pavement ends.[…]
The U.S. Coast Guard is planning to set a portion of the crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the downed Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and sank last week, the Associated Press is reporting.[…]
Just a few years ago, Louisiana Sportsman published a feature story about a hunter whose technique of choice was taking really, really long shots at deer.[…]
LouisianaSportsman.com took a quantum leap today by upgrading its forum and reports sections.[…]
I’ve always thought redfishing with a cork was akin to reaching your hand into a hornets nest and tickling the queen – just plain painful.[…]
The 2nd Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck contest provided a glimpse into Louisiana’s big-buck potential, the former head state deer biologist said.[…]
The bill that aimed to ban bowfishing for redfish was pulled today (April 21) by Sen. Dan Claitor, who said one of the main reasons was unfavorable public input.[…]