Louisiana Sportsman

High-Cotton Crappie: Tips for cold-water sac-a-lait

January 20, 2011 Chris Ginn

The only thing more consistent than a cold-water crappie bite is the speed at which news of the bite spreads.[…]

Four-year odyssey results in 188-inch swamp buck

January 20, 2011 Glynn Harris

“Odyssey – an extended adventurous wandering.” Thus saith the dictionary in defining the word. For Kevin Breaux, a 42-year-old sugar cane farmer from Franklin, the odyssey he was on lasted four hunting seasons and reached its climax on Jan. 14 when the swamp monster buck he’d been after since 2007 finally dropped his guard.[…]

Two men cited for keeping 15 trout over limit

January 19, 2011 Louisiana Sportsman

Two men were cited this week after Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents allegedly caught them with 65 speckled trout in Golden Meadow.[…]

Pearl of Plaquemines: An inside look at the Empire fishing grounds

January 18, 2011 Susan Gros

Gazing from atop the Empire Bridge in southern Plaquemines Parish, one can see literally thousands of white PVC pipes sticking up from atop oyster beds.
Prior to Hurricane Katrina, this area was home to the state’s largest oyster operation.[…]

Farmer takes 240-inch Avoyelles Parish monster

January 17, 2011 Andy Crawford

Ken Bordelon has certainly killed plenty of deer, but he had yet to score a real bruiser when he climbed into a ladder stand overlooking a food plot on the Avoyelles Parish farm he helps his father manage.[…]

165-inch 12-point taken in East Baton Rouge Parish

January 17, 2011 Andy Crawford

Jared Hebert and 14-year-old daughter Lunden had an agreement when they headed to their East Baton Rouge Parish hunting club Christmas day: Lunden would be allowed to shoot a doe for her first deer, but there were stipulations attached to her killing a buck.[…]

Livingston Parish hunter rings in new year with 188-inch Red River WMA buck

January 17, 2011 Todd Masson

Wiley Averett, 43, has a 230-acre lease near his house in Livingston Parish that he really enjoys hunting, but a few times a year, he gets struck by a case of wanderlust. That’s when he makes the drive from home to Red River Wildlife Management Area.[…]

Bomber Who Dat Weedless Rattling Spoon

January 17, 2011 Louisiana Sportsman

Spoons are deadly in Louisiana’s marshes, and Bomber has gone far past the traditional mold in its new Who Dat Weedless Rattling Spoons.[…]

Designer bass fishing: Lures to round out your tackle box

January 17, 2011 Chris Ginn

I remember 8th grade like it was yesterday. The only problem is there are a lot of things about 8th grade that I don’t want to remember.[…]

Specklebelly Superstation: How to kill geese in the Vermilion Parish fields

January 16, 2011 John K. Flores

If a waterfowl hunter happened to be stuffed in the cab of a pickup truck, blindfolded and driven to the Gueydan Civic Center back on Aug. 24, he would be liable to think he died and went to heaven. And he wouldn’t have had to go any farther than the parking lot.[…]

Three men busted for keeping 146 speckled trout in Golden Meadow, LDWF says

January 15, 2011 Louisiana Sportsman

In two separate incidents, four men were busted for allegedly catching and keepng 146 speckled trout on Jan. 12 in Golden Meadow, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]

Dewey Wills WMA produces 165-inch buck

January 14, 2011 Andy Crawford

Mike Hymel takes his deer hunting serious, and the fact that he hunts public property just pushes him to look for every advantage he can find. So when he found a line of hookings on Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area, he backed out and pulled out his secret weapon.[…]

Month: January 2011