Jaylon Wilde and Blake Morse put an impressive 19.14 pounds of bass on the scales Saturday to win the 2012 Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Bass Classic, easily outdistancing second-place finishers Jeffrey Lemoine Jr. and Keith Plaisance, who weighed in 16.38 pounds.[…]
Kayak fishing is taking the marshes and swamps of South Louisiana by storm, and that will never be more evident than on April 22 and June 17 when the IFA Kayak Tour comes to the Bayou State.[…]
When Ish Monroe wins in the Bassmaster Elite Series, he goes big.[…]
Nothing short of a heroic effort Saturday could have knocked Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., off his lead of 13 pounds, 11 ounces in the Bassmaster Elite Series Power-Pole Slam on Lake Okeechobee.[…]
Smashing a six-year-old Bassmaster Elite Series record and threatening others, Ish Monroe increased his lead Friday to 13 pounds, 11 ounces, in the Power-Pole Slam over his nearest challenger, 2012 Bassmaster Classic champion Chris Lane.[…]
Ish Monroe of Hughson, Calif., had one of those magical days all pros dream about: hauling aboard lunker after lunker after lunker.[…]
Young Justin Johnson had watched closely while his father Shane and Bo Boudreaux practiced for what the two older hunters hoped would result in a double on turkeys — with bows.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division Agents arrested a New Iberia man for allegedly shocking fish on March 16.[…]
Capt. Theophile Bourgeois led a boatload of anglers to an ice chest filled to the brim with speckled trout, redfish and bass Monday, and said the hot action out of Lafitte is just beginning.[…]
In an effort to encourage the participation of more women in the outdoors, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has teamed up with Cabela’s to offer a series of workshops dedicated to teaching women the basics of hunting and fishing.[…]
The April issue of Louisiana Sportsman is being finalized and will soon be at the printers, which means the 268-page bible of the state’s outdoors will soon be hitting newsstands and mailboxes around the state.[…]
The 2012 Louisiana Saltwater Series promises to be the biggest and best yet. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual catch and release tournament enters its third year, with last year’s competition drawing participants from across the Gulf Coast including Texas and Florida.[…]
Alton Jones’ Sunday victory on the St. Johns River was all the sweeter for the redemption sprinkled on top.[…]
Texas pro Alton Jones extended his lead in the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series opener on Florida’s St. Johns River to just more than 9 pounds yesterday (March 17).[…]
Alton Jones jumped from 17th to the top position after the second day of the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Florida’s St. Johns River on the strength of a two-day total of 44 pounds, 14 ounces.[…]
Bassmaster Elite Series pros Greg Hackney and Cliff Crochet are starting the 2012 season strong, with each of the Louisiana pros moving into the second day of the circuit’s first stop in the top five.
Hackney weighed in the largest bass during the first day of the St. Johns River stop when he brought a 10-pound, 9-ounce lunker to the scales to push his five-fish total to 23-14 — a mere 2 ounces behind leader J. Todd Tucker.
Crochet also was within striking distance, less than 4 pounds back with 21-5. He sits in fifth going into the second day of the tournament.[…]