Events & Announcements

You’ll want to get your hands on August mag

Louisiana Sportsman’s August issue is nearing completion and will be heading to the printers today (July 19). That means the magazine will begin its route to subscribers and newsstands across the state next week.

You’ll want to begin making hunting preparations soon. Let us help you make choices that will pay off when the season starts. This issue also has plenty of great ideas for how to be victorious when battling cobia or tarpon. And to top it off, we’ve got your guide to never leaving Grand Isle empty-handed.[…]

Offshore Fishing

Snapper season closes with easy limits

With the closing of snapper season, we find ourselves dreaming of next March and new regulations. There are no shortages of red snapper in the Gulf right now, and bagging a limit of some 10- to 15-pounders on the last day of snapper season (July 16) was almost too easy aboard the Cajun Venture with Capt. Chad Reinhardt.[…]

Columns

MirrOdine Suspending Twitchbait

What’s 2 5/8 inches long, weighs 3/8 of an ounce, has a wide-body profile, hits the surface and sinks a little bit before suspending and drives speckled trout, redfish and other saltwater species wild with side-to-side movement and sound from fish-calling rattles?[…]

Columns

Got ’yak?

Question from the Kayak Fishing Forum:

I am new to the whole kayak fishing. Just looking for a nice, cheaper alternative to buying a boat and still getting out on the water for a nice trip[…]