Columns
The Daisy BB gun
I have no idea what happened to it, but the first honest-to-gosh gun I ever handled was a Daisy BB gun given to me by my dad on my sixth birthday.[…]
Year: 2014
General
Bowie Outfitters, Gets You Cooking
Bowie Outfitters has what you need to get your cooking.[…]
Fishing
State shrimpers encouraged to report catches of Asian tiger prawns
Non-native Asian tiger prawns have been reported in all of Louisiana’s estuarine basins and adjacent offshore waters, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging shrimpers to notify them if prawns show up in their nets.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: Finding prime speckled trout spots near Seabrook
Fishing out of Seabrook, the mouth of the Inner Harbor Canal to Lake Ponchartrain, Allen “Chink” Sumas Jr. once caught nine speckled trout that weighed-in at 9 to 9 ½ pounds – in a single day.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend gives up another lunker
Ronnie Bland broke in his brand new Ranger 520 Comanche in style recently on Toledo Bend.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
CCA’s STAR wraps up on Labor Day
With only five fishing days left in this year’s Coastal Conservation Association STAR tournament, registered anglers still have a shot at reeling in up to 47 tagged redfish that could still be roaming coastal waters, as well as simply catching a big fish that could move up the leaderboard before time expires at 5 p.m. on Labor Day.[…]
Fishing
Costa introduces two new sunglass styles for 2014
Blending premium performance technology with the fall season’s throwback trend, Costa recently unveiled two new designs for late 2014.[…]
News Breaker
Hooked on quack: Mexican squealer gets stuck, dies in tree
An appropriate low-budget horror film title for this summer might be “When Trees Attack!”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite red hot out of Dularge, guide says
The redfish bite remains red hot in Dularge, while speckled trout are tough to find unless you have access to live bait.[…]
General
Old tech to the rescue
My town doesn’t allow people to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving, but hands-free talking is OK so I keep our phones paired through Bluetooth to our two vehicles.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sportsman TV archives: Fishing Toledo Bend in the summertime
Greg Hackney just won the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Cayuga Lake on Sunday, and Judy Cagle caught a monster 14.66-pounder at Toledo Bend Saturday afternoon.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Mr. Official’ lands big Grand Isle specks
Grand Isle trout fisherman Terry St. Cyr is competitive on and off the water, but his passion is catching speckled trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Texas angler snares 14.66-pound monster at Toledo Bend
No one would have ever expected that a spur-of-the-moment scouting trip at Toledo Bend would have resulted in catching a monster bass in the sizzling heat of Saturday afternoon.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Hack-Attack’ at Cayuga Lake
Greg Hackney saved his best for last at Cayuga Lake on Sunday.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
September drawdowns scheduled for Hardwater, Chicot Lakes
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled drawdowns to begin on two state lakes starting on Tuesday, Sept. 2.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Hackney hooks redfish, cobia (and his own hand) in Venice
The latest episode of Sportsman TV, ‘Venice Big Stuff,’ is now available for viewing here at LouisianaSportsman.com.[…]