Louisiana Sportsman

Speck party on Lake Pontchartrain

October 27, 2017 Joel Masson

If you want to outfish the hundreds of boats on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles this month, you need to fish every level of the water column, according to Capt. Matt McCabe.[…]

Grunt call brings in big Kisatchie 12-point

October 25, 2017 Glynn Harris

Curiosity killed the cat … and maybe a big buck, too.

Jonathon Zell, 29, of Dry Prong, had watched some does bed down on a ridge 80 yards from his perch 35 feet high in a Grant Parish pine on the Kisatchie National Forest. With his curiosity peaked, he decided to reach for his grunt call Monday morning.[…]

As fall arrives, Poverty Point crappie bite heats up

October 24, 2017 Kinny Haddox

If country superstar Toby Keith wrote a song about Poverty Point crappie fishing, he’d probably say, “It’s not as good as it once was, but it’s good once as it ever was.”[…]

Short runs for Delacroix trout

October 24, 2017 Andy Crawford

Anglers looking for easy limits of trout without burning a lot of boat fuel should put in at Delacroix this month.[…]

Try sure-bet shorelines for specks

October 24, 2017 Joel Masson

Fishing technology, and the latest new-fangled rods, reels, hooks and electronics, seems to constantly change in the angling industry.[…]

Fall hunting schedule should include emergency plan

October 24, 2017 Keith LaCaze

Everything was going just fine until I felt some heartburn and a little acid indigestion. It’s rare for me but not unheard of. Then things got worse — and in a couple of days I was in the emergency room and pretty sick. […]

Cajun meets Italian: The “Stromboli Psychic”

October 24, 2017 Jerald Horst

Imagine our surprise when we walked into Janelle Folse’s Raceland home and she declared that she was going to prepare a Cajun stromboli.[…]

Sumrall earns coveted 2018 Bassmaster Classic berth

October 23, 2017 Andy Crawford

New Iberia’s Caleb Sumrall has been on a fishing roll, culminating in this weekend’s victory at the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell — a win that earned him a berth in the 2018 Bassmaster Classic and an invitation to join the 2018 Elite Series.[…]

Striking gold (and silver) in Golden Meadow

October 23, 2017 Rusty Tardo

October is a welcome relief, as cooler weather and lower humidities make for more pleasant fishing conditions — and even the fish themselves seem reinvigorated by the change.[…]

‘A million speckled trout’ swarm Cocodrie, guide says

October 23, 2017 Andy Crawford

If you can’t catch a limit of trout in Cocodrie this month, you can’t blame the fishery. At least, that’s what one of the veteran guides in the area reported.[…]

Mississippi adjusts deer harvest regs

October 22, 2017 Bill Garbo

Well, we survived another Deep South summer, although this one seemed to be more wet at times than hot. My hope is that, in spite of the heat and humidity, you have long since been visiting your hunting properties mowing, spraying, repairing and building stands, supplemental feeding, and working trail cameras.[…]