Along with baits, terminal tackle, and landing net, add “weather watching” to your summer rigs check list. Amid the rod-bending revelry of summer rig fishing, take precautions to keep everyone safe and comfortable.[…]
Logan Mount’s fishing gear is more organized than some sporting goods stores. When he raises the lid on the compartments of his Phoenix 721 ProXP bass boat, it’s amazingly tidy.[…]
July is one of those transition months in saltwater. For fly anglers looking to enter a speckled trout in the CCA STAR Tournament Fly Division, history suggests that the first two weeks of the month offer the last, best hope for catching large trout on the fly.[…]
If it’s mid-summer and your thoughts are already starting to drift to decoy spreads and the blind this fall, don’t miss the Duck Hunting Expo at the 2017 Louisiana Sportsman Show presented by Reed’s Metals in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome next weekend.[…]
Lonnie Stanley does more than talk a good bass fishing game; he makes solid baits, too.[…]
If you’ve got a red snapper trip coming up off the Louisiana coast, you’re good to go — at least for now.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two St. Landry Parish men for allegedly poaching a deer early Wednesday morning near Melville, according to a news release.[…]
Speckled trout — 2- to 4-pound class fish — have been getting tattooed in nearshore waters at The Pickets. The action started in May, to everyone’s delight.[…]
If you’re looking for some incredible deals on hunting and fishing supplies, the 3,000-square-foot Puglia’s Sporting Goods Discount Zone at the Louisiana Sportsman Deer, Duck and Fishing Show has to be on your list of things to do next weekend.[…]
The surf of Elmer’s Island is still teeming with big speckled trout, a bite that’s not expected to last much longer. Longtime Elmer’s anglers Sammy Romano and Cabot Corso hosted me yesterday and despite some wild boaters nearby, we wrecked ‘em.[…]
Genetics is the least of our worries concerning the management of deer in the Bayou State.[…]
I get these calls all the time. It goes something like this: “I’m new to fly fishing and looking to get an outfit. I’ve got a trip planned with a guide to the coast (or Montana) in a couple of weeks.”[…]
Above all, fish are going to be where the bait is residing. You can have clean, moving water, but if there’s no bait there, there’s no reason for the fish to stay there.[…]
The Louisiana Sportsman Show presented by Reed’s Metals — the biggest hunting and fishing show in the state — is returning to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome next weekend. […]
A 21-year-old Gueydan man was fined $2,500 and will serve time in federal prison after pleading guilty to shooting a whooping crane in November of 2014.[…]
Capt. Nick “Fishaholic” Rando (504-281-8287) said the trout are outside by now, so zero in your scope and aim for the big waters of Breton Sound and Black Bay.[…]