Ducks
Partial aerial waterfowl survey: SW Louisiana shows fewest birds on record
For the first time since 1969 when it began, the state’s November aerial waterfowl survey may not be completed this year due to inclement flying weather. […]
Year: 2018
Outdoor Updates
Guide catches beautiful leopard red out of Cocodrie
Capt. Eric Pellegrin was in the midst of a hot trout bite Saturday morning near Wine Island Pass out of Cocodrie when a redfish crashed the party. […]
Speckled Trout
SPECKLED TROUT: How to fish deep holes for EASY fall and winter limits
Jon Miller, a new Sportsman Field Reporter, knocks this instructional fall and winter speckled trout video out-of-the-park.[…]
Contents
Cover: November 2018
Landon York stuck this big East Carroll Parish 10-pointer — which green-scored north of 163 inches — as bow season cranked up in Louisiana.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big Jeff Davis 11-point caps off wild week
They say good things come in threes — and Britt Buller proved it during a wild stretch of hunting late last month in Jeff Davis Parish.[…]
Featured
LDWF releases new WMA self-clearing permit app
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the release of a new app for users to check in and out of state wildlife management areas online with their mobile devices.[…]
Featured
Speckled trout bite back at Grand Isle/Fourchon
Sportsman field reporter Tommy Vidrine says after a few months of bad fishing, the speckled trout are back feeding along the coasts of Grand Isle and Fourchon.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big Union Parish 10-pointer goes down
As the owner of a construction company, West Monroe’s Todd Risinger is able to follow his passion for deer hunting — and that typically means a trip up to Illinois this time of year to bowhunt big bucks up there.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout galore in a community hole
After finding slower action than expected at our first stop of the day, Capt. Kris Robert and I went exploring, and located a non-stop speckled trout bite in an area known more for its wintertime
Columns
Creature Feature: The little shad is a good shad
In this month’s Creature Feature column, Jerald Horst tells you everything you wanted to know — and more — about differences between gizzard and threadfin shad. […]
Deer Hunting
Nice 10-point goes down in Sabine Parish
Friday, Oct. 26 was the last day of primitive firearms season in Area 2 — and Kenneth Miller took full advantage of the final hours of that season.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cypremort Point specks surface at The Cove
Mike Malone of Sulphur, La. tallied up his best day of speckled trout fishing this past weekend while fishing in Vermilion Bay during a scouting trip for the upcoming Lafayette Kayak Club trout fishing tournament. And he wasn’t the only one.[…]
Featured
Huge schools of redfish spotted near Fourchon beach
Fish top water and flies for smashing results If you love seeing redfish smash topwater offerings, but aren’t that familiar with the waters around Grand Isle, now is the time to head down Highway 1
Deer Hunting
Five-acre plot yields 148-inch buck
Big things sometimes come in small packages, and the big 11-point buck arrowed by Eric Williams on Oct. 26 is certainly proof of that.[…]
Features
The Delacroix Trifecta
Specks, reds and bass are all doable on a nice fall day in Delacroix. Here’s what you need to know to pull off the triple play.[…]
Sidebars
October’s Best Bets
October’s Best Bets[…]