Seven men in two separate cases pleaded guilty to migratory game bird violations earlier this month for shooting over the limit of ducks on Oak Island in New Orleans East and in Venice, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
In the past several years, I’ve became hooked on a very difficult style of hunting: stalking with traditional bows on public land. I’ve taken a dozen pigs and a couple deer this way, but this season ended with a most spectacular surprise.[…]
Venice is always one of the top filming destinations for Sportsman TV: Over the last five seasons, host Greg Hackney and producer Jared Serigne have a filmed a number of episodes there, ranging from bass fishing to duck hunting to targeting redfish, red snapper and tuna. […]
Justin Bowles’ wife is way overdue, and it would probably have been wise for him to stay within reasonable driving distance of the hospital, but when big speckled trout are hitting topwater baits, any angler’s judgement can become cloudy.[…]
The Louisiana Sportsman Show scheduled for March 15-18 will provide an even greater focus on the latest boat offerings.[…]
In fishing, many factors can determine your success, but in a transition month like March, temperature can be among the most critical elements.[…]
Eric Fusilier was fishing a bass club tournament when he hooked what turned out to be one of four 10-pound bass caught at Toledo Bend since Feb. 28, according to the Toledo Bend Lake Association.[…]
The 15- to 19-inch slot limit for bass on Caney Lake was only recently removed, but Jacob Hearne wouldn’t have had to worry about it last week, anyway. […]
Some days nothing goes right on the water — and that’s when most of us throw in the towel and head home. But perhaps we sholud just ignore all the problems and go fishing.[…]
After years of coming so close — including catching an 8.3-pounder just three weeks ago — Broc Corcoran got the shock of his life Monday afternoon when he reeled in a certified 9.3-pound lunker near Scout’s Island that broke the record and became the biggest largemouth bass ever caught in New Orleans City Park.[…]
Unlike the last couple of years with relatively mild winters, Mother Nature brought her full force down on South Louisiana this time — and the speckled trout that endured those frigid conditions likely will take a little longer to transition out of the marsh this year.[…]
In the span of about 30 minutes on a dreary, drizzly morning last Monday on Caney Lake, Hunter Freeman and Corey Harris experienced a bite so epic most bass anglers’ wildest dreams probably wouldn’t even come close to what actually happened out on the water.[…]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday announced that because of high water on the Mississippi River, the Bonnet Carré Spillway will be opened Thursday morning at 10 a.m.[…]
What do you do when winds are roaring behind a cold front, and you want to go fishing? Well, you go fishing.[…]
If anglers want to catch sac-a-lait in March at Henderson Lake, they should go to the borrow pits along the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee.[…]
Capt. Sal “Gotcha Hooked” Fontana (504-812-7773) said he heads outside this month out of Hopedale to hunt both specks and reds in deeper water.[…]