Columns
Species Spotlight: Speckled trout
Speckled trout are inshore gamefish that are popular among recreational anglers along the Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard.[…]
Month: October 2020
Columns
The deadly Black Widow
It’s rare that Sammy Romano is surprised by how well a particular bow shoots. The Black Widow PCHII takedown recurve is a work of art. […]
Columns
Speckled trout outlook is great along Louisiana coast
Speckled trout fishing looks to be in good shape entering Louisiana’s fall season. There isn’t a better time to be a speckled trout angler.[…]
Features
Former LSU football player preaches hunter safety after accident
Former LSU football player Matt Branch preaches hunter safety less than two years after accident that almost took his life.[…]
Bass Fishing
Mischief Minnow combines topwater, blade bait action
The Mischief Minnow’s difference-maker is a blade called a “Kilter Blade,” attached to the belly between two treble hooks.[…]
Fishing
Frabill Aqualife Bait Station
No matter how much live bait you carry to the water, Frabill has a way to keep it alive and lively.[…]
Fishing
Plano Weekend Series Softsider
If you target multiple species, you’ll love the freedom offered by Plano’s new Weekend Series Softsider soft tackle bags.[…]
Fishing
Daiwa Laguna LT Spinning Reel
The folks at Daiwa have brought out a new line of spinning reels with the budget-conscious fisherman in mind.[…]
Fishing Reports
Cocodrie double-rainbow
Eugene Earl captured this photo of a double-rainbow while fishing out of Cocodrie in Sept. 2020.
Field Reports
Catching keeper specks at night in Lake Pontchartrain
Devin Denman uses artificial lures to catch a limit of nighttime speckled trout under dock lights on Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Hunting Reports
Squirrel dinner winner
With inclement weather scrapping their plans for either a crappie trip on the Quachita or a bow hunt on their lease, father and son duo Leslie and Wyatt Johnson chose to get one last squirrel
Fishing Reports
Fish before the storm
Jerry Driskill used a whopper plopper to hook this bass on Caddo Lake before Hurricane Delta rolled in.
Field Reports
UNDERWATER video of speckled trout hitting lures
This week, Marsh Man Masson went fishing with Capt. Lane Zimmer down in Lafitte and ran across some good speckled trout action.[…]
News Breaker
Fort Polk-Vernon, Peason Ridge WMAs to close for military training
The LDWF will close the majority of Fort Polk-Vernon and all of Peason Ridge WMA on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 due to military training.[…]
Hunting Reports
Logan’s opening week buck
Logan LeBleu, 11, with his opening week buck that he harvested on private land in Vernon Parish on Oct. 20, 2020.
Fishing Reports
Northshore redfish
Roy Sylvest snapped this photo of his fishing partner Dave Taylor while fishing the grass flats on Lake Pontchartrain’s North Shore.