Field Reports
Dead of winter bird fishing
With water temperatures in the 50’s, white shrimp are running for their lives from big speckled trout and redfish. […]
Month: January 2021
Fishing Hotspots
Pick your days to fish Calcasieu in February
Calcasieu Lake trout bite best in February on pre-front days. There will be some big sow speckled trout landed this month. […]
Hunting Reports
Trophy 22-point buck
Carl Fontenot of Opelousas with a 22-point monster buck killed in Kerrville, Tex., with David Lee Hunting Services. It went on to score 221 1/4.
Fishing Reports
Pond fishing
William, 6, and Benjamin Suggs, 8, with some bass and bream caught in a pond in Weyanoke.
Crappie/Bream
Bussey black crappie breaks 3-pound mark
James Morgan of Rocky Branch hooked a 3.22-pound black crappie in some thick brush on Jan. 23 at Bussey Brake WMA. […]
Deer of the Year
Calhoun woman drops big Madison Parish trophy
Kim Greer of Calhoun killed a 240-pound, 11-point trophy buck while at her hunting club in Madison Parish on Jan. 16. […]
Deer of the Year
Deer of the Year 2020-21
Since deer season cranked up last fall, Louisiana Sportsman has detailed the stories of almost 60 big bucks harvested across the Bayou State. […]
Field Notes
Tackle late winter specks and reds
Brent Taylor knows t’s a good time to start targeting speckled trout and redfish around Bayou Bienvenue, Shell Beach and Hopedale. […]
News Breaker
Port Sulphur Civic Drive Fishing Pier project complete
Construction of the new Port Sulphur Civic Drive Fishing Pier, as well as an improved parking area, in Plaquemines Parish is complete. […]
Hunting Reports
Juliet takes down first deer
Juliet Cotten, 7, poses with her first deer. It was harvested in Morganza.
Hunting Reports
Ava’s first deer
Ava Smith, 16, poses with her first deer taken in Morganza.
Hunting Reports
Madison’s first buck
Ten-year-old Madison Pitre of Larose killed her first buck, a 6-point, on Dec. 28.
Hunting Reports
Buckhorn WMA youth lottery hunt
Olivia Abrahams, 15, harvested this beautiful 8-point buck with a 7mm RUM during the Buckhorn WMA youth lottery hunt on Jan. 2 in Tensas Parish. The buck weighed 210 pounds and had a 17 1/2-inch […]
Hunting Reports
Catahoula Lake canvasback drake
Dalton Guidry with a late-season canvasback drake killed at Catahoula Lake on Jan, 19, 2021.
Field Reports
SPECKS!! They’re back, baby!
Capt. Travis Miller joins Marsh Man Masson to target speckled trout in Dularge as the fish move to the big lakes. […]
Deer of the Year
He thought it was a big 10, but a trophy 8-point will do
An avid bowhunter, Joey Woodard of Rosepine took this big Natchitoches Parish 8-point buck with his bow on Jan. 22. […]