Field Reports
Keep your soft plastic fishing lures fresh
Professional bass angler Brian Latimer takes extra care of his soft plastics. This video explains how Latimer keeps his baits fresh.[…]
Month: January 2022
Bass Fishing
A bass bait you can “stick” with every year
January is time for Louisiana bass anglers to “Go Rogue.” It’s time to get out that Smithwick Rogue and toss it in front of big largemouth.[…]
Bass Class
NSU’s Alyssa Taylor keeps bass fishing through the highs and lows
Tennessee native Alyssa Taylor, sophomore on the NSU Fishing Team, is at home in her Triton bass boat anywhere tournaments take her.[…]
Bass Fishing
New Matrix creation leaves bass, specks heads spinning
The Matrix Spin uses heavy wire that handles redfish but isn’t too heavy for the bass that inhabit the marsh across coastal Louisiana.[…]
Columns
My first recurve deer: The culmination of one year’s hard work
If you enjoy the process and challenge of bow hunting, traditional archery enhances both of these elements.[…]
Columns
January kayak fishing jackpot
Sheepshead are hard fighters, delicious, and can be caught around docks, pilings and rock piles using a simple bottom rig and dead shrimp.[…]
News Breaker
Gov. Edwards appoints Kevin Sagrera to the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Kevin Sagrera, of Abbeville, has been appointed to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission by Gov. John Bel Edwards.[…]
Fishing
Elmer’s Island Refuge to reopen on Feb. 4
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will reopen Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge on Friday, February 4, 2022.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF stocks rainbow trout at community fishing ponds across the state
Beginning the morning of Jan. 27, the LDWF will begin stocking 17 sites across Louisiana with adult-size rainbow trout.[…]
Field Reports
Near fistfight during EPIC bank trout bite!
Marsh Man Masson, his son Joel, and TV host Kevin Ford joined a group of anglers to catch speckled trout on the bank in Plaquemines Parish.[…]
Hog Hunting
Washington Parish hunter downs hog with giant tusks
Ashton Corcoran nailed this 260-pound wild hog while he was deer hunting in Washington Parish this season.[…]
Features
Anglers stunned over fishing habitat destroyed by Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida’s 150 mile per hour-plus winds scoured and decimated Louisiana’s coastal marshes in ways not seen since Hurricane Katrina.[…]
Catfish
Lake Pontchartrain’s catfish provide a cold water bonus
Anglers will be able to catch blue catfish in Lake Pontchartrain with ease this month. Carl Schmidt of Abita Springs shares his best tips.[…]
Bass Fishing
Wrangling bass and bulls
In his time off, bass pro Brett Preuett focuses on several lakes, from Toledo Bend to lunker incubator Caney Lake to Iatt Lake.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Set up for crappie success
Crappie anglers like Dan and Sue Dannenmueller have an ever-changing amount of technology available to them to help catch more fish.[…]
Features
Flat out for flounder
Anglers who target flounder usually fish with live shrimp, minnows and other natural baits, but artificial temptations can catch flounder too.[…]