Louisiana Sportsman

April 22, 2026

Kelli Chauvin Belanger’s trout

September 1, 2023 Field Reporter

Kelli C. Belanger got the largest trout she’s ever caught on July 2 using live shrimp and a cork. It measured at 20 inches! It was caught at “the burnt out rig” which is the

Ruger Jase Warren’s Caney Lake bass

September 1, 2023 Field Reporter

Ruger Jase Warren with a 5-pound bass caught at Caney Lake in Jonesboro on July 10, 2023.[…]

Brittany’s first cobia

September 1, 2023 Field Reporter

Brittany Bourgeois of Thibodaux caught her firs cobia fishing out of Grand Isle on June 11, 2023.[…]

Catch and cook: Hooking into river monsters

September 1, 2023 Jared Serigne

In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went after alligator gar with Vinnie of the YouTube channel PelicanBoneOutdoors.[…]

Randy O’banion of Zwolle, a buoy tender for the Sabine River Authority, holds a 5-plus pound bass he caught at night on Toledo Bend. O’banion was beating the heat to catch 13 bass, including two over 5 pounds, while fishing a plum apple Ol’ Monster Worm around ledges in 7- to 15-foot depths.

Stick to vegetation, docks and offshore for Toledo bass

September 1, 2023 John Dean

More and more bass (and crappie) are being caught at Toledo Bend at night by folks who want to beat the heat.[…]

33-pound dolphinfish

September 1, 2023 Field Reporter

Chuck Cole and his family with a 33-pound gorgeous dolphinfish caught out of Venice on July 14, 2023.[…]