There’s a brave, new world out there for fishermen interested in crappie. Crappie are approaching bass as the most-popular freshwater fish in the country.
When the bite is on, crappie will hit most anything: jigs, shiners, spinners, wax worms, etc. When they get a little finicky, give them something extra.
It doesn’t take a big monetary investment to work on Louisiana’s hogs. Hunters can work on the hog population with a minimum investment of time and effort.
Waterfowl hunting in Louisiana isn’t headed in the right direction, and there are many reasons. Biologists are crunching numbers right now.
Catching speckled trout during a cold Louisiana winter takes a special understanding of the fish. Here are some techniques for winter trout.
With fewer ducks visiting Louisiana’s marshes, hunters need to come up with some new ideas and plans to keep their success on par with past seasons.
Anglers flock to the Wall near Chalmette for great winter action on speckled trout and redfish. Here’s how to fish there this month.
These three bow manufacturers have great additions for 2020.
Big speckled trout have particular times they feed during the moon cycle. Pay attention to your success and pinpoint when that big-fish feeding window is.
Stalk hunting with a recurve bow is one of the hardest types of hunting, but it can be very productive in the right conditions.
Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish among anglers in America. Many anglers don’t realize it, but crappie come in two varieties: black and white.
The Mega Matrix, which fits in between the 2-inch Matrix Mini, the original 3-inch Matrix Shad and the 5-inch Monster Matrix, works great on redfish.
The combination of January’s cold weather and lack of native forages will have the deer active and eating in the green patches and at feeders.
Capt. Charlie Bush, who tagged a little over 12,000 speckled trout in 4 years for the TAG Louisiana Trout tagging program, shares his top 5 fishing lures.
As with any other service industry, some game processors and taxidermists are better than others. Here's some tips on choosing the right ones.
Change up your tactics when it comes to fishing from a kayak this winter. Slow down the presentation of your bait and fish later in the day.
Sara Furman killed a trophy 15-point buck that could be the 3rd largest bow kill by a woman in Louisiana Pope & Young records.
Hunter Tuggle got her big buck while hunting on Nov. 17 with her dad and other family members on their lease in Winn Parish.
Donald Humphrey has been visiting Bodcau WMA in Bossier Parish for the better part of 10 deer seasons, and on Nov. 10, he killed a trophy buck.
The duo of Dr. Jack Cox and his nephew Lane Cox downed two bucks, half an hour apart, totaling over 300 inches of bone in Tensas Parish.
An unfortunate decision to second-guess a blood trailing dog resulted in Ryan Foster being unable to recover his 16-point buck until three days later.
Jeremy Cooley put together a plan to waylay a big buck that was crossing his parent’s 5-acre patch of land 200 yards behind his house in Beauregard Parish.
Clint Johnson who lives in the village of Gardner took a giant 12-point buck on a 400-acre piece of property in Rapides Parish.
An old can call from his dad paid big dividends for Cody Albritton on Nov. 5 when he took an impressive 8-point buck on family land in Union Parish.
For Dakota Carter of Montgomery, 20 feet up in an oak tree on the Kisatchie National Forest was the perfect place for him to take a trophy buck.
Ryan Masters, Assistant Fire Chief for the Natchitoches Fire Department, downed a big 10-point buck on Nov. 11 in Sabine Parish.
Tommy Thompson of Rosepine added another notch to his Remington 30.06 auto when he killed an impressive Vernon Parish 10-point buck.
Jonathon Zell lives within the Kisatchie National Forest in Grant Parish, a 604,000 acre chunk that has been kind to him when it comes to big bucks.
Squirrel season is open in Louisiana. Here are the 7 steps to easily, quickly and cleaning snatching the hide off of a squirrel.
If you’re lucky enough to be the recipient of a new rifle, here is a time-proven and simple method for breaking in a barrel.
Use the old branches off a plastic Christmas tree or wrap the shooting screen of your duck hunting blind with Christmas garland.
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Caleb Sumrall of New Iberi loves smaller creature baits when it’s cold. That’s why he uses the Missile Baits Baby D Bomb.
Brent Bonadona goes with a Delta Lures flipping jig in January. He usually fishing it in the Atchafalaya Basin and Lake Verret.
Pro Dakota Ebare of Watson loves Red Eyed Shad for cold-water bass. He has had plenty of success on Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn with the bait.
Major League Fishing pro Greg Hackney, host of Louisiana Sportsman TV, throws a Lucky Shad crankbait no matter how cold winter chills the water.
As with any other service industry, some game processors and taxidermists are better than others. Here's some tips on choosing the right ones.
For anglers up for the challenge of fishing the Shell Beach area this month, Capt. Eric Olsen of Saltwater Therapy has some helpful pointers.
Capt. Darren Schaff said the late-fall fishing action at Reggio and Delacroix has been nothing short of fantastic, and he hopes for a mild winter.
When the water is blown out and murky from cold fronts, there may be no better time than January to drop a tight-line rig for central coast blue catfish.
The Alabama Rig, aka the A-Rig, really shines this time of year, and holds the key to catching bass in late December and through January at Toledo Bend.