Features from June 2022
Fishing the Union Oilfield Canals located east of Lake Palourde and southeast of Grassy Lake for bluegills, chinquapins and longear sunfish.
Most people only rarely venture offshore, so maximize the experience by staying prepared and flexible. Try different things.
People can fish in the Gulf of Mexico, the rivers, around the islands, off the beaches and in the bays for many different species.
Joe Macaluso is most widely known as the veteran outdoors editor of the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. He has won numerous awards.
Summer is here and you can partake in the fishing and camping at two facilities, Jimmie Davis State Park and Chicot State Park.
Bears are the center of a growing controversy over crowding other wildlife out of their habitat, property destruction and human interaction.
Eddie Toups of New Iberia learned how to fish waters in and around Vermilion Bay as a boy with some of Acadiana’s top saltwater fishermen.
Logan Gautreaux was fishing the Bogue Falaya Creek just north of Covington when he caught a shadow bass for the first time.
Columns - June 2022
- No dyed-in-the-wool bass fisherman ever tells anyone — certainly not his significant other — about how much they spend on the pursuit of bass.
- Carrying shrimp in a kayak takes a little planning to keep them alive and kicking throughout the day’s speckled trout fishing.
- The purpose of this column is to help bring attention to the black bear problem. There are solutions and we have to find them.
- The blue marlin is one of the most highly sought after gamefish on the planet. They can reach great size, and their meat is excellent.
- The problems surrounding wild pigs in Louisiana is nothing new. But these problematic critters can be quite the treat around the dinner table.
- Todd Masson, Capt. Justin Bowles and television show host Kevin Ford made a trip to the Chandeleur Islands to fish for speckled trout.
- In a world filled with bait manufacturers, Funkbuster Baits has found its niche with spinnerbaits, buzz baits and bladed jigs.
Outdoor Updates - June 2022
- Hunter Hamilton played hooky from school on May 2 and ended up catching a 12.63-pound bass at Bussey Brake.
- Bowie Outfitters will have a big inventory on a lot of stuff at the Louisiana Sportsman Show this year, including hunting items.
- Charter captains are fighting so they can participate in a state-sponsored insurance fund that serves the commercial fishing industry.
- It was Jan. 25, 2022. It had …
- The Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival is a unique event, but there’s more than just sporting goods and outdoor equipment.
- Jeremy Hinton of Bastrop was fishing Bussey Brake on May 9 when he tossed a June Bug tube style creature bait and landed a 11.10-pound bass.
- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries wants to make it easier for the state to collect restitution fines.
- Shaston Isbell lost his cell phone on April 22 at Toledo Bend Reservoir – and he didn’t care. He had hooked a 10.26-pound bass.
- The Louisiana Sportsman Show and …
- A total of 767 of the top retrievers participated in the Hunting Retriever Club International Spring Grand in Vidalia and Natchez, Miss.
- Brett Plummer landed a 31.6 pound tripletail that will be No. 8 in the state while with Capt. Rich McCloskey out of Venice on April 25.
- The numbers show this was the best turkey hunting season Louisiana has ever had since harvest reporting began in 2009.
Hot Spots - June 2022
- When the winds lay down in June, you can fish anywhere in the Bay on the north side of Grand Isle and find speckled trout.
- The weather may be hot, but that means perfect conditions for trolling up and down the Louisiana jetties out of Sabine Pass.
- The bass fishing around Chef Pass has exploded in the past few years, and avid angler Andre Thomas targets them a lot in June.
- Bayou Bartholomew Lake, the area commonly called “The Cutoff,” is a great summer spot if you are chasing largemouth bass.
- Bill McCarty, a bona fide specialist at catching panfish and catfish in the Bayou Black area, knows June is the right time to fish there.
- Watching The Weather Channel has given John Dean hope for bass fishing the rest of the spring and early summer at Toledo Bend.
Field Notes - June 2022
- The FIREDISC cooking system is as versatile as it is portable. It’s a grill, wok, fryer and steamer all in one. And it folds up small.
- Jim Dillard cashes checks with the Wobblehead in two ways — by selling them to other anglers and by using them at bass tournaments.
- Ian Carter, a Sterlington High School junior, has emerged as one of the most consistent bass anglers in the Sportsman’s Paradise.