Chris Ginn, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

Schools of thought

July 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

The siren song of schooling bass has lured many an unsuspecting angler to spend the rest of his days wondering what the heck just happened. […]

Better late than never

June 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Although he still gets up some mornings at 3 a.m. to participate in the rat race to go catch fish, Kevin Lawson admittedly isn’t as mad at speckled trout as he used to be. […]

Feelin’ the buzz … Froggy style – Add a frog to your buzzbait to catch more bass

May 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Kenny Covington was watching a bass tournament on television a while back when he noticed something he just knew he had to incorporate into his own fishing. […]

Last call for crappie

April 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Stuart Baum loves turning the last calendar page from March to April. […]

The wind can be your friend

March 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

I loathe wind.

Mainly because it always blows when I don’t want it to. But also because it seems to follow me around. […]

Cold water consistency

February 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Buck Perry, the father of structure fishing, always advised that fish would either be shallow, deep or somewhere in-between. […]

Driven to distraction

January 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Behind my house five years ago at 5 p.m., I killed a buck that I captured on camera 4 miles down the road at 2 a.m. that very same morning. […]

Always bet on Black

January 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

I’ve got to admit I wasn’t expecting much.

Chad Wiley, a Bassmaster tournament pro from Pineville, asked me to meet him at Joe’s Horseshoe Lake Marina in Monterey. […]

Stay away

December 15, 2017 Chris Ginn

Wesley Miller hunts in a completely different part of the state than Dennis Tietje — near Minden in Dubberly — and he has had just about equal success bagging December deer. […]

‘Magic times’

December 15, 2017 Chris Ginn

A journal is one of those things that you might not feel like doing at the moment but wish you would have done after the fact. […]

While December may be the chronological middle of the road for Louisiana’s deer season, it could be the beginning, middle or end of your season depending on where you hunt as it pertains to the stages of the rut. […]

The right bow inspires confidence

October 15, 2017 Chris Ginn

I remember buying my bow several years ago. I spent several days at the shop bouncing back and forth between a couple premium brand bows. None of them ever felt right to me. […]