John Flores, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

A more perfect fishing union

May 20, 2022 John Flores

Fishing the Union Oilfield Canals located east of Lake Palourde and southeast of Grassy Lake for bluegills, chinquapins and longear sunfish. […]

Gueydan guides: Don’t play games with specklebellies

November 19, 2021 John Flores

With specklebellies occupying more attention from waterfowl hunters, especially around Gueydan, don’t take any chances. Cover all your bases.
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It’s teal time for Louisiana hunters

August 27, 2021 John Flores

September teal season offers waterfowl hunters a chance to warm up on speedy birds that arrive early in migration. […]

Coast into Louisiana’s 2020 deer season

September 27, 2020 John Flores

Don’t turn your nose up at deer hunting in Louisiana’s coastal areas. Those whitetails don’t get as much notice, but they’re just as tasty. […]

Burn up Atchafalaya Basin bream

August 6, 2020 John Flores

High water in recent years has led to great panfish spawns in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin. There’s still time to catch them this year. […]

March bass madness starts in marshes in Orange Grove area

March 5, 2020 John Flores

Gerald Foulcard of Patterson is an angler who has caught his share of bass in the marshes near Gibson, particularly during March. […]

Cold water catfish

January 4, 2020 John Flores

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 East Cote Blanche Bay buttonhook

December 12, 2019 John Flores

Bryan Charpentier of Centerville spends plenty of time fishing East Cote Blanche Bay. Over the years, he has meticulously learned how to fish the bay. […]

December bass on the eastern side of the Basin

December 9, 2019 John Flores

The eastern portion of the Atchafalaya Basin offers bass fishermen some real holiday treats this month. Here’s how to read the water and the largemouths. […]

Follow falling water to great bream fishing

September 6, 2019 John Flores

According to Chris Black, owner of Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part, the Atchafalaya and Lake Verret water levels are finally falling, and bream are biting. […]

Map feature: Lake Penchant

March 4, 2019 John Flores

During the latter part of the bass spawn in March, fish around and near Lake Penchant for spring largemouth bass, plus an occasional redfish. […]

The drive from Morgan City to Natchitoches was a long four hours after I knocked off from my day job at 5 o’clock. And, by the time my wife and I checked into the Chateau Saint Denis Hotel downtown, it was after 9 p.m. — and I was just hearing from Pure Fishing ambassador Jimmy Jeansonne. […]