Kinny Haddox, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

Bobby Phillips was owner and operator of one of the state’s most popular and legendary fishing tackle shops, the Honey Hole in West Monroe. […]

Terry’s Live Bait is a full-fledged tackle store with a table and chairs where folks come as much for the conversation as they do the bait. […]

Eighty boats with 160 high school fishermen participated in the first-ever documented high school bass tournament on Lake Farmerville in 1975. […]

Steve Danna of Bernice has put on countless crappie fishing clinics both in public venues and for large sporting goods stores. […]

There’s no doubt that fancy electronics have changed crappie fishing forever. But if you don’t want electronics, you can still catch fish. […]

One recent trip, it was bone-chilling cold and we went crappie fishing, staring straight into a 23 mph north wind that stung. […]

More than 300 hunters have signed up to take part in the Swamp Safari Shootout, aka the Nutria Rodeo, at Venice Marina on Feb. 24-25. […]

Paul Meeks is the founder and developer of API Outdoors, which became the country’s largest producer of tree stands. […]

Tyler Breed got into business with a family member to work on ATVs during Covid. He opened Rare Breed Customs in West Monroe. […]

Many duck hunters found frozen water at their duck blinds on Christmas weekend as a brutal cold front swept through the south. […]

At Bayou Segnette and Grand Isle state parks, fishermen can stay next to some of the best fishing in the world and enjoy boating. […]

Small bait shops are a huge part of Louisiana’s outdoors. Cooter’s has been part of Union Parish almost as long as Lake D’Arbonne itself. […]

The greatest gifts you can give kids this Christmas are love and respect for the outdoors, wrapped in knowledge and accountability. […]

North Louisiana crappie guide Wesley Miller likes Lake Claiborne this time of year for several reasons, including good numbers of fish. […]

One of the gems of the Louisiana State Park system, Bogue Chitto State Park is a haven for anglers, families, campers and disc golfers. […]

Kyle Green, owner of the Dubach Deer Factory and Smokehouse north of Ruston, makes all kinds of venison products for hunters. […]