Columns Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Rogue’s new bowstrings are excellent addition to archery market

Rogue Bowstrings offers string sets in a rainbow of color options, and at different price levels to accommodate any archer’s budget. […]

The author landed this nice speckled trout on a Megabass Darksleeper, a Goby-type soft-plastic bait.

Three new tricks for more big trout

Chris Bush

Technology is giving some very creative lure producers endless possibilities that may in turn give you the edge on big speckled trout. […]

Sheepshead like this one are often caught around docks, where the fish search for food among the barnacles that grow on the wooden structures.

Species spotlight: Sheepshead

Brian Cope

Sheepshead are sought after by many anglers for their sporty fight as well as their tasty table fare. Most succesful anglers devote a lot of time to them. […]

After a few runs, the crabs start to add up. A plastic top on the basket helps keep them shaded from the sun and keeps them from climbing out as it gets full.

Kayak crabbing

Chris Holmes

Kayaks are usually the last vessel that comes to mind as a crabbing boat; however, with a little planning, they make it easy and exciting. […]

A long, fat and sassy bass that made the mistake of biting a Zoom Super Fluke offered by Louisiana Sportsman publisher Tony Taylor was one of the larger bass he caught during the six-day trip for an early April bass club tournament at Toledo Bend.

These flukes remain super

Don Shoopman

Tony Taylor, publisher of Louisiana Sportsman magazine, is the king, or one of many kings, of fishing with a Zoom Super Fluke. […]

Pastalaya, Fish Tacos are hits

Jerald Horst

New Iberia’s Lynn Breaux shares his recipes for Savory Cajun Pastalaya and Lynn’s Fish Tacos. They have a good flavor profile and can be whipped up quickly. […]

Flounder Pounders

Chris Holmes

We caught up with a few flounder pounders that consistently bring flatfish to their kayaks. By following their advice, you can increase your success rate. […]

Does the moon affect the trophy trout bite?

Chris Bush

Big fish feeding behavior is more closely related to Solunar times, the major and minor feeding periods, rather than moon phase. […]

The author untangled this big choupique under the water at a running cut into the Mississippi River.

Limb lining the Mississippi River trenasses

Josh Chauvin

Joshua Chauvin explains how he sets limb lines in the big waters of the Mississippi River and its oxbows to catch really big choupique and catfish. […]

Species spotlight: Warmouth Sunfish

Brian Cope

Warmouth sunfish are one of the lesser-common panfish species. They are fun to catch and tasty table fare, but are often misidentified by anglers. […]

Ott DeFoe, the 2019 Bassmaster Classic Champion and Major League Fishing pro angler, holds up a big bass caught on a Terminator Shuddering Bait.

Terminator’s Shuddering Bait

Don Shoopman

A new artificial lure on the shelves and in tackleboxes is doing more, much more, than giving lip service to the process of catching bass. […]

A few of the author's favorite second season bass flies, left to right, Coma Cocaho, Yukbugger Y2K, Moss Kray Phish, SR71 Seaducer, Wilson's Bass Bully, Dahlberg Diver.

Five combat strategies for second season bass

Catch Cormier

While many flyrodders limit their pursuit of bass to the spring spawn, Catch Cormier anxiously awaits the “second season.” […]