Louisiana Sportsman

October 30, 2026

LED trailer lights a vast improvement

April 26, 2006 Hank Johnston

LED is an abbreviation for light-emitting diodes. They have been around for many years. In the past their use in boats has been more of decoration than function.[…]

Creme packages fun in new baits

April 26, 2006 Don Shoopman

Creme Lure Co.’s owner described over the telephone recently how he was holding his hands a little more than 8 inches apart. Then Wayne Kent told how he was holding his hands about 24 inches apart.[…]

Tarpon fly is not Apte-ly named

April 26, 2006 Catch Cormier

A few years back, the Contraband Fly Casters club of Lake Charles invited the legendary Stu Apte to be guest speaker at their annual conclave. […]

Beauty of the beast: S&W .460 XVR

April 26, 2006 Gordon Hutchinson

You never forget your first time. Because just like where you were when Kennedy was shot, and where you were and what you were doing on 9/11, everyone remembers his first time with a fond reminiscence and a poignant déjà vu.[…]

Can inshore, offshore maps be installed?

April 25, 2006 Captain Paul Titus

Dear Capt. Paul:

I have a GPSmap 188c, and am going to be fishing offshore and some inshore. Can I install both the Blue Chart and the MapSource on the same data card?I have a 64mb data card, and have used very little room, but didn’t know if the unit was capable of switching back and forth.[…]

Readers upgrading units and maps

March 31, 2006 Captain Paul Titus

Dear Capt. Paul:
I am in the market for a GPS fish-finder combo, and would like your input.I just sold my boat, which had a Garmin 182c. I really liked the simplicity of its operation.[…]

Pattern your shotgun to take more game

March 31, 2006 Gordon Hutchinson

As a young dad, I wanted to take my boys deer hunting, but they were still small for high-powered rifles, and the budget didn’t allow for two new rifles anyway.[…]

La. is redfish capital of the world

March 31, 2006 Catch Cormier

According to Einstein’s Theory of Fishing Relativity, the observer in his spatial frame of reference — be it Florida, Texas or South Carolina — will always think he’s got the best fishing.[…]

Public fishing options get more limited

March 31, 2006 Todd Masson

The dominoes are starting to fall. Regular readers of this magazine know that Louisiana Sportsman for years has covered the issue of the privatization of the public’s tidal and flowing waters.[…]

Solutions to a slow-starting engine

March 31, 2006 Hank Johnston

I received an e-mail this month from a reader (I’ll call him Joe) who is having carburetor troubles. He wrote that he has a 1987 model boat with an XYZ brand outboard.[…]

Catch fish after fish on a HardNose

March 31, 2006 Don Shoopman

The booming soft-plastic market’s going soft, too soft, many claim, and something had to be done about it before many more creature baits, bogus worms, faux paux frogs and imitation crawfish got torn up by fish or slid down the hook, thus rendering them unusable.[…]