Louisiana Sportsman

July 15, 2026

Rogue’s new bowstrings are excellent addition to archery market

July 15, 2019 Sammy Romano

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

July 10, 2019 Chris Bush

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

Species spotlight: Sheepshead

July 9, 2019 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

July 9, 2019 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

June 30, 2019 Don Shoopman

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

The sauce for the Savory Cajun Pastalaya is not a dense, heavy sauce, so rotini pasta’s many folds are ideal for capturing it.

Pastalaya, Fish Tacos are hits

June 18, 2019 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

June 17, 2019 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.[…]

How do moon phases affect the feeding behavior of speckled trout? Not as much as you’d think.

Does the moon affect the trophy trout bite?

June 12, 2019 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

June 11, 2019 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.[…]

Ethan Cox shows off a chunky warmouth caught on ultralight gear in a millpond. Warmouth are often overlooked or misidentified by fishermen.

Species spotlight: Warmouth Sunfish

June 6, 2019 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

May 31, 2019 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

May 24, 2019 Catch Cormier

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

Kayaks are great platforms for trolling for trout. Give this underutilized technique a try to load your stringer with specks any time of the year.

Kayak anglers towing the line(s)

May 23, 2019 Chris Holmes

An often-overlooked but highly successful technique for catching trout from a kayak is trolling. This is the perfect time of the year to do it.[…]

Never underestimate topwaters’ potential

May 20, 2019 Chris Bush

Learn the true capability topwater baits possess and how their limitless upside allows you to fish them confidently.[…]

Sight-fishing crabs and reds at the same spot

May 6, 2019 Josh Chauvin

There are many ways to catch crabs and redfish but sight-hunting both on the same trip from a tiny dingy really takes marsh fishing up a notch.[…]

Cajun hospitality means good food

May 3, 2019 Jerald Horst

Recipes for Crawfish Étouffée and Turtle Sauce Piquant from Barry Toups, who was appointed in 2018 to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.[…]