Louisiana Sportsman

April 18, 2024

Ted Tedesco’s biggest fly rod trout, a 27 ½-inch fish, came from the Forbidden Hole.

Fly fishing tips and tactics

December 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

How to successfully fly fish for speckled trout in the deep holes off Highway 1 near Ground Isle. Use these tips and tactics, no matter how you fish.[…]

Prep for success in the second half of deer season

December 1, 2018 Kinny Haddox

How to make any necessary adjustments and change up your game plan to have success during the second half of Louisiana’s deer season.[…]

Roland Cortez holds up a stringer of mallards harvested late in the season. As winter progresses and Louisiana gets colder and rainier, more mallards make their way south.

Hunting flooded timber for ducks in Louisiana

December 1, 2018 Jonathan Olivier

Although it’s not as prevalent as it once was, flooded timber still provides Louisiana’s hunters with plenty of opportunities to fill their straps.[…]

Adam (left) and Kurt Cook head to Bayou Black more often than not this time of year because they know the system holds numbers of bass that make for action-packed trips.

Bayou Black bass blast

December 1, 2018 Andy Crawford

These bass anglers spend every available minute together on the water, and they know there’s no place better for numbers of bites than Bayou Black.[…]

How to set up your duck decoys

December 1, 2018 Jerald Horst

Dekes are probably the most important controllable factor for the average hunter. Here’s how to set ‘em up — so you can shoot ‘em down.[…]

Chunky slabs are suckers for shad shaped jig bodies.

Crushing cold water crappie

December 1, 2018 David A. Brown

Cooler water means more active fish — and with the crappie gathering up for prespawn feeding, you can bet that schooling competition will motivate the fish to eat whatever they can catch.[…]

Creating mock scrapes to hunt white-tail deer

December 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Creating mock scrapes is a great way to provoke a big buck into shooting range — here’s how to get it done and put a big deer into your crosshairs.[…]

How to catch wintertime speckled trout in the Geoghegan Canal

December 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

Some tips on how to fish the ledges in the Geoghegan Canal to catch wintertime speckled trout near Lake Pontchartrain this month.[…]

Bass feed primarily on shad during the fall, so anything that mimics what they are eating is likely to produce plenty keepers.

Fish Lake Bruin like a pro

December 1, 2018 Chris Ginn

One of the most fascinating things weekend bass tournament fishermen can witness is professional anglers picking apart their local lakes when major tournaments roll into town.

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