Louisiana Sportsman

August 30, 2026

Rustyn Ravia, 10, got his first buck with his Paw Paw and uncle by his side right outside of Fields, La., on Nov. 24.[…]

Ethan Tape from Covington caught this black drum using live shrimp in 20 feet of water on a shell reef in Hopedale.[…]

Dylan Mayeux (left) with the 200-pound, 9-point buck he killed on New Year’s Eve at a deer camp in Madison Parish.[…]

Gavin LaGrone with a 140-inch, 8-point buck taken Jan. 25 in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]

Jack Bonneval, 7, killed his first eastern turkey in Union Church, Miss.[…]

Luc Surette caught his big catfish on a giant shad he netted while fishing a private oxbow off the Red River.[…]

Olivia Freeling caught this 7.8-pound bass from a lake in Baton Rouge on a 8-inch watermelon lizard.[…]

Chandler Jeansonne, 10, caught his first redfish on March 7 at Cypremort Point State Park.[…]

Jared Serigné and his buddies are out on the Mighty Mississippi on a mission to load up on giant flathead catfish.[…]

This time of year, if you want fast action while fishing the marshes, there’s one thing you can do to get a bite almost every cast.[…]

Capt. Charlie Thomason experiments with replacing traditional treble hooks on topwater lures with inline single hooks.[…]

Amelia Abshire got her target buck on Oct. 19, 2025, in Hackberry. It was six years to the day from when she took her first buck.[…]

Fourteen-year-old Landon Richey with the 190-pound, 10-point he killed on Jan. 11, 2026, on a Dewey W. Wills WMA youth hunt in Catahoula Parish.[…]

David Hardin with the 175-pound, 11-point he got in West Feliciana Parish, Area 6, on Jan. 18.[…]