Fishing Hotspots Archives - Louisiana Sportsman

Calcasieu’s yellowmouths fat, sassy

Moving out of the depths of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in September, large speckled trout will be in a feeding mood before colder waters appear in December. […]

Going to school: Toledo Bend’s topwater fishing is tops

John Dean

Here are some ways to catch bass and beat the late-summer doldrums on Toledo Bend. Schooling action is at its peak in September. […]

This year, we've thrown a few nice specks in the mix on every trip. These were caught on our last trip on August 21.

World’s largest artificial reef lies just off the Louisiana coast

Ann Taylor

Speckled trout, mangrove snapper, redfish, and cobia flock to this rig graveyard, located only 6 miles south of Barataria Pass. […]

Follow falling water to great bream fishing

John Flores

According to Chris Black, owner of Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part, the Atchafalaya and Lake Verret water levels are finally falling, and bream are biting. […]

A September speckled trout strategy for Shell Beach

Rusty Tardo

Capt. Eric Olsen of Saltwater Therapy Charters pounds the waters out of Shell Beach every day in pursuit of the speckled trout. […]

Meet Cajun Baby’s favorite bass lures

Don Shoopman

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet plans to catch and release plenty of bass when he gets the opportunity to fish the Atchafalaya Basin with these lures. […]

Biloxi marsh redfish have never quit biting, guide says

Joel Masson

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin has had quite a unique year, but that’s fine with Capt. Justin Bowles, who targets September redfish in the Biloxi Marsh. […]

Crappie bite is exploding in Atchafalaya Basin

Anthony Taylor

Anglers are destroying the crappie on the spillway side of the Atchafalaya Basin right now according to pro crappie angler Bradley Felder and Clyde Folse. […]

Capt. Davey Miles with Cajun Fishing Adventures shows off a nice redfish just minutes before a bad storm forced him to leave Breton Island last Friday. The good news is the Mississippi River has finally fallen to more normal late-summer levels, which should mean solid fishing this fall downriver.

Plummeting Mississippi River setting up for solid fall fishing

Patrick Bonin

According to Capt. Davey Miles, a guide with Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, the plummeting Mississippi River is bringing in more bait and more fish. […]