Louisiana Sportsman

July 17, 2026

Capt. Zach Hartline of Bayou Boys Charters caught these hefty trout on live shrimp in Lake Anastasia.

Shell Beach, Delacroix Island are solid choices for trout and redfish

June 29, 2024 Rusty Tardo

Charter Guide Zach Hartline said the fishing this summer at Shell Beach and Delacroix for speckled trout and redfish has been great.[…]

An angler fishes off the rocks in Pointe Aux Chenes.

Pointe Aux Chenes is popular June destination

June 8, 2024 Jay Angel

Pointe Aux Chenes provides kayakers and shore bound anglers with some fantastic opportunities to catch fish.[…]

Kywan Housley of Pelican holds up a pair of Cross Lake crappie.

Cross Lake crappie haul

June 8, 2024 Justin Adkins

Pick up a dock shooting rig, and try out a new technique to catch crappie this summer on Cross Lake in Caddo Parish.[…]

Time to move out for Dularge trout

June 7, 2024 Jay Angel

According to Capt. Lloyd Landry, owner of Outcast Fishing Charters, the trout will migrate out of the marsh this month looking to spawn.[…]

Capt. Mark Scardino caught this nice trout on a live croaker fished on the bottom along the beach at Grand Terre Island.

Grand time at Grand Isle

June 6, 2024 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Mark Scardino of Hard Times Charters in Grand Isle, said the trout fishing action started up early this year.[…]

TJ Roussel with a 9.14-pound Toledo Bend bass caught this spring.

Odds are in your favor at Toledo Bend

June 6, 2024 John Dean

John Dean is banking on bass staying in the grass with the shad and bream this summer instead of leaving for offshore waters.[…]

The reefs along the coast below Marsh Island should give up more speckled trout like this in June, according to Gotta Have Faith Charters owner Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry.

Tiger Shoals trout

June 1, 2024 Don Shoopman

Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry of Gotta Have Faith Charters has many options to take advantage of the speckled trout bite below Vermilion Bay.[…]

Ashten and Aiden Nay were fishing with their Uncle Pete when they caught these beautiful blue catfish.

Catfish in waiting

May 5, 2024 Nick Vaccaro

When Tim Vallee, Jr. isn’t running crab traps on Bayou Lacombe, he turns to catching catfish with a basic rod and reel combo.[…]

Neal Meche, right, holds three bass while his son, Travis Meche Sr., grips the lip on two other bass during a weigh-in at a bass tournament on Henderson Lake. The elder Meche said Henderson Lake is his top destination for bassin’ during the month of May.

Try Henderson Lake for May bass

May 3, 2024 Don Shoopman

Neal Meche said Henderson Lake and Chicot Lake are his top destinations for bass fishing during the month of May.[…]

This 6-pounder inhaled the Neko-rigged Senko tossed by Mike Randolph of Zwolle during a bass club tournament at Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend’s shallow water largemouth bite is on this month

May 2, 2024 John Dean

May should be a shallow-water bass fisherman’s dream month at Toledo Bend with the re-emergence of vegetation the past few years.[…]

Chris Nguyen of Monroe enjoys getting out on the water and catching Caney Lake lunkers this time of year.

Patience pays this time of year at Caney

April 30, 2024 Justin Adkins

Local Monroe native Chris Nguyen fishes Caney Lake regularly and shared how he targets these feisty fish in May.[…]

The warmer waters found in dead ends are inviting to bass right now. (Photo courtesy Sam Jenkins)

Tchefuncte River bass action heats up

April 5, 2024 Nick Vaccaro

According to Sam Jenkins of Abita Springs, a bass tournament competitor, now is the time to seize the moment at the Tchefuncte River.[…]

Tanya Jinks had her hands full with this big trout she hooked and boated in West Cove on the west side of Calcasieu Lake while fishing with Hackberry Rod & Gun.

West Cove is where the specks stack up

April 5, 2024 Don Shoopman

Kirk Stansel of Hackberry Rod and Gun knows the potential this time of year for West Cove. It’s a gold mine for speckled trout.[…]

Capt. Ryan Vincent caught this 16-pound redfish off a rock point in Bayou Pirogue, fished off the bottom with dead shrimp on a 3/8-ounce jighead.

Lafitte fishing heats up

April 4, 2024 Rusty Tardo

According to Capt. Ryan Vincent of Reel Cajun Fishing, fishing action picks up in April and just gets better after that in Lafitte.[…]

Zachary Faircloth, a local angler who loves to fish Toledo Bend, has his hands full with a 9.2-pound bass, his new PB, caught on a watermelon/red Senko in the back of a creek on Feb. 28.

April should be a slugfest for bunches of bass on Toledo Bend

March 31, 2024 John Dean

April’s going to be on fire. Things are going to pop big time at Toledo Bend and we’ll see more double-digit bass.[…]

A tabletop covered in crappie like this is a normal sight along the shores of Lake D’Arbonne this month.

Simple approach to target D’Arbonne crappie

March 8, 2024 Justin Adkins

Lake D’Arbonne boasts one of the state’s most abundant populations of quality crappie. Brad Black turns it into his playground.[…]