Louisiana Sportsman

May 25, 2026

Lower Atchafalaya Basin bream

August 5, 2025 Don Shoopman

Bill McCarty of Morgan City has been waiting quasi-patiently for the Atchafalaya Basin water level to settle down within its banks.[…]

New fishing pier at Boggy Bayou Boat Launch on Spring Bayou WMA. (Photos courtesy LDWF)

Construction of fishing pier complete at Boggy Bayou Boat Launch on Spring Bayou WMA

August 5, 2025 From News Reports

Construction of a new fishing pier by the Spring Bayou Restoration Team at the Boggy Bayou Boat Launch on Spring Bayou WMA has been completed.[…]

The Calcasieu River system surrounds Sam Houston Jones State Park on three sides, giving visitors and locals great opportunities for fishing, kayaking, wildlife watching and many other water sports. (Photo courtesy Louisiana Office of State Parks)

Sam Houston Jones State Park provides great outdoors opportunities

June 26, 2025 John N. Felsher

Sam Houston Jones State Park provides visitors with opportunities for hiking, bird watching, fishing, camping and other outdoors activities.[…]

Bayou Sorrell will take you deep into the Atchafalaya Basin. (Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy)

Bringing the Atchafalaya Basin back

June 23, 2025 Chris Macaluso

Louisianans can explore the Atchafalaya Basin in pursuit of bass, sac-a-lait, goggle eye, hand-sized bluegill and numerous other fish.[…]

Endless choices

June 19, 2025 Brian Cope

June is the gateway to summer, and this month does offers many outdoor choices for sportsmen across the state.[…]

New artificial reefs installed in Kincaid Lake to boost recreational fishing

June 9, 2025 From News Reports

In partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, LDWF biologists, recently deployed new artificial reefs in Kincaid Lake near Alexandria.[…]

Crappie and other fish that bit made these youngsters happy after a trip with Living the Dream Guide Service at Toledo Bend.

Add Toledo Bend to your summer fishing plans

June 1, 2025 Jack Hains

There’s good reason for anglers to be excited about fishing for bass, crappie and bream in June at Toledo Bend.[…]

Catfishing at night

May 23, 2025 John N. Felsher

Just about every freshwater and some brackish systems in Louisiana and Mississippi hold catfish. At night, they lose some of their wariness.[…]

The author shows off a stringer of bream caught on a green and black Johnson Beetle Spin.

Bream fishing with a beetle spin

May 23, 2025 Keith Lusher Jr.

At just 16, Austin Dabdoub, who fishes local ponds around Lacombe, has already learned the power of the Beetle Spin for bream.[…]

Getting into a red hot bream bed during his youth left the author with a life-long love for the species. (Picture by Brian Cope)

Bream fishing is best in May

May 12, 2025 Brian Cope

Bream fishing is best during the month of May, when you don’t have to worry about keeping up with a jacket, gloves and long pants.[…]

The largest state park in Louisiana, Chicot State Park covers 6,400 acres of Evangeline Parish about seven miles north of Ville Platte. The park includes a 2,000-acre lake. (Photo courtesy Louisiana Office of State Parks)

Chicot State Park offers many natural wonders

April 24, 2025 John N. Felsher

Chicot State Park and its associated Louisiana State Arboretum offer camping, hiking trails and fantastic fishing.[…]

This large bluegill was caught in 1 foot of water along the shoreline.

White Kitchen bream

April 3, 2025 Keith Lusher Jr.

Ray Miller has been taking advantage of the shallow water bream bite at White Kitchen and said the fishing should only get better in April.[…]

Redear sunfish typically feed near the bottom, but this one grabbed a popping bug offered on a fly rod. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Bream on the fly

March 21, 2025 John N. Felsher

As temperatures warm in the spring, bream start spawning and fly fishermen find no better time to land a load of big panfish.[…]

Cajun Fish and Chips

March 17, 2025 Nathan L. Judice

Crispy, golden fillets seasoned with bold Louisiana spices, paired with twice-fried Cajun fries and a spicy homemade tartar sauce.[…]

LDWF deploys Lake Concordia Christmas tree reefs

March 14, 2025 From News Reports

LDWF Inland Fisheries biologists deployed 160 recycled Christmas trees at three locations in Lake Concordia to enhance fish habitat.[…]

Henderson Lake fishermen who target shallow-water cypress trees like those in the background usually get their hands on sac-a-lait like this one.

Hit the cypress trees at Henderson Lake for sac-a-lait

March 6, 2025 Don Shoopman

If you’re hoping to get your hands on a mess of sac-a-lait this month, there are some hotspots to check out at Henderson Lake.[…]