Cover: July 2011-Freshwater
Toledo Bend angler Joe Joslin is a big fan of swimbaits.[…]
Toledo Bend angler Joe Joslin is a big fan of swimbaits.[…]
Lake Bruin will be lowered to 4 ½ feet below pool stage beginning Sept. 6, and will remain lowered through Dec. 15, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today (June 21).[…]
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature picked a state fish. It wasn’t the much-hyped tournament fish, the largemouth bass; it wasn’t any one of the glamorous snapper species; it wasn’t even the beloved speckled trout.[…]
I’m sure everyone knows how to set a trotline, but there could be some easy tricks you’re missing out on that will put more fish in the boat. I’ve been setting trotlines all my life but, through the years, my methods have improved immensely through trial and error.[…]
George Dupuy flipped his rod tossing out a double drop-rig with a couple of nightcrawlers impaled to a pair of 1/0 hooks.[…]
The gals gasped and giggled as Doc and Trisha’s Mediterranean cruise pictures flashed on the screen. And on his new mega-screen TV at his Bourbon Street bungalow, they were indeed impressive — especially the one of Trisha “wade-fishing” in Rome’s Trevi fountain.[…]
There are some things that are hard to admit. There are also other things you may never live down.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents today (April 8) are actively searching for a missing Vacherie man in Lac des Allemands in St. John the Baptist Parish, the agency reported.
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Real fishing heroes aren’t made at the Bassmasters Classic or the FLW Championship. Real fishing heroes are made on ponds, lakes and creeks all across the United States every day as parents and grandparents take a kid on their first fishing trip.[…]
Sgt. Duane Taylor sat in the chilly morning air listening to volleys of shotgun blasts in the greentree reservoir on Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area.[…]
The ice on the surface of the water of Wesley Miller’s minnow bucket wasn’t exactly a harbinger of things to come, but it was a sign of just how cold it was at the start of our fishing trip.[…]
Three public hearings are scheduled next week to provide the public opportunities to comment on the proposed fishing regulations changes on Toledo Bend, Caddo Lake and the Sabine River between the Toledo Bend Dam and Interstate 10.[…]
With the weather warming up, Lake Verret is a great option for a day on the water. Water conditions aren’t optimal, with murkiness being the rule right now, but that hasn’t stopped the bass and bream bite, LouisianaSportsman.com’s Andy Crawford discovered yesterday (March 25)[…]
Have you ever seen those guys on TV trying to catch a bedding bass during some big-money tournament? Man, they have it made.[…]
It was a little tough getting a minnow out of Wesley Miller’s minnow bucket this past weekend. A layer of ice had formed on the water’s surface the night before because of the subfreezing temperature, but to hear Miller explain it, the white perch bite best in Bayou Dorcheat when it’s cold.[…]
If you look at Louisiana’s state records, you’ll find that anglers catch most of the big shellcrackers (chinquapin) in Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]