High winds didn’t keep LouisianaSportsman.com user Chris Ducote and his family off the waters this weekend, and they were rewarded with a plenty of met for the freezer.[…]
It’s often hard for anglers to believe the fishing reports they hear coming from Lake Pontchartrain. The problem is that their eyes rarely see what their ears hear.[…]
Artie’s bellows in the den brought Eddie and Brenda rushing in from the back deck.“What on earth?!” Brenda gasped while stretching over Eddie’s shoulder for a look.[…]
I knew it was going to be a good day on the water even before I left home. For one thing, we’d fallen into a pattern of persistent, blustery winds that were like Dracula — they wouldn’t die.[…]
Louisiana anglers were chomping at the bit for trout season to kick off last spring, and they weren’t disappointed as warming weather led to quick limits all across the coast.[…]
Silver-haired and tanned, Dr. Bob Weiss spoke with an authoritative air, like he was used to being obeyed.[…]
The Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club held its 8th Annual Paddle Palooza kayak fishing tournament Saturday (March 26) out of Bobby Lynn’s Marina in Leeville, and it turned into a record event.
While tournament organizers planned for a large crowd, no one predicted the whopping 176 participants that made Paddle Palooza 8 the largest kayak fishing tournament in Louisiana history. […]
After being told by a saltwater fishing guide that he would rate the fishing right now as about a three, I wasn’t too sure what to expect this past weekend as I headed toward Cocodrie to fish with LouisianaSportsman.com user Scott Walker.[…]
A boater was found Thursday (March 17) on the edge of a canal near Golden Meadow after his boat apparently sank, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.[…]
Big Lake for years was off limits to wholesale oyster harvest, with tongs being the only legal means of taking the succulent muscles from the lake. And that meant there were abundant reefs around which trophy trout lounged.[…]
Rising gas prices have many Louisiana sportsmen looking for alternative ways of getting after their favorite game fish. For Lafayette Kayak Fishing Club member Greg Sonnier, that means grabbing his Hobie kayak out of the garage and tying it to the top of his SUV for a spontaneous trip to Calcasieu Lake.[…]
One of the worst kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana is that the bridges across Lake Pontchartrain have turned on early this year.[…]
Capt. Rory Rorison says he copes with the fickleness of March by specifically targeting “reds and heads” in Breton Sound and Black Bay.[…]
It looks like inshore fishing for speckled trout is starting to pick up all across coastal Louisiana. Within the last few days, I’ve heard several good reports coming from the waders at Lake Calcasieu, the cork jerkers at Lake Mechant and the jig bouncers at the Lake Pontchartrain Train Trestle. However, the report that most interested me was from the trollers on the Causeway.[…]
For many Louisiana sportsmen, February is the most dreaded month of the year. Duck and deer seasons are over, and the Mrs. is looking to cash in on those long-promised honey-dos.[…]
Tuesday morning dawned overcast, and it was just too much of a temptation to resist. By mid morning, I was on one of Delacroix’s lakes hearing the sweet “knock, knock, knock” of a Top Dog zig zagging toward the boat.[…]