Field Notes
January’s bull reds are prime for flies
Louisiana is a flourishing fly fishing locale for redfish, especially during the winter when the bull reds push into the interior marshes.[…]
Fishing
Fishing Hotspots
Great Wall is great winter fishing spot
The Great Wall has helped the waters around MRGO fill back up with speckled trout and redfish, especially in winter.[…]
Bass Fishing
Species spotlight: Striped bass
Striped bass are targeted by thousands and thousands of anglers. They are not in the same family as largemouth or smallmouth bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lure Review: Bayou Bug 2.0
One of the soft-plastic lures that launched Cajun Lures six years ago has a new look. Bayou Bug 2.0 has arrived, and it is catching bass.[…]
Catfish
Two catfish eat family of ducks
Nick Price has cleaned plenty of catfish in his life, but none of that prepared him for what he found cleaning two of his Dec. 12 catches.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass pro Miller loves V&M Flatline jig in winter
V&M Pacemaker Flatline jig is bass pro and Toledo Bend fishing guide Colby Miller’s top choice for January bass fishing.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass pro Hunter Freeman’s go-to January bait
A jig from Bryant’s Custom Jigs has been Hunter Freeman’s go-to bait from his collegiate fishing days to his current spot on the FLW Pro Tour.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Wahoo, tuna are Venice’s offshore targets
According to Katie Duplass, January is when the offshore pivots towards migrating pelagic fish such as wahoo and larger yellowfin tuna.[…]
Fishing
Top 10 stories of 2020
We researched the archives of LouisianaSportsman.com and came up with the 10 best-read stories of the year.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Get ready to target Sabine Lake’s gator specks
How to fish for gator speckled trout around the mouth of the Gator Hole at the southeast corner of Sabine Lake.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Southern Flounder
The southern flounder is a flat, oval-shaped fish and it is the biggest of the flounder species found throughout the Atlantic and Gulf.[…]
Bass Fishing
Rattling Jig is Delta Lures’ real bass-buster
Bass tournament partners Fred King and Ray LaBorde were intent on filling a niche in the market with the Delta Lures’ Rattling Jig.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cold-weather bass fall to Swiminator
Louisiana bass pro Nick LeBrun of Bossier City loves Georgia company’s Swiminators for bass when December arrives.[…]
Features
How to keep up with “travelling trout” in January
Louisiana speckled trout will be in one of two places this month, depending on the weather. Here’s how to keep up with them.[…]
Fishing
Gorilla Gloves fill sportsmen’s bill
Gorilla-tough gloves can save sportsmen’s hands when handling fish. Here are four different offerings from Gorilla Gloves.[…]
Fishing
Shimano Saragosa: a big reel for big fish
Shimano’s Saragosa series of spinning reels has added two sizes and now offers anglers fishing for big fish with eight different reels.[…]