Louisiana Sportsman

August 29, 2026

Kayak angler lands abnormal catfish

March 20, 2020 Chris Holmes

Robyn Bordelon catches a lot of catfish from her kayak, but this one was special. The rare fish was caught in the Mississippi River in south Louisiana.[…]

With a 10-fish creel limit and no size restrictions in most state waters, bass are popular in Louisiana as both a gamefish and for taking a few home for dinner. However, some areas have lower creel limits as well as minimum/maximum lengths and/or protected slot limits. Check LDWF regulations for specific area regulations.

Chase bass in plastic boats

March 20, 2020 Chris Holmes

With bass available in almost all areas of Louisiana except the extreme coastal regions, kayak anglers are finding unlimited areas to fish.[…]

Crappie 102: Single-pole techniques

March 19, 2020 Phillip Gentry

Single-pole techniques can put plenty of sac-a-lait in your cooler if you understand how to get your baits in the right places or to the right depths.[…]

Persistence and patience both had a role in the author landing this huge Texas trout on a terrible weather day.

Never give up! that big speck won’t

March 19, 2020 Chris Bush

More often than not, patience in letting a bite develop or changing techniques to target certain parts of the water column, has directly led to success.[…]

Good signs for Grand Isle trout anglers

March 18, 2020 Alicia LaFont

Tommy Vidrine caught some great speckled trout in Grand Isle at the Caminada jetties on March 17. It’s starting to look like the spring time.[…]

A bass estimated between 81/2 and 9 pounds made Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe. The New Iberia angler was flippin’ a junebug Zoom Baby Brush hogs in and around brush when the brute bit.

Fausse Pointe produces another big bass

March 17, 2020 Don Shoopman

A big bass made New Iberia’s Jarrod Derouen’s day when he caught it on March 7 in a borrow pit in Lake Fausse Pointe while fishing with Troy Laviolette.[…]

DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper displays his Toledo Bend lunker weighing 10.92 pounds taken Feb. 28 on a ¾-ounce, black/blue Santone Football jig with a black/blue Zoom Speed Craw in the Indian Creek area.

Two more lunkers over 10 taken at Toledo Bend

March 17, 2020 Chris Berzas

Toledo Bend continued to deliver double-digit lunkers in late February. DeRidder’s Jonathan Harper and Denni Fetting of Leesville both caught big bass.[…]

Dayton Trichel of Provencal caught this huge Toledo Bend 11.16-pounder on a hard jerkbait fishing just south of Big Bass Marina Feb. 22.

Toledo Bend delivers two double-digit lunkers in late February

March 17, 2020 Chris Berzas

Read the stories of two anglers who succeeded in catching the largest bass of their lifetime at Toledo Bend in February, which is the second-best month.[…]

Keagan Trahan has already claimed $1,500 in cash for catching a 2020 BassCashBash tagged fish on Toledo Bend last month.

BassCashBash offers cash to lucky entrants

March 16, 2020 Kinny Haddox

The BassCashBash began in 2015 on Toledo Bend and has expanded the program to seven different lakes. Prizes include $1,000 for each tagged fish caught.[…]

The 48 from Missile Baits zeroes in on bass

March 12, 2020 Don Shoopman

If bass pro Derek Hudnall of Baton Rouge had just one artificial lure to use during March, it would be the Missile Bait 48.[…]

Easy living crappie fishing

March 12, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Long-lining sounds complicated, but it’s an easy and effective technique to leisurely catch spring crappie across Louisiana.[…]

Take crappie to the bank in Black Lake

March 12, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Big old slab crappie up in the shallows are what makes Black Lake “hot” this time of year. Here’s some fishing advice from long-time guide Charlie King.[…]

Dan Langston shows off this 3.25 pound crappie.

Giant D’Arbonne crappie make anglers Slab Happy!

March 12, 2020 Kinny Haddox

The competitors in the Louisiana State Championship Crappie Masters tournament on Lake D’Arbonne Feb. 28 and Feb. 29 weighed in some incredible fish.[…]

Caleb Sumrall to conduct seminars at Louisiana Sportsman Show

March 11, 2020 louisianasportsman

Xpress Boats, Bassmaster Elite Angler Caleb Sumrall is attending the Louisiana Sportsman Show in Gonzales, La., on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14.[…]

New Matrix XShad battles trout in Chalmette

March 11, 2020 Chas Champagne

Chas Champagne breaks out the new Matrix XShad in Chalmette and shows how it catches trout after trout on this episode of Dockside TV.[…]

Jason Fails holds his nearly 12 pound win-win-win lunker largemouth as partner and net man David Gordon looks on.

Indian Creek Lake lunker leads to win all around

March 10, 2020 Kinny Haddox

Jason Fails and his fishing partner David Gordon fished the Ashley Vidrine Benefit tournament on Indian Creek Lake where Fails hooked a lunker largemouth.[…]