Louisiana Sportsman

August 29, 2026

Redfish

Prime time sight fishing for redfish

September 18, 2019 Chas Champagne

Chas Champagne does some sight fishing for redfish off the ICW, Pearl River, and Chef Pass areas with the Matrix Craw on the latest Dockside TV episode.[…]

Late summer slabs like this are great for fun and filets, but also helped Matthews and Elrod claim some cash in the recent ACT crappie tournament on the river.

Hot crappie, hot action on the Ouachita River

September 17, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The hot weather has led to some hot crappie fishing on the Ouachita River. Patrick Matthews and Tim Elrod fish the river almost every day this time of year.[…]

Steve Savoy uses his trusty pirogue to silently get up close to bass hanging tight to tree-covered shorelines. Tossing unweighted, weedless jerk baits, provides heart-stopping, in your face action.

Jerkbaits are great weapons for kayak anglers

September 16, 2019 Chris Holmes

On a recent trip to a freshwater lake, Steve Savoye showed a technique he uses to get up close and personal hunting bass in his trusty pirogue.[…]

Calcasieu’s yellowmouths fat, sassy

September 16, 2019 Chris Berzas

Moving out of the depths of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in September, large speckled trout will be in a feeding mood before colder waters appear in December.[…]

Fish Lab Bio Minnow

September 16, 2019 louisianasportsman

The Fish Lab Bio Minnow is a weedless swimbait with an action-producing tail and is great for skipping under docks or low-hanging tree limbs along banks.[…]

Plano Edge Tackle Storage

September 16, 2019 louisianasportsman

Plano Molding Systems has recently debuted a set of 10 different storage boxes that provide everything a fisherman could want in tackle storage.[…]

An angler shows a speckled trout hooked and landed on a Pencil Popper.

Pencil Poppers

September 13, 2019 Don Shoopman

This fisherman has been smiling ever since Cotton Cordell Lures downsized one of his favorite artificial lures for speckled trout: the Pencil Popper.[…]

Going to school: Toledo Bend’s topwater fishing is tops

September 13, 2019 John Dean

Here are some ways to catch bass and beat the late-summer doldrums on Toledo Bend. Schooling action is at its peak in September.[…]

Greg Hackney holds up a bass for the TV camera in a Major League Fishing event. (Photo courtesy Major League Fishing)

Louisiana anglers are chasing the pro bass dream

September 13, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Anglers from the Sportsman’s Paradise can hang with anyone, but they’re only beginning to make a big impact on national tournament trails.[…]

Tropical storms and hurricanes usually improve Gulf Coast fishing because of the influx of water with high salinity levels.

Louisiana’s tropical storm trade-off is great fishing

September 12, 2019 Todd Masson

Storms and hurricanes that go somewhere else along the Gulf Coast do a whole lot of good for the fishing in south Louisiana.[…]

David Herard, 7, shows off the West Division’s winning sheepshead, which tipped the certified scales at Hackberry Fishing Camp and Marina at 5.75 pounds. For his catch, Herard is set to receive a $1,500 Academy Sports & Outdoor gift card at the CCA awards banquet on Oct. 17 in Baton Rouge. (Photo courtesy of CCA Louisiana)

2019 STAR: ‘The year for youth’

September 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Young anglers figured prominently on the final leaderboard in many categories for the 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament.[…]

This year, we've thrown a few nice specks in the mix on every trip. These were caught on our last trip on August 21.

World’s largest artificial reef lies just off the Louisiana coast

September 12, 2019 Ann Taylor

Speckled trout, mangrove snapper, redfish, and cobia flock to this rig graveyard, located only 6 miles south of Barataria Pass.[…]

One advantage of rigging a soft-plastic jerkbait with a nose hook? Most fish are hooked solidly in the corner of the jaw.

Nose-hooked soft jerkbaits

September 12, 2019 Chris Bush

Try nose-rigged soft-plastic jerkbaits when speckled trout aren’t responding to traditional offerings. It can be the difference between success and failure.[…]

Brett Preuett landed this whopping 8-pound + lunker on a recent “day off” from his fishing job on Caney.

Time to spoon feed Caney Lake lunkers

September 10, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Anglers like FLW pro Tyler Stewart and BASS pro Brett Preuett turn their attention to nearby Caney Lake near Jonesboro when they have time to fish for fun.[…]

This red snapper was caught by Missy Statum of Moss Bluff while fishing live bait.

Red snapper season closes with possible allowable catch remaining

September 9, 2019 Chris Berzas

The recreational red snapper season closed on Sept. 6. The Lafayette commissioner suggests secretary reopen red snapper season if available fish remain.[…]

Commission hears speckled trout stocks in trouble

September 6, 2019 Chris Berzas

The LWFC heard plenty of options from biologists involving speckled trout at its Sept. 5 meeting, but no changes in fishing regulations have been set yet.[…]