Louisiana Sportsman

August 29, 2026

Follow falling water to great bream fishing

September 6, 2019 John Flores

According to Chris Black, owner of Bayside Tackle in Pierre Part, the Atchafalaya and Lake Verret water levels are finally falling, and bream are biting.[…]

Guide Eric Olsen said he does plenty of moving while hunting for September specks out of Shell Beach.

A September speckled trout strategy for Shell Beach

September 5, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Eric Olsen of Saltwater Therapy Charters pounds the waters out of Shell Beach every day in pursuit of the speckled trout.[…]

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet smiles as he holds a bass he caught on a double-bladed Santone spinnerbait in the Atchafalaya Basin.

Meet Cajun Baby’s favorite bass lures

September 4, 2019 Don Shoopman

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet plans to catch and release plenty of bass when he gets the opportunity to fish the Atchafalaya Basin with these lures.[…]

Tossing reds over the gunwale in Lake Borgne

September 4, 2019 Chas Champagne

Chas Champagne and his wife headed out across a rough Lake Pontchartrain and ended up in a slick calm Lake Borgne to sight fish for redfish.[…]

RTB kayak anglers gather at Wake Side marina for last minute preparations before the shotgun start of the tournament.

Kevin Schexnaider is champion of Ride the Bull 10

September 3, 2019 Chris Holmes

The Ride the Bull 10 Champion was Kevin Schexnaider of Erath. He caught his 26.8-pound bull just a few minutes after the tournament began.[…]

Guide Justin Bowles said redfish of all sizes have been biting this summer in Biloxi Marsh, and there’s no sign of a change coming.

Biloxi marsh redfish have never quit biting, guide says

August 30, 2019 Joel Masson

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin has had quite a unique year, but that’s fine with Capt. Justin Bowles, who targets September redfish in the Biloxi Marsh.[…]

On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Louisiana wildlife and fisheries commission will receive a presentation on a recently finalized stock assessment regarding speckled trout. A previous preliminary stock assessment draft indicated speckled trout stocks were overfished, and that recreational landings were at their lowest level when compared to earlier years. (Photo by Chris Berzas)

Commission to receive finalized speckled trout stock assessment Sept. 5

August 30, 2019 Chris Berzas

A presentation on the speckled trout stock assessment is to be discussed at the Sept. 5 meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries commission.[…]

Trout limit changes for the Texas side of Sabine Lake

August 30, 2019 From News Reports

Anglers fishing in all of Texas coastal waters, including the Texas side of Sabine Lake, now have a 5 trout daily limit and a 15-inch minimum length limit.[…]

Crappie bite is exploding in Atchafalaya Basin

August 28, 2019 Anthony Taylor

Anglers are destroying the crappie on the spillway side of the Atchafalaya Basin right now according to pro crappie angler Bradley Felder and Clyde Folse.[…]

Scott Eastman of Lake Charles reeled in this 11.48-pounder with a Texas-rigged, black-emerald Zoom Ol’ Monster worm on July 21 at 4:30 a.m. during a night-fishing tournament.

Night-time bass bonanza explodes at Toledo Bend

August 26, 2019 Patrick Bonin

The thermometer indicated it was a blistering hot July in Louisiana — but some big bass apparently felt like it was still springtime up at Toledo Bend.[…]

A speck-tacular day

August 26, 2019 louisianasportsman

Graydon Hall, his dad Mike Hall and grandpa Rudy Hall won first place in the Faux Pas Invitational 5 trout stringer category using Matrix Shad baits.[…]

Getting the wily sheepshead to eat a fly is a difficult challenge, thus earning it's nickname "Cajun Permit."

When it comes to goats, this fly is the G.O.A.T.

August 26, 2019 Catch Cormier

Catch Cormier has caught sheepshead while fly fishing on a wide variety of flies. But by far, the largest number have come on Charlies.[…]

Tripp Staples with nice snapper he caught fishing out of Cypremort Point.

Recreational red snapper season to close after Labor Day

August 23, 2019 From News Reports

LDWF Secretary Jack Montoucet signed a declaration to add Labor Day to the current recreational red snapper season and to close the season Sept. 3.[…]

Capt. Davey Miles with Cajun Fishing Adventures shows off a nice redfish just minutes before a bad storm forced him to leave Breton Island last Friday. The good news is the Mississippi River has finally fallen to more normal late-summer levels, which should mean solid fishing this fall downriver.

Plummeting Mississippi River setting up for solid fall fishing

August 22, 2019 Patrick Bonin

According to Capt. Davey Miles, a guide with Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras, the plummeting Mississippi River is bringing in more bait and more fish.[…]

Boats like this one near Pilottown have been running aground on newly formed sandbars that were created when the Mississippi River reached near record-breaking highs earlier this spring and summer. As the river drops, anglers are urged to use caution because of sediment and obstacles deposited during the high-water conditions. (Photo by Sea Tow Westbank)

Mississippi River finally drops — but anglers urged to use caution

August 21, 2019 Patrick Bonin

After months and months of high water, the Mississippi River has finally dropped. That means fishing downriver in spots like Empire, Buras and Venice.[…]

The author's son with a bass and redfish from Delacroix.

West Delacroix bounty

August 19, 2019 John Smith

John Smith and his family made a run to Delacroix on Saturday, Aug. 10. They caught 10-15 reds and bass, as well as several perch and a flounder.[…]