Louisiana Sportsman

August 29, 2026

Try throwing big suspending baits such as Corky’s and Mirrodines for big fish near the bank.

Turner’s Bay reef is hot spot on Big Lake

February 19, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Nick Poe didn’t hesitate when asked about a wintertime speckled trout location on Big Lake within a short ride of the boat launch.[…]

Record fly-rod redfish?

February 18, 2019 louisianasportsman

On Super Bowl Sunday, Phillip “Flip” Frank of New Orleans braved the fog with Capt. Rich Waldner to catch a red that weighed 45 pounds and easily tops the current Louisiana and world records for fly-rod reds.[…]

Mike “Pickle” Fontenot of Ville Platte holds one of the hawgs he has caught fishing Chicot Lake.

It’s hammer time on Chicot Lake

February 17, 2019 Don Shoopman

Chicot Lake’s bass — big and bigger — are ripe for the picking when the second month of the year rolls around.[…]

How to use jerkbaits to catch monster specks

February 15, 2019 Jon Miller

If you want to increase the size of the speckled trout you catch — while also increasing your chances of catching a trophy — consider fishing jerkbaits.[…]

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects.

New dynamics kick in at Caney Lake

February 14, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Chunky largemouth bass like these are why Jeff Glover is high on Caney Lake’s February bass prospects. […]

Cheniere Lake was basically emptied when flooding in 2016 washed away the bridge and spillway that impounded the 3,600-acre lake.

State pledges to help repair, fill Cheniere Lake

February 13, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Cheniere Lake was basically emptied when flooding in 2016 washed away the bridge and spillway that impounded the 3,600-acre lake.[…]

DockSide TV “Operation Panfish”

February 13, 2019 louisianasportsman

The folks at DockSide TV have made the transition to crappie fishing. It’s one of their favorite things to do for many reasons.[…]

Hunter Anderson shows us the reason we should always carry a fishing rod in our trucks. (Photo courtesy of Hunter Anderson)

20-pound goldfish caught by Kentucky angler

February 13, 2019 From News Reports

Do you always keep a fishing rod in your car or truck? Hunter Anderson does, and it paid off when he visited a private pond and caught a 20-pound goldfish in Kentucky.[…]

Lane Martin of Paulina and his two sons, Hunter and Jace, caught a whopping 30.59-pound best-five fish stringer on Toledo Bend.

Toledo Bend grass update

February 12, 2019 Don Shoopman

Bass fishing at Toledo Bend is finally making a comeback after the record flood of 2016.[…]

Jim Miers of DeRidder weighed in this 10.96-pounder, the 20th fish entered in the 2018-19 Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program season, on Feb. 4. The big bass bit a Zoom lizard in sprayed grass color on a treetop in the Mill Creek area.

DeRidder angler finally lands elusive Toledo Bend lunker

February 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Jim Miers of DeRidder weighed in this 10.96-pounder, the 20th fish entered in the 2018-19 Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program season, on Feb. 4.[…]

Tyler Hatrel, right, and Keaton Biggs pose with a nice wahoo they reeled in earlier this year while trolling shaky baits south of Fourchon.

Wahoo bite on fire out of Fourchon

February 12, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Tyler Hatrel and his buddies have been mopping up on wahoo out of Fourchon.[…]

Sonny Brignac caught this speckled trout fishing a very foggy February day with Lacoste. Shrimp Creole Matrix Shad under a cork was the top producer on that day.

Guide reveals fishing was brutal on Lake Mechant in February — brutal for the fish that is!

February 12, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Here are 4 rules Capt. Marty Lacoste with Absolute Fishing Charters follows to put his customers on huge schools of speckled trout in March and April.[…]

In addition to good numbers, Saline-Larto is producing more and more big crappie like these.

Saline-Larto is a crappie hotspot

February 12, 2019 Kinny Haddox

In addition to good numbers, Saline-Larto is producing more and more big crappie.[…]

Pirogue angler lands 11-pound Toledo Bend monster

February 11, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Jared Sattler, of Greenwood, reeled in a 11.41-pound bass on the north end of Toledo Bend. […]

Author Joel Masson shows off a sac-a-lait he caught from a cut off the Tchefuncte last spring.

Find this pattern for Tchefuncte River sac-a-lait

February 11, 2019 Joel Masson

There’s no better tasting fish than sac-a-lait, and this month, the Tchefuncte River is typically full of them.[…]

Delacroix redfish bite heats up

February 8, 2019 louisianasportsman

Capt. Randall Shaw of Louisiana Fishing Charters caught plenty of redfish during the warm week of Feb. 7. […]