Louisiana Sportsman

Doctor’s Orders — Fall speckled trout and redfish hotspots mapped out

November 1, 2013 Rusty Tardo

You’ve heard of situations described as “win-win-win.” How about one that’s “Win-Wynn-when?”[…]

Triple Play — Trout fishing tips for Lake Charles, Prien Lake and Moss Lake

November 1, 2013 Chris Berzas

There’s a lot going on in Lake Charles in November and December besides refining oil and moving liquefied natural gas.[…]

Clovelly two-step — Speckled trout fishing gets hot at Lafitte’s Clovelly

November 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

I couldn’t figure out why my son wasn’t making a cast.

It was obvious where the fish were. The gulls dive bombing nervous shrimp was a dead give-away.[…]

Theophile’s Flying Circus — Seaplane offers easy fishing access to barrier islands

November 1, 2013 Rusty Tardo

Did you ever go to the circus when you were a kid? There really wasn’t anything else quite like it.[…]

Lane snappers are candy

November 1, 2013 Jerald Horst

If red and mangrove snappers are the meat and potatoes of the snapper fishing world, then lane snappers are the dessert. Maybe that’s why one of their common names is candy snappers, although it’s probably because they are striped, like a candy cane. […]

Trout move into West Bay diversion

October 31, 2013 Andy Crawford

The cut in the west bank of the Mississippi River known as the West Bay Freshwater Diversion was packed with boats when we passed it Sunday morning, so it wasn’t a surprise that even on a Tuesday there would be several boats already anchored up with Jason Hall eased off the throttle and eased his bay boat into the slot.[…]

Vitter gets NOAA agreement to update policies for Gulf of Mexico fisheries

October 31, 2013 From News Reports

Earlier this week, U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) announced the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agreed to develop guidelines to review allocation quotas, and also fill its leadership role in potentially increasing the recreational quota for red snapper.[…]

Redfish in the roseaus

October 30, 2013 Patrick Bonin

As angler Hal Schramm surveyed the roseau cane blowing gently in the breeze along the outer edges of Blind Bay Monday morning, he started fishing – but not just for bull reds lurking near the banks.[…]

Texas pair wins 2013 IFA Redfish Tour Championship in Houma

October 30, 2013 From News Reports

After two days of fishing, one-hundredth of a pound was all that separated first- and second-place at the Inshore Fishing Association’s Redfish Tour Championship in Houma last weekend.[…]

Bull reds swarming Southwest Pass

October 29, 2013 Andy Crawford

A run yesterday across a sloppy Gulf of Mexico from Tiger Pass to Southwest Pass was rewarded with beautiful, clear water. Eddie Permenter, Glenn Young and I — who were in Venice for the annual Marsh Madness media trip — quickly had lines in the water with expectations of quick bites.[…]