Bass Fishing
False Focus: False River provides some great bass fishing, if you understand the keys to success
Just at the edge of the shadow cast by Baton Rouge lies one of the most underestimated lakes in the entire state of Louisiana.[…]
Fishing
Bass Rant
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic revisted: One competitor’s story
By now everyone has heard what went down on the bayous around New Orleans, and that Kevin Van Dam tried his best to exploit the waters, showing everyone what we have to protect in the future. […]
Breaking News
Bonnet Carre spillway opened
Mississippi River water began flowing through the Bonnet Carre spillway this morning (May 9) after the Army Corps of Engineers opened a portion of the control structure to relieve pressure on the levees protecting New Orleans, according to the Associated Press.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Kennedy takes Georgia Elite Series win, Hackney finishes 48th
Steve Kennedy had been counting down the months ever since the 2011 Georgia Elite Series location was announced as West Point Lake more than a year ago.[…]
News Breaker
Jindal raid on artificial reef fund not devastating, LDWF officials say
LDWF officials have said they would not oppose the move by Gov. Bobby Jindal to nearly empty the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries fund dedicated to building artificial reefs.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Trout Photo Contest launches
Warming temperatures mean lunker trout will be making appearances along the Louisiana coast, and there’s no better way to brag about catching a big sow than to enter photos in the LouisianaSportsman.com Big Trout Photo Contest.[…]
Bass Fishing
River Rat Rules: Tactics to catch more bass from Louisiana’s rivers
During the early 1990s, it didn’t take much effort to stroke my ego by pitching a black/blue ringer worm to the many laydowns in the Ouachita River.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Tuna Town: Head out of Cocodrie for some first-class tuna fishing
Every school has its legends.
In the hallowed halls of Metairie’s Ridgewood Prep, deep in the dusty corners of painted hallways, amidst the clanging of slammed locker doors, the faint echo of one name still resonates.[…]
Apex Predator
Trotline tactics to fill the freezer with catfish
I’m sure everyone knows how to set a trotline, but there could be some easy tricks you’re missing out on that will put more fish in the boat. I’ve been setting trotlines all my life but, through the years, my methods have improved immensely through trial and error.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Barataria Bay hotspots in sight for summer
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge for Barataria Bay lists El Cid (Hotel Sid) as position No. BAT 29 at a position for the platform at or about N29 19.867’ x W89 58.163’.[…]
Columns
Lunkers at Larto Lake in May
Larto Lake, located south of Vidalia in Catahoula Parish, is an old Mississippi oxbow lake. I like to fish here because I can stay at the Honey Brake Lodge near Jonesville, one of the best duck-hunting spots in the nation.[…]
Columns
Enjoy a cool, refreshing drink of redfish
A beverage company in New York has just come out with “MeatWater.” It’s for those who prefer their bottled water have a taste of poached salmon, Peking duck, Tandoori chicken or even German sauerbraten.[…]
Columns
River Worm is just like the real thing
Just in time for the bream fishing bonanza in Louisiana, which my wife June and I love to indulge in along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee’s borrow pits in May, comes a package of soft-plastic earthworms from Lunkerhunt.[…]
Currents
Senator pushes for ethanol sanity
Boaters, you have a friend in Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Delacroix trout action picks up
It looks like speckled trout fishing is picking up in Delacroix, with flocks of birds pointing the way for anglers. LouisianaSportsman.com regular “Holy Mackerel” filled his ice chests with monster trout while chasing birds over the weekend.[…]
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Spawning Specks
The winter was long and hard. The images of decoying ducks and rutting bucks had long since passed, and thoughts of warm spring days on the open coast and large yellow mouths were only promises until today.[…]