Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents found the body of a missing man in the Vermilion River in Lafayette at 10:15 a.m. on March 10.[…]
Second-year pro angler Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part was barely more than 7 pounds out of the lead going into the second day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series opener being held on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes.
Crochet weighed in 13 pound, 5 ounces yesterday (March 10).[…]
One of the worst kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana is that the bridges across Lake Pontchartrain have turned on early this year.[…]
Kyle Lawrence, who goes by the screen name of Flat Guy, won the February edition of the LouisianaSportsman.com Big Bass Contest, and will receive a $15 gift coupon to the online Sportsman Outdoor store.[…]
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are surveying saltwater anglers across the Gulf of Mexico to update and improve estimates of the overall economic contributions of saltwater recreational fishing to the Gulf and U.S. economy.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising all visitors to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that Price Lake Road, a primary access point for public outdoor recreation on the western end of the refuge, will be closed until March 12 due to work needed on the road bed.[…]
Have you ever seen those guys on TV trying to catch a bedding bass during some big-money tournament? Man, they have it made.[…]
Bass fishermen are fond of referring to “timing” as a key piece of a puzzle when breaking down a potential winning pattern. It also becomes a wonderful excuse when you don’t catch them.[…]
Lake D’Arbonne, located a little northwest of Monroe, is a productive place to catch really big bass this month, although the lake yields nice bass year-round.[…]
The new series of Square Lip shallow-running crankbaits from XCalibur cast like a bullet and bounce off cover like a champ, looking just like a dazed and confused baitfish.[…]
Louisiana Sportsman magazine has been working on a two-part series that will begin in the April issue on the safety of our state’s seafood.[…]
Some aspiring bass anglers from around Paulina graduated together in the late 1980s. They started making a yearly run to Toledo Bend, while trying to get noticed enough to be accepted into the biggest local club there was at the time, Road Runner Fishing Club.[…]
On May 31, 2004, Thomas Edward Prickett retired from the prestigious job of Chief of the Wildlife Division of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Capt. Rory Rorison says he copes with the fickleness of March by specifically targeting “reds and heads” in Breton Sound and Black Bay.[…]
It was late February. The day was a beautiful blue respite from the drizzly overcast weather of the week before. The 70-year-old man across the table from me had the creased, tanned skin of an outdoorsman.[…]
Perhaps it’s the pure enjoyment of a long boat ride. Maybe it’s the pioneering spirit to explore that drives us. Or maybe it’s trying to find a honeyhole a friend pointed out on a map.[…]