While deer hunting out of a tree stand last year, I learned the productivity for pondering the deep mysteries of life when you’re high above the earth, close to God and free to meditate away from ringing telephones, loud music and people with nothing to do but interrupt your work.[…]
I hope it’s going to be cold, with a good stiff wind blowing from the northwest,” Papa Joe Bush said, about the fishing trip I planned. […]
The Turtle Bayou canal was pretty much devoid of structure, with the only change in the water coming from occasional clusters of grass and even more infrequent willow trees blown down during Hurricane Rita’s fury.[…]
Hello, and welcome to all the readers of Louisiana Sportsman magazine. For those of you who don’t know me, I was first christened with the name “The Boat Doctor” way back in 1983 when I was a guest on the WWL outdoors radio program.[…]
Thanks to coastal restoration efforts, Lafitte anglers have a new hotspot.[…]
January 21st wasn’t supposed to be a day fit for man nor beast according to the local weather forecasters. The predicted squall line made more than a few anglers decide to stay on the dock rather than risk the weather.[…]
It’s pretty easy to forget about the offshore fish willing to bite and put up a fight with all the excellent inshore fishing that so many are experiencing this winter.[…]
A year ago, Louisiana Sportsman joined forces with GeauxFish TV to bring you the very best the magazine has to offer through the cable connection in the back of your television.[…]
All the limits of speckled trout reportedly coming from south Louisiana’s bays and bayous has caused the fishing report boards to buzz lately with postings from anglers that think the trout limit should be reduced and with those believing things are all right just as they are.[…]
Captain Greg Schlumbrecht of To Fish Charters
(985-960-1709 or www.tofishcharters.com) moved to Tampa, Florida immediately after Hurricane Katrina due to initial reports that Lake Pontchartrain would quickly become a steaming cauldron of sludge stew.[…]
It’s been a banner year in the Louisiana outdoors this fall and winter. That great action will continue this month.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I purchased a handheld Garmin GPS III quite a few years back.[…]
According to a recent article in USA Today, for the first time in many years, the number of fishing licenses sold in America is back on the rise.[…]
The ride through St. Bernard Parish is still depressing, even all these months after the hurricane did its damage. My heart aches every time I drive through.[…]
It was just another day at Leeville, at least according to guide Chad Billiot. “The wind is always blowing down here,” Billiot said. “The wind today at least allows me to use the trolling motor.[…]
The first water temperature sensor I saw in a tackle shop was a weighted thermometer on a string that came with a list of fish species and the temperature that each species considered ideal.[…]