At the peak of yesterday’s historic high-water event at Toledo Bend Reservoir, long-time guide Jerry Thompson estimated the water level around mid-lake hit 175 feet.[…]
Anglers used to driving on Elmer’s Island to partake in surf fishing for speckled trout later in the spring better be prepared to walk — access to the east side of the island will be restricted while active construction continues on the Caminada Headland Beach and Dune Restoration Project.[…]
Guide Joe Joslin has been fishing on the Toledo Bend reservoir for almost 40 years, but he’s never seen anything like the flooding the lake has experienced this week. […]
In the middle of last summer on Grand Isle — amidst the ongoing speckled trout bite, multiple fishing rodeos and daily boatloads of anglers crossing the bridge over Caminada Pass onto Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island — three unseen visitors stealthily paid a visit to the beach in the middle of the night. […]
A Baton Rouge angler fought a heavy chop March 5 while fishing East Timbalier Island, but it was worth the effort because the speckled trout were eager to slurp up his bait, according to one web report.[…]
The Sportsman Discount Zone is back for the 2016 Louisiana Sportsman Show, and you won’t want to miss out on all the deals on its wide array of hunting and fishing gear.[…]
The state’s turkey season cranks up later this month, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging hunters to validate their tags within seven days after harvest by holding an end-of-season drawing for prizes, including a Mossberg Model 535 Triple Play 12-gauge shotgun.[…]
The last time Robbie Freeling visited the lagoons in New Orleans City Park — on March 15, 2015 — he caught a nice 8.3-pound bass that’s now hanging on his wall in Baton Rouge.[…]
Many bass anglers readily admit that catching a bedded bass can be a struggle.[…]
This time of year, even anglers who don’t regularly target sac-a-lait break out the light line and poles. Covington’s Jeff Bruhl did that Monday evening, and murdered the crappie on one of the toughest freshwater fisheries in the state — the Tchefuncte River.[…]
When Michael Richard was fishing along the edges of hay grass near the Louisiana islands on Toledo Bend the weekend before last, he lost a monster fish when his hook straightened out. […]
Chad Soileau always thought his largest bass ever would come from one of those fabled big bass lakes in Mexico.[…]
Sportsman’s new Feather-Lite bass graphic long-sleeve T-shirts have arrived.[…]
As far as epic father-and-son fishing trips go, they don’t get much better than the one Steve Rockweiler had with his two boys and his son-in-law this past weekend at Toledo Bend.[…]
Opelousans Kacy Fisher and Derek Pelloquin were fishing in Housen Saturday, where Fisher’s father Bobby had said the majority of Toledo Bend lunker bass were taken last year.[…]
A hometown angler won the 2016 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees near Tulsa — just not necessarily the hometown angler everyone expected.[…]