Field Reports
Nice speckled trout on the flats
Chas Champagne heads out to a grassy area in Lake Pontchartrain and wears out the speckled trout with the new Matrix X-Shad.[…]
Newsletters
Ducks
Don’t shoot the Mojo!
Spinning-wing decoys are no longer a novelty among duck hunters, who understand how and why they attract ducks to decoy spreads.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass coming in bunches at Bussey Brake
Cooler weather bunches up baitfish at Bussey Brake, which gets bass fired up in November. Daron Bonz Goyne gives his fishing tips.[…]
Deer of the Year
Wallace downs Caldwell Parish brute
Bob Wallace of Choudrant killed a giant 9-point buck on his 450-acre plot in Caldwell Parish on October 21.[…]
Bass Fishing
North end of Toledo Bend could be November hotspot
The key word to putting Toledo Bend bass in the boat this month is transition. Spend more time on the upper half of the lake in November.[…]
Deer of the Year
Stars align for young Choudrant deer hunter
Gray Worthey with his 14-point Hogue Island buck shot during the opening week of bow season. The big buck scored 170.[…]
Deer of the Year
Bordelon downs 16-point buck on postage stamp-sized plot
Walt Bordelon took this 225-pound, 16-point buck on October 19 behind his home in Moreauville in Avoyelles Parish.[…]
Columns
Species Spotlight: Speckled trout
Speckled trout are inshore gamefish that are popular among recreational anglers along the Gulf Coast and the eastern seaboard.[…]
Columns
The deadly Black Widow
It’s rare that Sammy Romano is surprised by how well a particular bow shoots. The Black Widow PCHII takedown recurve is a work of art. […]
Columns
Speckled trout outlook is great along Louisiana coast
Speckled trout fishing looks to be in good shape entering Louisiana’s fall season. There isn’t a better time to be a speckled trout angler.[…]
Features
Former LSU football player preaches hunter safety after accident
Former LSU football player Matt Branch preaches hunter safety less than two years after accident that almost took his life.[…]
Bass Fishing
Mischief Minnow combines topwater, blade bait action
The Mischief Minnow’s difference-maker is a blade called a “Kilter Blade,” attached to the belly between two treble hooks.[…]
Field Reports
Catching keeper specks at night in Lake Pontchartrain
Devin Denman uses artificial lures to catch a limit of nighttime speckled trout under dock lights on Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Newsletters
Black grouper weighs almost double the previous state record
Cole Thurman caught a giant black grouper with Down the Bayou Charters that weighed 106.3 pounds, nearly doubling the state record.[…]
Newsletters
Potential No. 2 mutton snapper in the state
On a September trip with Down the Bayou Charters, Lisa Schlitzkus hooked a 20-pound mutton snapper, the potential No. 2 in the state.[…]
Field Reports
The one dead giveaway for GREAT speckled trout action
Put yourself in an area to see diving birds, and you may hit pay dirt and get on a great autumn speckled trout bite.[…]