Crappie/Bream
Operating with Dr. Bream is a tasty fishing adventure
Doing battle with Louisiana’s sunfish is limited only by an angler’s imagination. Check out these different ways that Ray Jones puts them on his stringer.[…]
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Fishing Hotspots
Target tripletail in June; they’re fun, tasty
Tripletail fit the bill if you’re looking for tasty fishing action. The average fish caught in southwest Louisiana is in the 5- to 15-pound range.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney Goes Pond Fishing
Professional angler Greg Hackney got his start fishing for bass in ponds. In this segment of Sportsman TV, Hackney has a good time, talks about pond management, and shows his favorite bait for fishing ponds.[…]
Catfish
Tchefuncte River Bream Update 5-22-20
Recent rains and muddy water are subsiding in the Tchefuncte River and this weekend will be great for bream and catfishing according to angler Todd Oalman. Bream can be found in clear water in dead end canals around trees and catfish can be caught with worms around the trees and in the deep holes.[…]
Field Notes
Affordable Father’s Day gifts dad will love
Here are five reasonably priced gifts that a fishing or hunting Dad would love to unwrap this Father’s Day on June 21, 2020.[…]
Cobia
Anglers catch unique cobia out of Freshwater City
Jack Romero, Mark Christenson, and Larry Richard were fishing out of Freshwater City on April 9, and the three friends caught a unique-colored cobia.[…]
Big Bass
The biggest Lake Fausse Pointe bass of 2020
Wesley Verret Jr.’s Alabama bass fishing tactics paid BIG dividends on a trip May 16 to Lake Fausse Pointe, the lake he grew up bass fishing.[…]
Newsletters
Is overfishing of menhaden a threat to speckled trout?
Dr. Jerald Ault has documented a grave threat to the speckled trout fishery along Louisiana’s coast: commercial fishing of menhaden.[…]
Features
Has Louisiana experienced its last trophy trout run?
Does Louisiana have another big splurge of trophy trout? Take tips from these trophy trout masters in case Louisiana has a run of big specks this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Make a topwater Splash with post-spawn bass
Bass pro Greg Hackney of Gonzales likes the KVD Splash for post-spawn bass in May. He said the topwater will be effective anywhere he fishes now.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Memorize Salters’ sac-a-lait bible
Jiggin’ Pole’s inventor had plenty to say about crappie fishing, and his son J.B. “Blaine” Salter is keeping the religion alive.[…]
Columns
Mudbugs, kayaks and kids
Activities like crawfishing from a kayak can be relatively inexpensive and productive. James and Kaleb Kellum go on crawfishing adventure in their kayaks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing a falling tide marsh drain
On this segment of Sportsman TV, Capt. Charlie Thomason will show how he targets inshore species by fishing a falling tide at the mouth of a marsh drain.[…]
Newsletters
Getting ready for red snapper season
Many Louisiana anglers will head out on May 22 into the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy the opening of the 2020 recreational red snapper season.[…]
Bass Fishing
No other way to say it: Professional fishing has “just been crazy”
While individuals have been able to “socially distance” to fish, big professional events like bass and crappie tour events have been postponed or cancelled.[…]
Deer Hunting
Commissioners get into exchange with deer-urine companies over legal labeling
Members of the commission decided to vote down a previously passed amendment banning the sale of untested deer urine products in Louisiana.[…]