Louisiana Sportsman

July 18, 2026

Tips for fly-fishing

November 15, 2015 Catch Cormier

Inquiring minds want to know: when is the best time of the year to catch speckled trout on the fly? The answer is “now”. So stop inquiring and go fishing![…]

Delivery methods for bass-fishing laydowns

November 15, 2015 David A. Brown

One of the most-common angling misnomers is the general lumping of flipping and pitching into one homogenous image.[…]

Dr. Raymond Daniel’s duck-hunting gear

November 15, 2015 Kinny Haddox

When Dr. Daniel Raymond loads up for a duck-hunting road trip down Highway 15, he knows what he wants to hunt with — just like the ducks know where they want to go.[…]

Russell Sage, Boeuf WMAs provide great public duck hunting

November 15, 2015 Kinny Haddox

The balance in your checking account isn’t large enough to cover an expensive duck blind right on Highway 15?[…]

A bird’s eye view of Highway 15

November 15, 2015 Kinny Haddox

Dr. Daniel Raymond and his Highway 15 hunting buddies aren’t the only ones who think the area is legendary.[…]

How to properly use buck decoys

November 15, 2015 Greg Hicks

When it comes to hunting with a buck decoy, the game changes significantly.[…]

Decoys come in different styles

November 15, 2015 Greg Hicks

Decoys come in several different positions and styles. Some have the head of the decoy up and some have the head down; some decoys are in a bedding position, and one even portrays a deer in an estrus pose that can lure big bucks looking for romance.[…]

Rock’s fishing toolbox

October 22, 2015 Andy Crawford

Luling’s Steven “Rock” Rockweiler has been chasing bass for years, and that means he’s built up quite a collection of tackle from which to choose[…]

How to keep live bait alive

October 15, 2015 Jerald Horst

Having live bait can make the difference in having a successful trip. Live bait is also expensive.[…]

Gearing up for Mississippi River catfishing

October 15, 2015 Jerald Horst

When I climbed into the cab of Jim Danley’s pickup truck to go fishing, I happened to glance into the truck’s bed and spied his fishing rods.[…]

Tips for fly-fishing

October 15, 2015 Catch Cormier

Down on the coast, it’s prime time for speckled trout. A weighted clouser or shrimp pattern suspended 2 to 3 feet under a VOSI (a fly rodder’s popping cork) will work great over reefs, and in cuts, canals and bayous. […]

The Kwik Klip

October 15, 2015 Jerald Horst

Every speck and redfish fisherman who stows his rods in vertical holders has snagged a shirt on an exposed treble hook, been bopped on the head by a popping cork flopping in the wind or has spent frustrating moments untangling a snarled rod instead of fishing.[…]