After a season of offshore fishing lost in the Gulf of Mexico due to the catastrophic oil spill last year, the Southern Kingfish Association is returning with a full schedule of events from Fourchon to Orange Beach, Ala.[…]
In 1993, the Louisiana Legislature picked a state fish. It wasn’t the much-hyped tournament fish, the largemouth bass; it wasn’t any one of the glamorous snapper species; it wasn’t even the beloved speckled trout.[…]
A portion of Dewey Wills Wildlife Management Area’s Hunt Road has been closed because of flooding, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today (May 16).
The closed portion stretches from the Diversion Canal south.[…]
South Carolina pro Casey Ashley won the Bassmaster Elite Series Carolina Clash on Lake Murray by a handy 3-pound, 2-ounce margin over fellow South Carolinian Davy Hite and New Jersey’s Michael Iaconelli, who tied for second place.[…]
When you see Morgan City as the first subject on all of the national news channels, you know another disaster is about to begin.[…]
Assumption Parish officials have implemented no-wake zones near all camps and houses in anticipation of the opening of the Morganza Spillway, expected today (May 14), according to news reports.[…]
Oklahoma’s Fred Roumbanis claimed the lead after two days of competition in the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at South Carolina’s Lake Murray, but Lousiana’s Jeff Connella is only 3 pounds back with two days remaining.[…]
The awards ceremony for the 3rd Annual Bowie Outfitters Bag A Buck Contest was held Saturday May 7 at in Baton Rouge, and entries included state- and parish-record deer.[…]
Spring was made for two things: reading and fishing.[…]
One would be hard pressed right now to find an inshore pond, lake or bay where the speckled trout aren’t jumping all over your baits. Some have even compared fishing right now to what it was like just after Hurricane Katrina.[…]
Just at the edge of the shadow cast by Baton Rouge lies one of the most underestimated lakes in the entire state of Louisiana.[…]
By now everyone has heard what went down on the bayous around New Orleans, and that Kevin Van Dam tried his best to exploit the waters, showing everyone what we have to protect in the future. […]
As area spillways are opened in an effort to relieve pressure on levee systems, state officials today (May 9) cautioned residents that state law prohibits driving on levees and parking on shoulders of roadways.[…]
Mississippi River water began flowing through the Bonnet Carre spillway this morning (May 9) after the Army Corps of Engineers opened a portion of the control structure to relieve pressure on the levees protecting New Orleans, according to the Associated Press.[…]
Steve Kennedy had been counting down the months ever since the 2011 Georgia Elite Series location was announced as West Point Lake more than a year ago.[…]
LouisianaSportsman.com users named the winners of the Big Bass and Turkey Photo & Video contests over the weekend. Each winner will receive an Official Sportsman package.[…]