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Next Door Neighbor
The keg was emptying at an alarming rate, and the Stones were slashing out “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from Doc’s high-tech stereo system at ear-shattering volume.[…]
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Tuna Town
Every school has its legends.
In the hallowed halls of Metairie’s Ridgewood Prep, deep in the dusty corners of painted hallways, amidst the clanging of slammed locker doors, the faint echo of one name still resonates.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Guide reports phenomenal snapper bite
Snapper season got off to a great start this past weekend. According to Capt. Chris Moran with Cajun Made Charters (225-931-7306), snapper were almost jumping in the boat.[…]
Events & Announcements
Brees to take sick kids fishing
When free agent quarterback Drew Brees inked his name on the richest contract in New Orleans Saints history last spring, the entire region rejoiced over the prospects of watching the overacheiving passer hurling bullets to the team’s speedy wideouts.[…]
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What Lurks Below
Have you ever been fishing offshore on a boat, looked down and wondered what it would be like to see what lurks beneath the legs of a towering oil rig whose barnacle-encrusted legs extend hundreds or thousands of feet below the surface?[…]
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Jerked Up
Professional bass fisherman Shaw Grigsby of Gainesville, Fla., has won $1.3 million just on the BASS circuit with a combined total of about $2 million in wins. However, when he’s not fishing for bass, Grigsby enjoys fishing inshore for specks and reds.[…]
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MAY is for MAYHEM!
Webster defines Mayhem as “riot and disorder.” It’s a word used by the press to describe rioting and unrest in the streets — crowds running amok, burning cars, crashing storefronts, looting, fighting and creating havoc and destruction.[…]
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Redfish Run
The water was off-colored, but Capt. Ben Leto wasn’t worried.
“I caught them in here yesterday as fast as we could get bait on the bottom,” he said.[…]
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Spring Lagniappe
Chances are that practically every hunter in Louisiana over the age of 40 got started in the hunting game by learning to sneak up on bushytails in the fall. Skills learned during these days helped hunters move on to pursue deer and other more wary game.[…]
Bass Fishing
Back Talk
I’ve always loved fishing river systems, but I have to admit that I never venture too far off the main river itself. All those river lakes, oxbows and creeks only serve to frustrate me to the point that I avoid them all together.[…]
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Vintage Venice
I don’t see how any angler who fishes Venice could ever gripe about somebody else being spoiled.[…]
Currents
Levee blockade a mixed bag for coast
There was some good news and some bad news coming out of Washington last month regarding the Bayou State’s coast and the future viability of life in South Louisiana.[…]
Columns
Casull dishes it, if you can take it
Like a spouse in a dysfunctional relationship, I find myself missing the abuse.[…]
Events & Announcements
Fontova to appear on FOX News show
Louisiana Sportsman contributor Humberto Fontova will appear on Hannity & Colmes Tuesday, April 24 promoting his new book, “Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Lafitte anglers side-stepping fronts
The last cold front that blew through Southeast Louisiana scattered muddy water from Lafitte to Grand Isle, and it scattered the speckled trout just as far. Capt. Mike Daigle with Cast-It Charters (504-915-9480 or 985-331-8548) is still catching a few fish, but he said he’s having to fish 20 places just to catch 20 trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Chandeleur Lighthouse photos sought by Louisiana Sea Grant
Among the tremendous losses resulting from Hurricane Katrina was an old lighthouse that stood for more than a century at the tip of Louisiana’s most remote barrier island chain.[…]