Features
Louisiana outdoor treasures: Lake Catherine Island Marina
Nobody is more efficient with stocking their tanks with shrimp in New Orleans than Lake Catherine Island Marina.[…]
Features
Louisiana outdoor treasures: Terry’s Live Bait
Terry’s Live Bait is a full-fledged tackle store with a table and chairs where folks come as much for the conversation as they do the bait.[…]
Features
Louisiana outdoor treasures: Campo’s and Fisherman’s Friend Bait Shop
Campo’s and Fisherman’s Friend Bait Shop are two legendary bait shops in St. Bernard Parish that both deserve recognition for their service.[…]
Features
Wintertime trout at the Geoghegan Canal
Max Patrucco of Slidell believes the Geoghegan Canal is one of the most productive places for catching wintertime trout.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Old school crappie
There’s no doubt that fancy electronics have changed crappie fishing forever. But if you don’t want electronics, you can still catch fish.[…]
Features
Dogging wily rabbits
Any place where rabbits can find abundant undergrowth to hide from predators and succulent foods to nibble, hunters should find rabbits.[…]
Columns
Stinging cold, deep crappie and lucky day fishing adventures
One recent trip, it was bone-chilling cold and we went crappie fishing, staring straight into a 23 mph north wind that stung.[…]
Outdoor Updates
First fish is all it takes to give Baton Rouge veteran fishing fever
Erick Crew, a local veteran of Baton Rouge, was taken fishing for his first time by his good friend Christopher Baumann.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
CZ-USA 457 Premium .22
This small game rifle feels right, is deadly accurate, looks sharp, and is full of features.[…]
Bass Fishing
Shake off the cold to trick lunker largemouths
February means prime time to catch lunker largemouth bass before they spawn. Any strike could produce the bass of a lifetime this month.[…]
Events & Announcements
Nutria Rodeo participants set sights on menace swamp rodents
More than 300 hunters have signed up to take part in the Swamp Safari Shootout, aka the Nutria Rodeo, at Venice Marina on Feb. 24-25.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana Sportsman Show Big Buck Contest is back!
Bring your trophy deer to the Sportsman Show, March 17-19 If you have not heard the news, the Big Buck Contest is back at the Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in
Hunting
Louisiana Sportsman: digital is now interactive
The digital version of Louisiana Sportsman Magazine is now interactive, adding video and audio to the same content found in the magazine.[…]
Ducks
Foul weather helps boost fowl success for state’s duck hunters
Weather proved to be the key ingredient in making for a successful 2022-2023 Louisiana waterfowl season for some.[…]
Hunting Reports
A 10-point for 8-year-old Joseph Songné
Using a crossbow, 8-year-old Joseph Songné shot his first deer on Oct. 10, 2022, while hunting with his grandfather in Area 10.[…]
Hunting Reports
Casey Fitzgerald’s Marksville hunt
Casey Fitzgerald on a hunt in Marksville, La., on Nov. 27, 2022.