Bass Fishing
Cajun Lures: A lure innovator
Twenty-four years old seems to be awfully young to own a lure company. But that doesn’t faze Zac Dubois, the mind behind Cajun Lures LLC, a Kaplan-based soft plastic lure maker.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Red snapper tackle & bait tips
If you don’t want any of the “run-of-the-mill” 10-pounders swimming about, here’s how you target the really big boss snapper on a rig?[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Tippets
August is the last full month of “SweatFest 2017,” the festival no one likes to celebrate! While action for reds and specks on fly can be slow, it’s the best month of the year for pelagic species. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Basin bream are swarming
Temperatures are soaring and thunderstorms pop up every day, but that hasn’t slowed the bream bite in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Hunting
Youth Hunters of the Year honored in Natchitoches
Kindal Tonn of Lacassine and Seth Gottardi of Slidell were honored as the 2016 Louisiana Female and Male Youth Hunters of the Year at the Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association banquet in Natchitoches on Aug. 12.[…]
Columns
Zombie RIP Stik
The RIP in Egret Baits’ new Zombie RIP Stik doesn’t stand for “rest in peace,” although it could.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bank on Lafitte redfish this month
Lafitte is known for great fishing, but its prime speckled trout month isn’t exactly August.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cameron jetties are a magnet for fish
August is the prime time to target speckled trout and redfish on the rocks — well, around the rocks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Bite not always early at Buras
Virtually every magazine or online fishing article about south Louisiana speckled trout fishing in the summertime involves the need to set a very early alarm clock.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
It’s catfish time on Lake D’Arbonne
Noted historian William Camden wrote, “The sea hath fish for every man.” If he were around Lake D’Arbonne this month, he would need to say, “The lake hath catfish for every man. Plenty of catfish.”[…]
Fishing
Give your plastics a nose job
For a long time, one of Bassmaster Elite Series pro Aaron Martens’ secret weapons was a Scrounger. A Scrounger is a jighead with an oblong bill that served two purposes; a weedguard and an action enhancer.[…]
Fishing
Land more fish with a stinger hook
Fishing a swimbait is one of the more productive methods of landing trout, redfish and bass because of their realistic appearance and swimming action. However, because form sometimes comes before function, a few tweaks are needed to increase your hookup ratio.[…]
Columns
The age factor: Older bucks aren’t necessarily bigger bucks
Harvest data produced by the LDWF DMAP program shows that hunters are killing more adult bucks than yearling (1 ½ year) bucks. Data from the Quality Deer Management Association also shows this is true in most of the southeast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Louisiana waters off limits for 2018 Sabine Elite Series tournament
The Bayou State’s ongoing battle over public access to tidal waters got nationwide attention Thursday, when Bassmaster’s tournament director decided that competitors in the upcoming 2018 Elite Series event on the Sabine River next spring will not be permitted to fish in Louisiana waters.[…]
News Breaker
Non-toxic shot required on WMA dove fields this season
If you’re planning on hunting doves on a Louisiana wildlife management area, don’t bring along any lead shot this year.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Another green light for red snapper trips this weekend
With up to 13 days remaining for Gulf of Mexico anglers to catch red snapper, it’s starting to look more and more likely the extended federal season will make it all the way to its official closing on Labor Day.[…]