Offshore Fishing
How to find Prien’s trout
Prien Lake holds few secret spots. It is roughly 6 feet deep in most of its bed, except where the Calcasieu River channel courses through near its western bank.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Don’t park when fishing for Delacroix’s fall trout
“Stick and move,” Capt. Chad Dufrene said repeatedly that day. “In the fall months you stick when they bite and move when they quit. And do it all over again until you put a nice box of fish together.”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Reds also on the menu in Delacroix
What if we want to catch some Delacroix reds this month? No problem, Capt. Chad Dufrene said.[…]
Fishing
Tippets
November is my favorite month for marsh fly fishing, since the interior lakes and bayous are thick with speckled trout. […]
Fishing
How to create a loop
User “smokinburger” posted step-by-step instuctions on how to create a loop that is perfect for attaching anchors and with other boating uses — and pretty much anything else with which a loop can be helpful — on the LouisianaSportsman.com forum.[…]
Deer of the Year
Haynesville hunter drills Webster Parish 12-point
Late last month, Mike Heckel had a mid-week, early-morning work meeting scheduled — but he figured he had just enough time to squeeze in a quick deer hunt on some private land in Webster Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Crowley hunter nails giant Vernon Parish 17-pointer
Darryl Foreman had only seen nighttime trail camera images of a giant buck that would never show itself during daylight hours. […]
Inshore Fishing
November speckled trout tactics for Grand Isle
While many people think of September and October as transition months for speckled trout in Louisiana — when the fish move from their offshore spawning haunts to inside marshes to ride out the winter — Tommy Vidrine also includes November in that count, as well.[…]
Columns
Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad
Stanley’s Poppn’ Toad, a hollow body soft-plastic frog with a pronounced cup in the nose, is going places.[…]
Fishing
Audit shows millions misspent by LDWF after BP oil spill
Louisiana’s legislative auditor found a lack of management oversight of funds and operations in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the wake of the BP oil spill, including sampling operations in Venice that cost $2,796 per fish, more than $280,000 in clothing and uniforms with no uniform purchasing policy in place and a used $1.8 million airplane that could now cost the state more than $500,000 to repair.[…]
News Breaker
3 million-plus ducks noted in November aerial survey
Despite no really cold weather so far, the annual November aerial waterfowl survey completed last week indicated almost 3 million ducks have already arrived along Louisiana’s coast.[…]
Deer of the Year
Second chance brings down Caddo Parish 16-pointer
When Shreveport construction superintendent Kenny Holsted first saw a big buck at 225 yards Sunday morning, he was instantly afflicted with a bad case of buck fever.[…]
News Breaker
Hunters report solid opening weekend
Louisiana duck hunters in the coastal and west zones who headed into their blinds for opening weekend reported seeing lots of birds — although heavy hunting pressure on Saturday seemed to make things more difficult on Sunday.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana Saltwater Series discontinued
The Louisiana Saltwater Series — a redfish tournament trail created in the wake of the BP oil spill — is being discontinued by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, according to media reports. […]
News Breaker
November aerial duck survey incomplete, but Southwest Louisiana looks promising
Larry Reynolds, the state’s waterfowl study leader with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, spent all day Thursday flying 11 transect lines for November’s aerial survey of the coastal zone from the Texas line to Marsh Island.[…]
Deer of the Year
Elusive Grant Parish 9-point finally slips up
A slick nocturnal buck had eluded Shandon Ferrier for three long years in Grant Parish — until the big buck finally slipped up Monday.[…]