The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed several wildlife management areas to all activities because of flooding, including Bayou Pierre, Big Lake, Boeuf, Loggy Bayou and Russell Sage.[…]
A 36-volt trolling motor is the only way to go. They have lots of power but sip at the batteries, so you rarely have to worry about losing steam during a hard day on the water.[…]
The 37th Annual Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival, Louisiana’s largest outdoor and boat show, will be held today beginning at noon through Sunday at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
The New Orleans City Park Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival is back and better than ever for the 69th time in 2016, and this year’s event features a brand new “Battle for the Bass” competition for area high school anglers.[…]
Nowadays we take the power of the Internet and social media for granted — until something like Tuesday’s coy dog story in Washington Parish reminds everyone how easy it is for people to connect with each other online.[…]
I have always been the guy who bought mid-priced marine batteries to save some money. And, to be honest, I’ve not had a lot of problems with them, even though my cranking was part of my 36-volt system powering my trolling motor.[…]
Just like hunting, when it comes to fishing my goal is big game. So in the springtime I regularly set noodle lines for choupic and catfish, but this year I had the urge to catch a big one the old-fashioned way: with a rod and reel. […]
More than 2,500 traps were retrieved last month in two separate events on Lake Pontchartrain and near Lafitte during the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual Derelict Crab Trap Rodeo[…]
Spinnerbaits are among the most-effective and most-popular lures that bass fishermen carry in their tackle boxes, especially in the spring. But they are also lures that present fishermen with all kinds of options in terms of sizes, colors and the size, shape and colors of the whirling, jangling blades that give them their fish appeal.[…]
Billy Billeaud doesn’t arm himself lightly for bass fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
One of the best decisions James Morgan made when he retired and dedicated himself to crappie fishing was to enter tournaments.[…]
Like all fishermen, James Morgan has favored equipment upon which he depends to consistently catch enough crappie to feed himself and many of his friends.[…]
Having some of the best equipment, especially in electronics, isn’t absolutely necessary to catch crappie. But to be consistent, it sure doesn’t hurt, James Morgan said.[…]
There are 16,000 acres to fish on Lake D’Arbonne. But when crappie stack up in the spring or even when they arrive at popular spawning grounds, it often looks like a boat show on the water. […]
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Crochet spends of lot of his stump-field time behind a Rat-L-Trap.[…]
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Mark Menendez likes tempting pre-spawn bass with a Strike King Series 3 crankbait or a ¾-ounce Strike King Scorcher spinnerbait.[…]