Fishing
Costa introduces two new sunglass styles for 2014
Blending premium performance technology with the fall season’s throwback trend, Costa recently unveiled two new designs for late 2014.[…]
News Breaker
Hooked on quack: Mexican squealer gets stuck, dies in tree
An appropriate low-budget horror film title for this summer might be “When Trees Attack!”[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite red hot out of Dularge, guide says
The redfish bite remains red hot in Dularge, while speckled trout are tough to find unless you have access to live bait.[…]
General
Old tech to the rescue
My town doesn’t allow people to talk on a hand-held cell phone while driving, but hands-free talking is OK so I keep our phones paired through Bluetooth to our two vehicles.[…]
Bass Fishing
Sportsman TV archives: Fishing Toledo Bend in the summertime
Greg Hackney just won the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Cayuga Lake on Sunday, and Judy Cagle caught a monster 14.66-pounder at Toledo Bend Saturday afternoon.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Mr. Official’ lands big Grand Isle specks
Grand Isle trout fisherman Terry St. Cyr is competitive on and off the water, but his passion is catching speckled trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Texas angler snares 14.66-pound monster at Toledo Bend
No one would have ever expected that a spur-of-the-moment scouting trip at Toledo Bend would have resulted in catching a monster bass in the sizzling heat of Saturday afternoon.[…]
Bass Fishing
‘Hack-Attack’ at Cayuga Lake
Greg Hackney saved his best for last at Cayuga Lake on Sunday.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
September drawdowns scheduled for Hardwater, Chicot Lakes
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled drawdowns to begin on two state lakes starting on Tuesday, Sept. 2.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Hackney hooks redfish, cobia (and his own hand) in Venice
The latest episode of Sportsman TV, ‘Venice Big Stuff,’ is now available for viewing here at LouisianaSportsman.com.[…]
Field Notes
How to clean a baitcaster
Maintenance will ensure your baitcaster lasts for years. For more-thorough cleaning, follow these step-by-step instructions.[…]
News Breaker
Video: Grouper blows up on shark hooked near boat
It’s not often we picture sharks as prey rather than predators.[…]
Columns
On offshore patrol
Louisiana’s wildlife enforcement agents patrol some very diverse land and water habitat in the sportsman’s paradise. From hills and creek bottoms to river and coastal plains, from freshwater lakes and streams to fresh and brackish water marshes wildlife agents cover it all.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Video: Bird’s-eye view of Ride the Bull V
You’ve seen the photos of Caminada Pass packed with more than 700 kayaks during last weekend’s Ride the Bull V, but you can now get a different perspective in a video shot using a drone. And it’s amazing.[…]
Columns
Plan ahead like a pro
There are many things that hunters can do ahead of time to ensure they get the most out of their trail camera efforts during the upcoming hunting season.[…]
Fishing
Lens-cleaning wipes a must for any angler
There’s nothing worse than spending most of a fishing trip looking through sunglasses smeared with fingerprints, sweat, sunscreen, residue from water and fish slime.[…]