Cobia
Chris Macaluso – Thought’s on Cobia
Chris Macaluso thoughts on Cobia.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best August trout bait
Shrimp are kings of summertime trout fishing — everyone knows that.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout bite this fall could be extra-special, guide says
The dog days of August already have Capt. Mike Gallo looking forward to the cooler, crisper days to come later this fall.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish bite consistent in Biloxi Marsh
When Capt. Mike Gallo worked in retail many years ago, he used a slogan that’s served him well ever since.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: Using soft plastics to catch big trout out of Cypremort Point
David ‘T-Coon’ Billeaud is not a fan of live bait.
He routinely uses soft plastics exclusively to catch big trout around Cypremort Point. […]
Hunting
Brother-sister duo win 2013 Louisiana Youth Hunters of the Year
Pineville is home to the 2013 male and female Youth Hunters of the Year, and they both live under the same roof.[…]
Deer Hunting
Dead doe found stuck in pear tree
A ‘partridge in a pear tree’ will again be a familiar Christmas refrain in about four months, but what Joshua Breshears found in the pear tree right outside his back door early Sunday morning in Walker still has him shaking his head.[…]
News Breaker
AJ season to close commercially and recreationally on Aug. 25
NOAA Fisheries announced today both the commercial and recreational harvest of greater amberjack will close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25.[…]
Columns
More about trophy bucks and lunker bass
Many years ago (OK, it was during the Dark Ages for you young people), I was helping Louisiana Sportsman contributor Chris Berzas with an article about deer habitat. I was demonstrating the newly developed deer browse transect and how it measures browse availability and utilization.[…]
Coastal Projects
Terrebonne Parish pitching several versions of billion-dollar sediment project
Terrebonne Parish is ready to pitch a billion-dollar sediment pipeline concept for inclusion in the state’s coastal restoration plans.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Organizers expecting 700 kayakers Saturday for ‘Ride the Bull V’ on Grand Isle
At the very first Ride the Bull tournament at Grand Isle in 2009, Capt. Danny Wray remembers wondering if anyone at all would bother to attend.[…]
Events & Announcements
Yakupzack appointed to Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
A Lake Charles attorney has been appointed to the at-large seat on the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission vacated by the resignation of Will Drost in June.[…]
Columns
Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Deadly Dudley’ discusses Lake Pontchartrain’s bridges, fishing the tide
Most people only dream about catching speckled trout that Capt. Dudley Vandenborre probably considers routine.[…]
Columns
Micro fly fishing
If Stephen Robert, Rob Bergeron and myself were ever locked in a nuclear laboratory, within 24 hours the world would end.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi River hits 4.1 feet in New Orleans, guide says water turning green near Venice
As the Mississippi River level continues to fall in New Orleans, the water is just now starting to turn green near Venice, and that can only mean one thing this time of year.[…]
Fishing
Fall inshore shrimp season to open Aug. 18, LDWF says
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday announced the 2014 fall inshore shrimp season will open on Monday, Aug. 18.[…]