Sidebars
The best tuna chumming tool
Tuna fishing off the Louisiana coast can demand lots of chumming, especially on low-current days when the fish can only be called picky.[…]
April 2017
Sidebars
Venice is tuna heaven
Venice offers more access to good tuna grounds than any other port, according to Wall.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Yes, courtesy!
It can get very crowded at some of the rigs that tuna like to haunt. On the day that Wall and Ballavares put Pelas and Bruce on their fish, eight boats were working the same fish at the same rig.[…]
Offshore Fishing
What is the new Port Eads?
For one thing, the modern and comfortable facility set in the middle of the world’s most fertile fishing grounds is not simply Port Eads. It’s now called the Port Eads Marina.[…]
Columns
Storm’s 360GT Searchbait
1999 Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite hopped in Bassmater Elite Series pro Jacob Wheeler’s boat on the final day before a tow vehicle took it from Cherokee Lake to the weigh-in Feb. 12.[…]
Columns
Shooting turkeys
When I went to work for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 1976 as a game biologist in the Florida Parishes, I quickly discovered a new species of bird to hunt — the eastern wild turkey.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Info on the old Lutcher Moore GMA
After reading your column about the Dewey Mills / Saline WMA in the Louisiana Sportsman magazine, I had an idea that you could possibly help solve a family mystery that has plagued our family, since the death of our hunting grandfather.[…]
Columns
In-Crease your odds
Some years ago, my friend and nationally renowned angler Nick Curcione came to visit. Our intent was to fish the marsh, but a line of severe storms changed our plans.[…]
Columns
Life is all about change
I met the Louisiana Sportsman crew in the mid-1990s at a Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association meeting in Monroe. I was a young, gung ho journalist new to the outdoor industry, having spent my formative days as a beat reporter for the Morning Advocate (now The Advocate) in Baton Rouge.[…]
Contents
Cover: April 2017
April is a magical time of year. Trout are on the move back into the marshes this month, and that means you can expect hot action across the coast.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hawg heaven — Big-bass tips from Toledo Bend guides
It’s a big lake and it’s chock full of bass, but Toledo Bend is no gimme — even with its well-merited title of the nation’s top lake two years running.[…]
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Get a move on — Tips for speckled trout success at Dularge
As many people in the older generation are quick to point out, kids these days are lazy.[…]
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Raid the Castle — Fishing tips for catching trout at The Castle
I grew up in St. Bernard Parish, and often launched my flatboat at the old Depope boat launch in Violet and fished the ancient tower we simply called, “The Castle” — or as it was sometimes referred to, the “Martello Castle.”[…]
Columns
Does it really look down?
It looks like any other fish. Well actually, it doesn’t look like them — it just sees things like them.
It just looks like it’s looking down all the time.[…]
Contents
Crappie currents — West Pearl River crappie-fishing tactics
When I was 10 years old, my dad, brother and I were hanging out in the Bogue Chitto River behind our house one day.[…]
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Paradise redux — Venice is still a tuna heaven
I stood in the stern of Capt. Will Wall’s offshore charter boat, peering at the white buildings of Port Eads Marina etched against the early morning’s battery charged blue sky.[…]