Louisiana Sportsman

The author shows off his peep sight Verifier from Specialty Archery Products. The lens allows you to see your sight pins more clearly, and also maintain a good view of the target.

Public Rambling: Peep sight ‘cheaters’ create better view of sight pins

September 27, 2018 Ricky Aucoin

When I find a new product that helps me to become a better hunter, I immediately want to share it with my buddies. […]

Henderson Lake for sac-a-lait

September 27, 2018 Don Shoopman

It’s easy to find the prime fishing spot to catch bass and sac-a-lait in October at Henderson Lake.[…]

Colby Fruge struggles to get a weakened doe into fishing buddy Clint Cryar's Gator Trax Sunday afternoon. The pair were in the Choctaw Canal when they saw the deer stuck in the fork of a tree, and videoed their rescue mission.

Video: Fishing buddies save trapped doe

September 4, 2018 Patrick Bonin

When Clint Cryar and Colby Fruge headed out for a fishing trip Sunday afternoon, dodging the rain and catching a few catfish were all they really had in mind. […]

Boo Grizzaffi of Morgan City holds a bass he just caught on the Stephensville side of the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee.

How to find bass in the Atchafalaya Basin

August 15, 2018 Don Shoopman

Unless the lower Spillway turned on in late July, at least one Morgan City bass angler will be fishing on the other side of the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in August.[…]

LDWF schedules August drawdown on Henderson Lake

July 18, 2018 From News Reports

In conjunction with St. Martin Parish Government, the town of Henderson and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be conducting a drawdown on Henderson Lake beginning in August.[…]

Huge goggle-eye are thick in the lower Atchafalaya Basin right now — and there seems to be no pressure on them.

Hit the Basin now for beastly goggle-eye, bluegill

July 16, 2018 Andy Crawford

Darren Cooper and I sat in Doiron’s Store at 6:30 a.m., waiting for an early morning thunderstorm to pass over the lower Atchafalaya Basin. It had been several years since we had gotten together to catch bream in the huge swamp — and a slowly falling Atchafalaya River gave great promise to our day.[…]

Grass shrimp are tiny but lethal baits. Virtually every fish species eats them. The larger shrimp is a female bearing eggs on the swimmerets beneath her tail.

How to catch your own grass shrimp

July 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Leonard Kleinpeter stresses that a proper dip net is needed to effectively catch grass shrimp from their preferred habitat, dense beds of coontail and other aquatic plants. […]

Leonard Kleinpeter keeps one hand on the trolling motor to position his boat carefully to avoid spooking the fish, while fishing with the other hand. Note the homemade pedestal seat mount.

The man and his boat

July 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

In spite of having lived a high-powered life, Leonard Kleinpeter is living proof that effective fishing doesn’t demand investment in an expensive fiberglass bass boat.[…]

Leonard Kleinpeter mounted this brass plaque in Crackerhead to commemorate a long bream fishing friendship.

The plaque in the swamp

July 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

Bass, crappie and bream fishermen who frequent the canals of Crackerhead can’t help but to have seen a solid brass plaque mounted on one of a pair of modest-sized cypress trees standing in the water off a canal bank.[…]