Louisiana Sportsman

Buzzbait Bonanza

July 28, 2005 Andy Crawford

The sun was barely peeking through Venice’s roseau canes, but chirping could already be heard in the canal.[…]

5 Wells, Pogo, Cement and Dope Boat

July 29, 2004 Captain Paul Titus

Dear Capt. Paul:

I am a subscriber to the magazine. I would like three locations if posible. I am looking for 5 Wells, Pogo Rig and the Cement Rig.[…]

Treasure in the Pan

July 29, 2004 Jerry LaBella

The immense, steel-sided tanker slithered through the dense fog as it made its approach to the mouth of Southwest Pass.[…]

Dredged spoil benefits many marsh areas

July 29, 2004 Richard Hartman

Considering how fast it’s disappearing, coastal Louisiana needs every bucket of dirt it can get to rebuild its wetlands.[…]

Help your electronics beat the heat

July 29, 2004 Allan Tarvid

A few simple tips can keep things working when summer’s blazing heat brings out the worst in everything from batteries to LCD screens[…]

New offshore plug gets down there

July 29, 2004 Don Shoopman

From the people who make it to the people who use it, one of the newest Yo-Zuri artificial lures is a deep, deep subject.[…]

Spice up flies for Cajun Permit

July 29, 2004 Catch Cormier

The very first saltwater fish I ever caught was a sheepshead. When I was a young boy, my family would spend a week each summer in Gulf Shores, and my dad always brought a rod along.[…]

Tarpon Tales

July 28, 2004 Andy Crawford

John DeBlieux had set out all but the short lines, which would go right in the prop wash.[…]

The wheels on the shiny black Explorer spun and squealed. The outboard on the Pro-Line roared. But nothing moved. Neither was budging on that backdown ramp. The pot-bellied guy at the boat’s wheel wouldn’t give up.[…]

Ship Shoal Slammers

July 28, 2004 John McQueen

Three anglers admired the all-too-uncommon spectacle of a gently rolling half-foot open Gulf swell at the same time they readied their long Carolina-rigged leaders in anticipation for the captain to give the OK to drop baits to the bottom.[…]

Summertime, Seabrook and Specks

July 28, 2004 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Eddie Adams (504-975-7902) met me at the Bonnabel Boat Launch just as daylight peeked over the eastern sky. I loaded my gear into his 22-foot Skeeter bay boat, and we headed toward Seabrook.[…]

A Sight To See

July 28, 2004 Bink Grimes

The captain pointed toward a slight undulation on the surface. “Eleven o’clock,” Chuck Uzzle said. “Do you see it?”[…]

The Young and the Restless

July 28, 2004 Todd Masson

In his two books, The Helldivers Rodeo and The Hellpig Hunt, Louisiana Sportsman contributor Humberto Fontova makes a convincing case that the drive to harvest living creatures is still alive on some level in every human.[…]

CCA champions public access, sort of

July 28, 2004 Todd Masson

Obviously the good folks at Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana are not too pleased they’ve found themselves squarely in Louisiana Sportsman’s crosshairs the last few months, and to be fair, I really need to give credit where it is due.[…]