Louisiana Sportsman

Leonard Kleinpeter applies vanilla extract from a pump spray bottle to keep gnats at bay.

Tip of the day

July 15, 2018 Jerald Horst

He smelled so good I wanted to lick him.

Leonard Kleinpeter has just sprayed himself with bug repellant, but not the stinky stuff in a can.[…]

Pellegrin uses a No. 4 treble hook when fishing shrimp because he knows they will sink into flesh and won’t let go without the use of pliers.

Treble hooks hold tight

July 15, 2018 Andy Crawford

Capt. Tommy Pellegrin uses slip corks because they make it so easy to cast.

He uses slip corks because they make it so easy to cast, even working over deep water.[…]

LiveTarget’s Scaled Sardine Twitchbait

July 15, 2018 Don Shoopman

A veteran saltwater fishing guide out of Sarasota, Florida, has an artificial bait that looks so much like the real thing, it’s irresistible to speckled trout, redfish and snook in the shallow waters he fishes along the coast.[…]

This photo shows the difference between the three-cusp temporary third premolar (top) and the permanent third premolar with two cusps (bottom).

How to age white-tailed deer: Part III

July 12, 2018 David Moreland

Last month I wrote about the 1 ½-year-old age class, or yearling deer. The key that separates the yearling age class from the 2-year-old age class is the third premolar. Yearling deer have three temporary premolars that begin to break up and are shed when the deer is 17 to 18 months old.[…]

Fly fishing guru Kevin ‘Doc’ Andry catches more big bass on hair bugs than anything else.

Hair today, bugs tomorrow

July 10, 2018 Catch Cormier

If you love flies made with hair, then July is your lucky month.

The second weekend of this month, the annual Contraband Fly Fishing Expo in Lake Charles will feature America’s premier deer hair tier, Pat Cohen.[…]

Guide shares Top 3 tips to catch more tripletail

July 9, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Kris Robert targets tripletail around crab trap buoys. He shared three great tips to catch more fish this summer.[…]

Vermilion Bay and Marsh Island offer year-round fishing opportunities for anglers pursuing redfish and speckled trout.

Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge of GPS Waypoints for Vermilion Bay

July 8, 2018 Captain Paul Titus

The Vermilion Bay Fishing Edge consists of 205 different waypoint positions. Many locations were once land points or islands that are now submerged, in addition to other visible and key navigation spots. […]

Live shrimp and croakers are your best bets to target spawning speckled trout in July around Grand Isle, according to Capt. Mark Scardino with Hard Times Fishing Charters.

Target spawning specks at Grand Isle

July 7, 2018 Patrick Bonin

July means another month for big spawning speckled trout in and around Grand Isle, and Capt. Mark Scardino with Hard Times Fishing Charters said bait selection couldn’t be any easier.[…]

From left to right, Rick Bergeron, Capt. Brady Giroir, Andy Ruff and Clayton Breaux show off a nice box of fish.

Fill the box at Cocodrie

July 6, 2018 Don Shoopman

Catch two speckled trout at a time, before the heat of the day, then add a limit of redfish — now you’ve got the scenario for a day in the life of saltwater fishing guide Brady Giroir in July.[…]

Big bluegills like this one are why Finch Lake is a hit with summertime bream anglers.

Catch big bream on little Finch Lake

July 4, 2018 Kinny Haddox

It was a bad year for flooding on Finch Lake and the Ouachita River near the small community of Haile — so that means it’s a good year for big bream.[…]

Dedicated tarpon anglers like David Prevost make every effort to revive exhausted fish before they are released.

Tarpon are quirky creatures

July 4, 2018 Jerald Horst

For all their glitz and glamour, tarpon are very close to just being giant pogies (menhaden) that eat fish. They are really primitive beasts. On the evolutionary scale, they and their close cousins ladyfish and bonefish are just one step ahead of garfish and bowfin (choupique), but more primitive than eels, shad, sardines and pogies.[…]