Louisiana Sportsman

Crappie dock shooting tips

September 15, 2017 Jerald Horst

1) Practice before you go. The concept looks easy, but shooting a lure into the constricted space between the dock and the water’s surface accurately is challenging.[…]

September’s best kayaking bets

September 15, 2017 Chris Holmes

The goal of this new feature is to provide the best available information for monthly hotspots for kayak-friendly fresh and saltwater areas across the region. Due to the lag time from information to print, weather conditions can change the bite so check in regularly with LouisianaSportsman.com for the latest updates.[…]

Cobia 101: Tips to hook up with lemon fish

September 14, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Call them lemon fish, cobia or ling, but their firm white meat is delicious, and right now is prime time to catch them off the Louisiana coast.[…]

Slim Jimmys

September 13, 2017 Don Shoopman

Before there was a Cooyon Croaker, Kaplan-based Cajun Lures probably was best known for the little soft plastic that slayed sac-a-lait here, there and everywhere.[…]

Cobia 101: Tips to hook up with lemonfish

September 12, 2017 Patrick Bonin

Call them whatever you want — lemon ish, cobia or ling — but their firm white meat is delicious, and right now is prime time to catch them off the Louisiana coast.[…]

Deer harvest, number of hunters in decline

September 12, 2017 David Moreland

Many years ago, in the mid-70s, there was an article in a popular hunting magazine that was titled “The Thundering Herd.” Basically it was about exploding deer numbers in most of the states in the southeast.[…]

IFTD and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamreels

September 10, 2017 Catch Cormier

There were beaucoup smiles following the recent International Fly Tackle Dealer Show — again held in conjunction with ICAST, the world’s largest fishing trade show. […]

Lowrance or Garmin Edge data for GPS units

September 8, 2017 Captain Paul Titus

I have a Garmin GPS map 76 handheld, Lowrance hook 5, Lowrance elite chirp 7, and a Lowrance HDs 9 on my various boats. When I purchase your Fishing Edge files, will standard .gpx files work on all four or do I need Lowrance- and Garmin-specific files? […]

High-tech hog whacking

September 1, 2017 David Hunter Jones

What’s that green glow?

It’s a beacon for bacon.[…]

Quicksilver Kick

September 1, 2017 Jerald Horst

“There are exceptions to everything we are going to tell you today and tomorrow.”[…]

Cover: September 2017

September 1, 2017 Louisiana Sportsman

Increase your odds of downing a big public lands buck by consulting the Sportsman’s WMA Forecast starting on page 42.[…]

Where have all the pompano gone?

September 1, 2017 Jerald Horst

It was January 1965 and the Louisiana Conservationist, the official voice of the Louisiana Wild Life (yes that’s the way it was spelled then — Wild Life, not Wildlife) and Fisheries Commission, led off with an article on Louisiana’s wonderful winter offshore fishery. […]