Hog Hunting
Airboat Hog Hunt
Like a carnival ride with a shotgun, we set out to control the feral hog population using airboats to run them down.[…]
Southeast LA
Fishing Tournaments
Sumrall, Areceneaux hold on to win Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Championship
Caleb Sumrall and Jamie Arceneaux plucked more than 20 ½ pounds out of Lake Dauterive yesterday to take the first-day lead of the Louisiana Sportsman Open Bass Championship, and they returned there today to seal the victory and collect the $12,000 first-place prize.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to fish New Orleans City Park
Mike Laviolette fishes the New Orleans City Park Lagoons year round. But, although he caught some pot-bellied lunkers last Christmas Eve, he admitted that “in the heavy of winter they go dormant.”[…]
Bass Fishing
The New Orleans City Park story
Louisiana has other urban fishing holes besides those in New Orleans City Park, including Cross Lake in Shreveport, Sibley Lake in Natchitoches, Bayou De Saird and Ouachita River in Monroe and City Park and University Lakes in Baton Rouge.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Turtle Sauce Piquant recipe
Turtle soup is considered one of the great classical Creole dishes of yore in New Orleans. Most Louisianan’s who try it today wonder what all the fuss is about.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Shallow trout prefer a straight pull
What good would a small mud boat be if you didn’t know how to catch fish once you got away from everybody else by crossing a shallow flat?[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Tips about going turtling
Fishing for turtles is a low-tech affair and requires very few licenses.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Guide enjoys evening DuLarge bite
For a charter captain, fishing can be a little hectic.
With all the things they’ve got to think about each and every morning to ensure their customers have a fun and productive day on the water, the fun of fishing can sometimes be tough to recall.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
How to clean a loggerhead turtle
At first glance, cleaning the armored, prehistoric-looking loggerhead turtle appears to be an impossible task. But cleaning a turtle is quite quickly and easily done once one learns the ropes.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Lake Boeuf fishing tips from the pros
First timers to Lake Boeuf should probe and hunt, concentrating their efforts near duck blinds because they provide permanent cover, Steve Bourgeois advised.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
When and how to fish Lake Boeuf
Lake Boeuf, a natural lake set in a depression in northern Lafourche Parish has two reputations. First, it is known as a great fishing destination.; second, it has a reputation as a hard lake to fish successfully on a consistent basis.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Spawning 101 for bream
When bream fishermen refer to bream “bedding up” they’re not speaking of bream going to bed to sleep. Actually, bedded bream are spawning bream — the most active of bream and, therefore, the easiest to catch.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Things to know before you go to Breton Island
Breton Island is a National Wildlife Refuge and home to a huge population of seabirds.[…]
Events & Announcements
Ports Eads Marina reopens
Slip space is now available at the all-new Port Eads Marina Facility on South Pass at the southernmost tip of Louisiana, about 21 miles south of Venice.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
The Freeport Sulphur Mine near Garden Island Bay
Dear Capt. Paul:
What are the coordinates of where the Freeport sulphur facility used to be on Garden Island Bay? What is the name of the pass they were on: Southwest or South pass?[…]
Bass Fishing
The jewel in the city
I was in the heart of the urban jungle.
It was 4:30 in the morning.[…]