Irish eyes were smiling on Moss Bluff’s Jeff Atchison Thursday when he reeled in a St. Patrick’s Day bass of a lifetime on the southern end of Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
Houma veterinarian Dr. Bill Marcello left the Louisiana Sportsman Show shortly before the Big Buck Contest winners were announced Sunday afternoon, but he ended up receiving an exciting phone call on his way home.[…]
Greg Hackney zigged when other anglers zagged and caught a five-fish limit Friday weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce to take the second round lead of the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at the St. Johns River in Palatka, Fla.[…]
At the age of 69, Bassmaster Elite Series angler Rick Clunn proved you’re never too old to fish when he brought a whopping five-fish, 31-pound, 7-ounce bag to the scales Saturday to take the lead heading into the final day of action on the St. Johns River.[…]
The bilge of my boat has long looked like the Exxon Valdez threw up under my back deck. No matter how hard I have tried over the years, I just haven’t been able to avoid spilling at least a little bit of oil when filling the reservoir.[…]
Tommy Vidrine’s speckled trout trip Thursday on the back side of Grand Isle — along with the incredible amount of bait he saw — already has him chomping at the bit for what could be a very special springtime run.[…]
Two familiar Louisiana anglers are in the Top 10 after Day 1 of the Bassmaster Elite Series event on the St. Johns River out of Palatka, Fla.[…]
Would you ever leave the launch with only six lures? That’s exactly what more than 100 kayak anglers did recently, and the results were impressive.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed several wildlife management areas to all activities because of flooding, including Bayou Pierre, Big Lake, Boeuf, Loggy Bayou and Russell Sage.[…]
A 36-volt trolling motor is the only way to go. They have lots of power but sip at the batteries, so you rarely have to worry about losing steam during a hard day on the water.[…]
The New Orleans City Park Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival is back and better than ever for the 69th time in 2016, and this year’s event features a brand new “Battle for the Bass” competition for area high school anglers.[…]
Nowadays we take the power of the Internet and social media for granted — until something like Tuesday’s coy dog story in Washington Parish reminds everyone how easy it is for people to connect with each other online.[…]
I have always been the guy who bought mid-priced marine batteries to save some money. And, to be honest, I’ve not had a lot of problems with them, even though my cranking was part of my 36-volt system powering my trolling motor.[…]
Just like hunting, when it comes to fishing my goal is big game. So in the springtime I regularly set noodle lines for choupic and catfish, but this year I had the urge to catch a big one the old-fashioned way: with a rod and reel. […]
More than 2,500 traps were retrieved last month in two separate events on Lake Pontchartrain and near Lafitte during the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ annual Derelict Crab Trap Rodeo[…]
Spinnerbaits are among the most-effective and most-popular lures that bass fishermen carry in their tackle boxes, especially in the spring. But they are also lures that present fishermen with all kinds of options in terms of sizes, colors and the size, shape and colors of the whirling, jangling blades that give them their fish appeal.[…]