Events & Announcements

Louisiana Sportsman lottery tickets now available

As scratch-off sales continue to explode, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation bagged another big one by entering into a strategic alliance with Louisiana Sportsman Magazine to produce a series of five $2 tickets bearing the publication’s fleur-de-lis logo – the same one that adorns vehicles all over the state.[…]

Columns

Buck movement quantified

In last month’s column we looked at some of the methods I typically use to convert my personal trail camera photo archives into meaningful and usable “deer statistics” or “intelligence.” […]

Events & Announcements

You’ll want to get your hands on August mag

Louisiana Sportsman’s August issue is nearing completion and will be heading to the printers today (July 19). That means the magazine will begin its route to subscribers and newsstands across the state next week.

You’ll want to begin making hunting preparations soon. Let us help you make choices that will pay off when the season starts. This issue also has plenty of great ideas for how to be victorious when battling cobia or tarpon. And to top it off, we’ve got your guide to never leaving Grand Isle empty-handed.[…]

Columns

MirrOdine Suspending Twitchbait

What’s 2 5/8 inches long, weighs 3/8 of an ounce, has a wide-body profile, hits the surface and sinks a little bit before suspending and drives speckled trout, redfish and other saltwater species wild with side-to-side movement and sound from fish-calling rattles?[…]

Columns

Got ’yak?

Question from the Kayak Fishing Forum:

I am new to the whole kayak fishing. Just looking for a nice, cheaper alternative to buying a boat and still getting out on the water for a nice trip[…]

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Freshwater Fishing

Tippets

A reminder to fly anglers competing in the summer-long CCA STAR tournament that there’s a bonus drawing again for 2012 in the Fly Fish Division.[…]

Columns

Can you beat a drum?

Black drum are an underrated recreational fish, certainly when their quality as table fare is considered. A few visits to Louisiana’s fabled Creole restaurants, where the fish is on almost every menu, should convince even a skeptic of that.[…]