Inshore Fishing
Tippets
Speckled trout have returned. Along wading areas like the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Breton Island and Grand Isle, clousers and other baitfish patterns will be the ticket.[…]
Statewide LA
Inshore Fishing
Upcoming Events
May 5 — Second annual Cane Country Fly Fest, Cane Riverbank, Natchitoches. Time: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. No cost. Seminars, casting instruction, fly tying demos, kayak demos, vendor exhibits and fishing. Sponsored by the Cane Country Fly Casters club.[…]
Fishing
The Baitkeeper Cup
Cast farther and more accurately than ever before with the Captain CatchEmAll Baitkeeper Cup.[…]
Fishing
Veranda Pontoon
With patented all-aluminum interlocking floors; all-welded, wood-free deck construction; and a patented, integrated performance wave shield, Veranda pontoons are built to last a lifetime.[…]
General
Reflex Holster
Uncle Mike’s, a leading provider of shooting accessories, has introduced the Reflex Holster to provide concealed carry permit holders with a reliable, easy to use retention holster.[…]
Hunting
Sure-Loc Lethal Weapon
The Sure-Loc Lethal Weapon is a dependable, accurate bow sight loaded with a host of new features, including the popular Retina Lock, which will identify even the slightest torque or change in anchor point.[…]
Contents
Cover: May 2012
Speckled trout fishing is heating up across the coast, but there’s no shortage of freshwater action.[…]
Contents
Buggin’ bluegill
The sounds are unmistakable. SSSLURP! POP! SMACK!
When bluegill rise to grab surface meals, they know they’re vulnerable to bass, ospreys, herons and other predators. Therefore, they have to be sure of a worthwhile payoff, and nature provides plenty in the way of aquatic insects and other bugs that fall to the water’s surface.[…]
Columns
Dumb game laws
Louisiana Sportsman is of course the best outdoor publication around, but I do read a few others. So when the March 2012 issue of Petersen’s Hunting hit the mailbox I took a quick look at the petersenshunting.com page for the monthly highlights.[…]
Columns
Red tide falling
In February, the Wyoming state legislature considered an amendment to a bill requiring that state to purchase an aircraft carrier. Even though it failed, there were 22 legislators who voted for the amendment.[…]
Columns
The Ruger SR40c
A recent concealed carry class included a newlywed couple. The young woman was an attractive emergency room nurse with a winning smile, long brown hair and a dad who was a retired federal law enforcement officer.[…]
Columns
Small, compact spinnerbait a hit
For a man who has been making some of the finest artificial lures in the country for 31 years, Texan Lonnie Stanley sure was talking excitedly — gushing, actually — at length a few weeks ago about his newest baby: a Wedgetail Mini Wedge Runner.[…]
Columns
The 2012 Turkey Games
The late Ken Morgan believed that turkey hunting was a one-man game. In fact, he wrote a book titled “Turkey Hunting: A One Man Game.”[…]
Ask Captain Paul
High quality maps for your GPS unit
Dear Capt. Paul:
My Garmin GPSMAP 60csx has some downloaded maps from Garmin MapSource TOPO 1:100,000, but these maps aren’t very good for marsh fishing. My Blackberry cell phone gives me Google Earth, but it won’t stand up to rain/pounding and it doesn’t work where there is no cell phone service. Is there a way to get Google Earth maps on my map60csx?[…]
Cobia
Everybody loves cobia
Cobia, also locally called lemonfish or ling, are a prized Gulf of Mexico fish. They are cool fish and their mild meat is prized in Louisiana.[…]
Columns
Managing the data — Part 3
The pursuit by a hunter of trail-camera photo information regarding whitetail buck activity can be a labor intensive project and, as a result, the end product is absolutely what you make it to be.[…]