Field Notes
Video: Training tips to get your dog ready for next season
During the waterfowl season, many habits — both good and bad — are formed by hunters and dogs alike.[…]
Statewide LA
Big Bass
Many angler scores on Toledo Bend 12.37-pound hawg
Mike Thaxton and his fishing partner Tony Ivy were among the thousand-plus anglers fishing various club tournaments Saturday on Toledo Bend.[…]
News Breaker
Epic trip yields 14 tuna out of Venice
As the owner of the ‘Ms. Lou” — a houseboat in Venice Marina — David Baker has seen more than his share of special catches brought to the docks.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Crab season to close for 30 days beginning Monday
If you enjoy eating fresh boiled crabs, get your fix this weekend because they won’t be available for about the next month.[…]
Inshore Fishing
St. Bernard man cited for alleged oyster violations
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 33-year-old St. Bernard man for alleged oyster violations in Drum Bay on Feb. 14.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Orange Grove sac-a-lait bite on fire
Another unseasonably mild winter — even by South Louisiana standards — has been a boon for sac-a-lait anglers, who’ve been reeling in slabs almost since late last year.[…]
Deer Hunting
Tennessee whitetail sets new non-typical B&C world record
A Tennessee hunter’s 47-point whitetail buck has officially been accepted as the new hunter-taken, non-typical world record by the Boone and Crockett Club after being scored by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s B&C scorers.[…]
News Breaker
Video: Commercial red snapper haul
A video posted by a Grand Isle commercial red snapper fisherman is getting lots of attention on Louisiana Sportsman’s Facebook page.[…]
Big Bass
Crappie angler lands 10.36-pound Toledo Bend bass
Craig May woke up Friday preparing for a morning of crappie fishing on Toledo Bend.[…]
General
Plane hits deer during takeoff in Charlotte, N.C.
A plane carrying 44 passengers struck a deer during takeoff Wednesday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, according to media reports.[…]
Bass Fishing
2018 Bassmaster Classic returns to Lake Hartwell
The 2018 Bassmaster Classic is returning to familiar waters.
The 48th annual world championship of professional bass fishing will be held March 16-18 in Greenville, S.C. on Lake Hartwell, which played host to the Classic in 2008 and most recently in 2015[…]
General
Door-to-door shrimp salesmen busted by LDWF
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two door-to-door shrimp salesmen for allegedly shorting customers in Calcasieu Parish last month.[…]
Columns
LiveTarget’s Swimbait Series
LiveTarget, with its industry-leading designs and award-winning artificial lures, has added to its growing family with soft-plastic swimbaits that — even in their earliest stages of design — fool the forage fish they resemble so closely.[…]
Fishing
Ranger RT198p
Feature after fishing feature, inspired from their famous fiberglass lines, make the new Ranger RT198p a hard-core fisherman’s dream boat. It gets your attention with good looks and wins you over an excellent combination of features, storage, fishing space and attention to detail.[…]
Fishing
Tracker Pro Team 195TXW
The Tracker Pro Team 195 TXW is the largest, most-powerful, all-welded, modified Vee aluminum boat Tracker Marine has ever built. And no space was wasted, either. It’s packed that start at the bow with a huge bow casting deck and continue to the box beam, all-aluminum transom. […]
Fishing
Xpress XBay 21 and 23
Fifty years ago, Xpress Boats changed the horizon of aluminum boat building by being the first to weld an aluminum boat. Later, it pioneered construction based on using longitudinal rib construction rather than cross ribs and injecting expandable foam to create a unibody platform that exceeded Coast Guard Standards and provided enhanced performance while dramatically reducing hull noise and increasing the overall safety of their boats. […]