Louisiana Sportsman

Rat-L-Trap’s new MR-6 crankbait

February 26, 2019 Don Shoopman

Rat-L-Trap’s new MR-6 crankbait has everything in it tour anglers want, including a low-pitched knocking sound unlike the rattle of a Rat-L-Trap.[…]

New speckled trout column debuts

February 25, 2019 Chris Bush

New column will help you to become a more well-rounded speckled trout fisherman.[…]

Agents learn about illegal taking of deer from social media

February 25, 2019 From News Reports

Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) cited a St. Martin Parish man for alleged deer hunting violations on Feb. 13.[…]

Dirty 30 big speckled trout club

February 25, 2019 Allan Schilling

An exclusive club that honors anglers who land a benchmark 30-inch speckled trout.[…]

Zachary Brazda of Arnaudville caught a 9.4-pound beauty, while fishing a Carencro Bass Club tournament.

Lake Fausse Pointe Borrow pit hawgs

February 25, 2019 Don Shoopman

More and more big bass are coming from the borrow pits along the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee from Lake Fausse Pointe State Park south along what is locally known as the Borrow Pit Canal.[…]

Looking for chunky chinquapin? Caney Lake delivers!

February 25, 2019 Catch Cormier

When it comes to readers – a.k.a. chinquapins, a.k.a. shellcrackers – there’s no better place to catch a monster than Caney Lake.[…]

Identifying the types of habitat in which bass feed and spawn is key to lake break down.

Lake breakdown explained

February 23, 2019 David A. Brown

Pro anglers discuss how they break down a body of water and determine where they have the best chance to catch fish when a tournament begins.[…]

Brian Epstein with a nice Delacroix speck.

Ten minute trout: Delacroix

February 23, 2019 Rusty Tardo

Three Delacroix lakes, all a mere 10 minutes from the dock, that you should focus on for February speckled trout.[…]

2018-19 Deer of the Year

February 21, 2019 louisianasportsman

Since deer season cranked up last fall, Louisiana Sportsman has written up almost 50 stories about big buck harvested all across the Bayou State.[…]

This aggressive turkey was a nuisance to one photographer, but a source of laughter for another.

Aggressive turkey provides laughter for outdoor photographer

February 21, 2019 Brian Cope

Outdoor photographer Rick Small could only manage one photo of an aggressive turkey getting a little too close to a second photographer during a shoot on Feb. 10, 2019.[…]

Baker angler catches 10-plus-pounder at Toledo Bend

February 21, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Kyle Alexander, of Baker, hooked a 10.41-pound lunker bass on Feb. 15 at Toledo Bend near Turtle Beach.[…]

Rusty Critselous and Hudson Brister from Ruston had a great day fishing out of Cocodrie on Feb. 17.

Fish bite turns on in Cocodrie

February 21, 2019 Ann Taylor

Fishing guide Tommy Pellegrin with Custom Charters has been slamming the speckled trout, black drum, redfish and sheepshead right now in the Terrebonne Bay area. […]