Louisiana Sportsman

Big trout crushing suspended jerkbaits

January 26, 2021 From News Reports

The DockSide TV crew switched to suspended jerkbaits and targeted big speckled trout with the Matrix Minnow.[…]

Clyde Folse has added to his line of crappie-fishing products a jighead he’s been using for 25 years.

Lure Review: Hamma Heads

January 26, 2021 Don Shoopman

Crappie Psychic’s Clyde Folse debuts the flat jigheads he’s been using to put crappie in the boat for decades.[…]

Claire’s First Deer

January 25, 2021 CMac

Claire McGovern, 12, of Denham Springs, took her first deer ever with an excellent shot from her 7mm-08. She was hunting with her dad on January 16, 2021 in Sicily Island LA.

Construction begins on new fishing piers at Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA

January 25, 2021 From News Reports

Contractors have begun construction of new fishing piers at seven water control structures on Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA.[…]

Jordan Sylvester, a Catholic High-Baton Rouge senior, plans to attend the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Bass Angler Spotlight: Jordan Sylvester

January 25, 2021 Don Shoopman

Jordan Sylvester fishes on the Louisiana High School B.A.S.S. Nation circuit, which includes more than 100 schools.[…]

Black drum are usually caught in deeper water in marshes and other coastal areas. They will readily hit a variety of baits, but crab may be No. 1.

Don’t overlook black drum

January 25, 2021 Dora Lambert

The black drum is an inshore and estuarine fish that doesn’t get the attention it rightly deserves, according to Joshua Bourg.[…]

Can you believe where we caught all these fish?!

January 23, 2021 Todd Masson

There’s a certain zone in Southeast Louisiana, very close to New Orleans, that’s become a wintertime fishing Mecca in recent years.[…]

This is the kind of speckled trout that gets the blood pumping, even for experienced anglers like guide Eric Olsen.

Shell Beach guide has answers to February fishing questions

January 22, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Shell Beach guide said a good fishing clinic, involving redfish and speckled trout, can cure anything that’s ailing you in February.[…]

Travis Meche caught this 8.82-pound lunker on May 2. The fish hit a jig.

The Great 8: Lake Fausse Pointe’s trophy bass

January 22, 2021 Don Shoopman

Louisiana’s Lake Fausse Pointe showed out as a trophy bass destination in 2020, with eight bass weighing more than 7 pounds.[…]

Capt. Ronnie Daniels with a red caught while fishing the Biloxi Marsh. (pictured by Brian Cope)

Species spotlight: Redfish

January 22, 2021 Brian Cope

Red drum, commonly referred to as redfish, are one of the most popular species of saltwater fish throughout the southeast.[…]

Plant food plots late, love them year-round

January 22, 2021 David Moreland

Winter grasses, clovers and chickory planted late in the winter can give your deer herd a jump-start on spring growth.[…]

Spro Gouken Fluorocarbon Line

January 22, 2021 louisianasportsman

The folks who have brought you great SPRO fishing lures for years now bring you something to spool on your reel and tie on those fat, little crankbaits.[…]

Gamakatsu G-boxes

January 22, 2021 louisianasportsman

The Gamakatsu G-Box gives fishermen the ability to make boxes with the size of the lures and terminal tackle that need a home.[…]

Rigging your catfish boat

January 22, 2021 Phillip Gentry

Description: Want to rig your boat for frequent bouts with catfish? Here’s how to outfit and rig the hull to make fishing a breeze or a battle.[…]

Try live crawfish when you target slab crappie

January 22, 2021 Kinny Haddox

Don’t forget crawfish for late-winter and early spring crappie. Crawfish and crawfish-colored lures start working best in February.[…]

Hudson’s first deer

January 21, 2021 Field Reporter

Hudson Griffith, 7, shot his first deer with Remington .270, in DeSoto Parish, Grand Cane, on Nov. 25, 2020.