Louisiana Sportsman

June 11, 2026

Maps and charts for your GPS unit

February 5, 2015 Captain Paul Titus

I hear that many of you received new GPS unit from Santa. About this time you have probably installed the unit in your boat and maybe even tried it out.[…]

This guy has teeth

February 4, 2015 Jerald Horst

The great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, is a common fish in the blue waters offshore of Louisiana. Yet one never sees a fishing story about anyone fishing for them off of our coast. […]

Safety is first priority in the outdoors

February 1, 2015 Andy Crawford

I’ve had the privilege to travel all over the country for work. I’ve hunted throughout the Deep South, and I’ve fished from Texas to Virginia and almost every state in between.[…]

This seafood is smokin’

January 31, 2015 Jerald Horst

Somehow, Louisiana missed out on the wonderful tradition of smoking seafood. We do everything else but smoke it.[…]

The deer woods

January 28, 2015 Gordon Hutchinson

A pod of whales.

A copse of brush.

A gaggle of geese.

A brake of cane.

A slash of palmetto.[…]

You can drop your trophy off at a cheap taxidermist — or you can invest in a mount that will provide years of enjoyment.

What to do after the hunt

January 22, 2015 Keith LaCaze

As with any other service industry, some game processors and taxidermists are better than others. Here’s some tips on choosing the right ones.[…]

Scrape activity includes more than just deer pawing at the ground. They also use overhanging limbs to leave scents and serve as signposts of their social ranking.

The skinny on scrapes

January 22, 2015 Bill Garbo

One of the more fascinating aspects of the whitetail rut revolves around the wonderful phenomenon known as “scraping.”[…]

Kayak tournaments 2015

January 18, 2015 Chris Holmes

Kayak fisherman throughout Louisiana know how good our fishing is. So good in fact that the word continues to spread.[…]

The 7¾-inch Kut Tail Worm

January 15, 2015 Don Shoopman

Alabama pro bass angler Randy Howell got what he wanted and more in 2014.[…]

It is probably a fact that most dads want their sons to enjoy the same activities in which they participated growing up. It is also a fact that some dads can go overboard and push their kids a little too much to make this happen.[…]

Yo, crappie — give up the ghost!

January 10, 2015 Catch Cormier

Despite his great love for hunting, my dad would often forego a deer hunt in the last days of the season to get an early start on fishing. As he would constantly remind me, if you want big sac-a-lait, you need to fish cold water.[…]

Using your GPS to improve your hunting

January 8, 2015 Captain Paul Titus

Recently I covered how to improve your fishing by using your GPS unit. Now, I will discuss how to improve your hunting by using your GPS unit.[…]

Find the ducks to get the bucks

January 5, 2015 Josh Chauvin

My dad grew up hunting the flooded swamps around Lac Des Allemands. He enjoyed deer hunting, but chasing those swamp bucks was too frustrating after the rut, so he stuck with his favorite type of hunting in January, which was blasting birds. […]

Louisiana sawfish are just memories

January 4, 2015 Jerald Horst

It’s not likely that many Louisiana coastal anglers give sawfish a thought. In fact, it’s not likely that anyone under the age of 50 even knows we ever had a sawfish population in the state.[…]

Hunting no longer a male fraternity

January 1, 2015 Andy Crawford

I can remember the scene like it was yesterday: A wife of one of the hunting club members showed up around lunchtime, and another member walked out of the bunk room in his tighty whities.[…]

This man loves to feed people

December 31, 2014 Jerald Horst

Barry Flach Jr. has been around the seafood business his whole life. Here are his recipes for Seafood Marlena and Oyster Spaghetti.[…]

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