Louisiana Sportsman

April 29, 2026

Kade Thomas of West Monroe shows how productive Ouachita River catfishing can be this time of the year.

Ouachita River catfish offer anglers a good summer alternative

September 5, 2023 Kinny Haddox

Ouachita River catfish offer anglers like Josh and Kade Thomas a good summer alternative to chasing bass and crappie.[…]

Delacroix trout can be caught on soft-plastic lures this month fishing the areas on the edge of Black Bay.

Delacroix’s September specks

September 3, 2023 Joel Masson

Although it may not be at the very top of his list, Delacroix fishing guide Capt. Jack Payne finds great speckled trout action this month.[…]

Randy O’banion of Zwolle, a buoy tender for the Sabine River Authority, holds a 5-plus pound bass he caught at night on Toledo Bend. O’banion was beating the heat to catch 13 bass, including two over 5 pounds, while fishing a plum apple Ol’ Monster Worm around ledges in 7- to 15-foot depths.

Stick to vegetation, docks and offshore for Toledo bass

September 1, 2023 John Dean

More and more bass (and crappie) are being caught at Toledo Bend at night by folks who want to beat the heat.[…]

According to Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service, some fair to good speckled trout fishing should be in Pelican Pass in September.

Late summer speckled trout fun at Pelican Pass

August 31, 2023 Don Shoopman

According to Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service, some fair to good speckled trout fishing should be in Pelican Pass in September.[…]

Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet gets bass like this in his hand with a buzz bait or by punchin’ soft plastics on either side of the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee in August.

A hot time with summer Basin bass

August 7, 2023 Don Shoopman

Cliff Crochet figured out a long time ago the most efficient way to put bass in the boat during the dog days of summer.[…]

John Dean has his hands full with a 9.2-pound bass he caught while dropping a June bug/red Senko through a grass mat in late summer.

Things are right for awesome Toledo Bend bass catches

August 4, 2023 John Dean

You can catch bass one of three ways to beat the summertime blues during late July and August at Toledo Bend.[…]

A black Super Spook is one of the author’s all-time favorite topwater lures, especially at night. They are nearly impossible to find but other black topwater lures will work as well.

Wade for topwater trout at night

August 3, 2023 Capt. Adam Jaynes

The islands on the north end of Sabine Lake offer some great speckled trout fishing during the dog days of summer, particularly at night.[…]

Black Bay trout hideouts

August 1, 2023 Rusty Tardo

Capt. George Ricks said if you want to catch fish this month, you’ll need to head to the waters of Black Bay, Bay Eloi and Breton Sound.[…]

Bream can be caught both on a Beetle Spin and with a Gulp cricket under a cork this month in the Pearl River. (Photo by Joel Masson)

Pearl River bream

July 30, 2023 Joel Masson

Bream can be caught both on a Beetle Spin and with a Gulp cricket under a cork this month in the Pearl River.[…]

New Iberian Keo Khamphilavong takes a moment between catching speckled trout to show one to the camera while fishing Tete Butte. (Picture by Photo by Don Shoopman)

When trout come to Tete Butte, they are coming to eat!

July 6, 2023 Don Shoopman

When Keo Khamphilavong of New Iberia targets speckled trout in July, he almost always checks on Tete Butte.[…]

Mike Randolph caught this 9.45-pound bass and others while fishing plastic frogs and topwater poppers recently in a Dirty Dozen Bass Club tournament at Toledo Bend.

Plunkin’ and dunkin’ at Toledo Bend

July 3, 2023 John Dean

Toledo Bend’s reemergence of vegetation puts quite a few critical pieces of the puzzle together for catching bass in the dog days of summer.[…]

Justin Webb landed this redfish with beautiful spots, a typical catch for July in Delacroix.

Sight fishing for big reds at Delacroix

July 2, 2023 Joel Masson

When the trout fishing gets to be a grind this month, sight fishing redfish is a great alternative at Delacroix according to Capt. Ty Hibbs.[…]

Big trout and the Chandeleur Islands are synonymous with each other as Cayce Causey shows here.

A run to the Chandeleur Islands pays with big trout

June 30, 2023 Nick Vaccaro

As the temperatures start heating up, so does the speckled trout fishing at the Chandeleur Islands. Cayce Causey knows this well.[…]

Watson’s Hunter Holden favors a Paddle Tail swimbait or artificial crawfish with an underspin at Hopedale in the summer.

Bet on Hopedale

June 8, 2023 Nick Vaccaro

Hunter Holden of Watson, also known as “anglerdan_staterecords,” sees June as the best month for all-around fishing in Hopedale.[…]

The author with a hammer of a redfish that engulfed a white spinnerbait while fishing the marsh recently.

Throw ‘em spinnerbaits on the Sabine River

June 4, 2023 Capt. Adam Jaynes

Anglers have been throwing spinnerbaits in the Sabine River marsh for redfish and bass. That bite should continue throughout June.[…]

Jake Ormond landed this Bartholomew toad on a wacky rigged Senko.

MLF pro talks Bartholomew Lake bass

June 4, 2023 Kinny Haddox

Major League Fishing pro Jake Ormond enjoys fishing for bass at Bartholomew Lake in Sterlington because of the structure it has.[…]