Louisiana Sportsman

May 22, 2026

Iced down and ready for the pot! An ice chest full of crabs await the Sharkey family as they prepare the boil.

Roadside crabbing

June 21, 2024 Keith Lusher Jr.

While there are many different methods to catching crabs, the simplest way is the most popular way — a simple string with bait on the end.[…]

Elizabeth Eustis and Joanne Adams with a couple flounder they caught fishing with Fishing Tom Guide Service on Sabine Lake. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Flounder are everybody’s friend along the coast

June 21, 2024 John N. Felsher

Anglers can catch flounder in any salty, brackish and sometimes freshwater systems along the Louisiana coast.[…]

Bailee Daniels with a trout she caught while fishing live bait under a cork with Fisher-Man Guide Services. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Anglers hammer trout on coastline islands

June 21, 2024 Jon Miller

Louisiana’s barrier islands not only provide excellent fishing, but also give protection to our inshore marshes.[…]

Christopher Bassil brings his first place redfish to the net in the Southeast Louisiana Kayak Fishing Club’s Kids Pole Challenge. The little Zebco Splash spincast combo and a gold spoon got a workout, but did the trick on this upper-slot redfish.

Join a kayak fishing club

June 13, 2024 Chris Holmes

If you are looking to learn about kayak fishing, improve your skills, or meet new friends, try joining a kayak fishing club.[…]

Taylor Valois with a redfish caught sight fishing in the marsh.

Redfish decline a product of our disappearing coastal marshes

June 13, 2024 Chris Macaluso

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, a project to reconnect the river to Barataria Bay, is the best shot to stabilize our redfish population.[…]

An angler fishes off the rocks in Pointe Aux Chenes.

Pointe Aux Chenes is popular June destination

June 8, 2024 Jay Angel

Pointe Aux Chenes provides kayakers and shore bound anglers with some fantastic opportunities to catch fish.[…]

New red drum regulations go into effect June 20

June 7, 2024 From News Reports

New red drum size and daily creel limits go into effect and will be enforced beginning June 20, 2024. Here are the new regulations.[…]

Time to move out for Dularge trout

June 7, 2024 Jay Angel

According to Capt. Lloyd Landry, owner of Outcast Fishing Charters, the trout will migrate out of the marsh this month looking to spawn.[…]

Capt. Mark Scardino caught this nice trout on a live croaker fished on the bottom along the beach at Grand Terre Island.

Grand time at Grand Isle

June 6, 2024 Rusty Tardo

Capt. Mark Scardino of Hard Times Charters in Grand Isle, said the trout fishing action started up early this year.[…]

The reefs along the coast below Marsh Island should give up more speckled trout like this in June, according to Gotta Have Faith Charters owner Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry.

Tiger Shoals trout

June 1, 2024 Don Shoopman

Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry of Gotta Have Faith Charters has many options to take advantage of the speckled trout bite below Vermilion Bay.[…]

(Photo courtesy Florida’s Forgotten Coast Tourism)

Out of State Destinations: “Old Florida’s” Apalachicola offers diverse saltwater fishing

May 31, 2024 John N. Felsher

The Apalachicola River pours into Apalachicola Bay and creates a rich marshy delta. It holds tripletail, flounder and redfish.[…]

Susan Booth shows off a redfish she caught while fishing near Hopedale with Mike Gallo of Angling Adventures of Louisiana.

Tempting big redfish with topwater baits

May 24, 2024 John N. Felsher

Few fishing experiences can compare with the brutal savagery of a large redfish smashing a topwater bait in shallow water.[…]

Drake Morvant was able to catch this 18-inch speckled trout using live shrimp on a drop-shot rig.

How to “fix” the speckled trout game in your favor

May 24, 2024 Keith Lusher Jr.

While rigs exist to produce fuel, for Drake Morvant of Victory Bay Charters, these platforms exist to point him to the speckled trout.[…]

The author with a good ship channel speck he caught.

Lake Charles is true “City Limits” speckled trout mecca

May 24, 2024 John Flores

Lake Charles fishing for speckled trout and redfish is very accessible and so are things to do after a day on the water.[…]

Launching a kayak from Highway 1 is a good way to access the area’s incredible fishing. (Picture by Terry L. Jones)

Bayou Lafourche

May 22, 2024 Terry L. Jones

The only way to drive to Grand Isle is by way of Highway 1, and it allows fishermen to access the area’s bountiful waters.[…]

Baylor Allen is pictured throwing a cast net. (Pictube by Ricky Aucoin)

The art of throwing a cast net

May 19, 2024 Ricky Aucoin

Throwing a cast net can be very beneficial to a fisherman for a multitude of reasons, including the savings from not having to buy bait[…]