Louisiana Sportsman

Gotcha gear

June 15, 2014 Jerald Horst

Charter guides need dependable gear, especially offshore where big fish can really dish out the abuse. Bobby Terrebonne is no different.[…]

Finding red snapper

June 15, 2014 Jerald Horst

Bobby Terrebonne maintains that finding red snapper is not a big problem. Here he gives his best tips for bait and location.[…]

Bobby Terrebonne is not a man to sit on his hands and complain without trying to make things better. For seven years he has sat on the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Advisory Panel and served on the Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel.[…]

Pending state record mangrove snapper caught near South Timbalier in STAR Tournament

June 13, 2014 Patrick Bonin

The very first day of the CCA STAR Tournament started with a bang for Todd Black.[…]

Pending state record mangrove snapper caught in STAR tournament

June 12, 2014 Patrick Bonin

LouisianaSportsman.com has learned that a pending state record mangrove snapper has been caught and weighed-in during the Coastal Conservation Association’s STAR Tournament.[…]

ULL student lands 101.3-pound cobia 70 miles southwest of Cypremort Point

June 9, 2014 Patrick Bonin

Neil Smith originally thought he might have caught another jack crevalle last week as he and friends fished behind a shrimp boat about 70 miles southwest of Cypremort Point in the Vermillion Blocks.[…]

UPDATE: Offshore boat stuck on South Pass jetty in flames

June 7, 2014 Andy Crawford

The rock jetty at the mouth of South Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River has claimed another victim, according to a Baton Rouge angler who texted a photo to Louisiana Sportsman. And the latest news is that the boat is burning.[…]

Port Eads Marina Facility hosts grand opening

June 6, 2014 From News Reports

Almost nine years after being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the newly rebuilt Port Eads Marina Facility near the mouth of the Mississippi River at South Pass hosted a grand opening celebration over the Memorial Day weekend.[…]

Two Kenner men arrested for allegedly running illegal offshore guide service out of Venice

June 5, 2014 From News Reports

Enforcement agents arrested two Kenner men for allegedly running illegal offshore guide services in Venice, according to a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries release.[…]

A box of chocolates

June 1, 2014 Jerald Horst

The deeply tanned, athletically-built 65-year-old man was standing in the shade beneath Bridgeside Marina on Grand Isle. He was responding to a question about offshore charter guiding. […]

Offshore STARs —How to win the tournament’s offshore categories

June 1, 2014 John McQueen

A staple in the summertime plans of many Louisiana saltwater anglers has been CCA Louisiana’s Statewide Tournament and Anglers Rodeo, a summer-long, multi-weigh station event stretching from the Texas state line all the way to Mississippi.[…]

HB 1082 sails through Senate Natural Resources Committee, heads to full senate for final vote

May 16, 2014 Patrick Bonin

A bill that would raise saltwater license fees by 136 percent breezed through the Louisiana Senate’s Natural Resources Committee on Thursday and now heads to the full Senate for final consideration, according to the bill’s author.[…]

Officials react to fed’s decision to shorten red snapper season

May 15, 2014 Patrick Bonin

Unthinkable and insane. Crazy. Buffoonery and chaos. Those were just a few of the choice words officials used to describe yesterday’s announcement by NOAA Fisheries that the already-too-short recreational red snapper season in the Gulf had been cut by two more days.[…]

Offshore Fishing