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Marsh Olympics
It was still dark in the pre-dawn hours of a Thursday morning when I shook hands with Capt. Chad Dufrene and we sat down for breakfast at Rose’s Café in Golden Meadow.[…]
Fishing
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Shrouded Gem
Folks living in the northern portion of the state don’t have far to look when seeking good fishing waters.[…]
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Compliments of Concordia
Jody Perrault and Travis Brown struggled to bring their sack of bass to the scales at the conclusion of the Bass Busters Team Trail kick-off tournament at Lake Concordia last February.[…]
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The Great Bait Debate
Those fish aren’t gonna hit that plastic,” my fishing buddy said emphatically more than a decade ago.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Catfish Lake Consistent Despite Cold
In typical Louisiana fashion, Captain Jim Thibodeaux of Fish Tales Guide Service (985-696-1801) has faced three entirely different weather scenarios the past three days.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cold Can’t Stop Lake Pelto Reds
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The cold weather this past weekend was supposed to knock everybody down off their easy limit high horse a couple of notches.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass Bursting Loose at the Basin
Spring is coming early for the freshwater anglers of south Louisiana. Anybody waiting on March to come along before they try the bass at the Basin will miss some of the best action of the year.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Patience Key To The Pen and Salvador
Captain Mike Daigle with Cast-It Charters (985-331-8548) doesn’t expect to find too many trout in Lake Salvador during the winter because they are usually gone before it gets too cold.[…]
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Claiborne Conundrum
There are plenty voices rising above North Louisiana suggesting that Lake Claiborne, a 6,400-acre impoundment 25 miles northwest of Ruston, has become an enigma — a mystery wrapped in a riddle.[…]
Fishing
Upgrade your electronics, how and why?
One thing remains constant with marine electronics: When you buy any unit, the very next year you will be able to buy a model with more features and better performance for the same money, or a model with the same features and performance for considerably less.[…]
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Rare Jewels
While deer hunting out of a tree stand last year, I learned the productivity for pondering the deep mysteries of life when you’re high above the earth, close to God and free to meditate away from ringing telephones, loud music and people with nothing to do but interrupt your work.[…]
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Reds on the Rocks
I hope it’s going to be cold, with a good stiff wind blowing from the northwest,” Papa Joe Bush said, about the fishing trip I planned. […]
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Spawn Seiner
The Turtle Bayou canal was pretty much devoid of structure, with the only change in the water coming from occasional clusters of grass and even more infrequent willow trees blown down during Hurricane Rita’s fury.[…]
Fishing
Got motor trouble? I can help
Hello, and welcome to all the readers of Louisiana Sportsman magazine. For those of you who don’t know me, I was first christened with the name “The Boat Doctor” way back in 1983 when I was a guest on the WWL outdoors radio program.[…]
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Cover: February 2006-Fishing
Thanks to coastal restoration efforts, Lafitte anglers have a new hotspot.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Many NAVAIDs not aiding anything
Word from Capt. Paul
In the wakes of Katrina and Rita, many landmarks that were the backbone of our “dead-reckoning” system of getting around in the marshes are no longer there.[…]