Westerly winds have been as much a part of the South Louisiana fishing scene this summer as humidity so thick you can almost drink the air while you breathe it. Winds from that direction empty the marshes in a lot of areas, and can make usual hotspots drier than fine red wine.[…]
Darren Cooper and I sat in Doiron’s Store at 6:30 a.m., waiting for an early morning thunderstorm to pass over the lower Atchafalaya Basin. It had been several years since we had gotten together to catch bream in the huge swamp — and a slowly falling Atchafalaya River gave great promise to our day.[…]
A laundry list of experts that reads like a who’s who of personalities in the outdoor world will be at the Quality Deer Management Associations’s National Convention in New Orleans this week, with several also attending the Sportsman Show in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as well. […]
Through July 1, Louisiana’s recreational anglers had landed about 344,000 pounds — or 46 percent — of the state’s 743,000-pound allocation, according to catch estimates from LA Creel and the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The sun was just above the horizon, peaking from behind building thunderheads, when Capt. Austin Plaisance brought his Blazer Bay off plane. Redfish scattered across the grassy flat, pushing submarine wakes.[…]
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H.R. 200, a bipartisan bill including the Modern Fish Act — legislation which addresses the challenges faced by recreational anglers in the current federal fisheries management system and seeks to balance management between the commercial and recreational sectors.[…]
With hunting season still a few months away, get your deer fix starting this Friday by bringing your buck to the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.[…]
The Louisiana Sportsman Show in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome is next weekend, July 20-22, and we’ve got a stack of 100 tickets to giveaway.[…]
Lots of parties in South Louisiana, of course, include some type of boiled seafood. Being a native of the best region on the planet, I wanted to celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth with some red, white and blue crabs.[…]
A 30-year-old Lettsworth man who admitted shooting a Louisiana black bear because he said he thought it was a hog was ordered to pay $10,250 in civil restitution and attorney fees, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
For a little while at least, Toledo Bend guide Jason Courville figured his trip on June 28 would be about the big one that got away.[…]
This weekend’s 2018 Louisiana Sportsman Show, presented by Reed’s Metals and Parish Tractor at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, is certain to be a hit with all outdoors enthusiasts. […]
July means another month for big spawning speckled trout in and around Grand Isle, and Capt. Mark Scardino with Hard Times Fishing Charters said bait selection couldn’t be any easier.[…]
Catch two speckled trout at a time, before the heat of the day, then add a limit of redfish — now you’ve got the scenario for a day in the life of saltwater fishing guide Brady Giroir in July.[…]
There’s a reason manufacturers produce worms infused with more salt than a bag of potato chips in addition to those designed for bass on a low-sodium diet. Each type of worm has its specific applications and patterns when it shines.[…]
Bill McCarty cleans a lot of panfish for frying this time every year as he taps the bream, chinquapin and sac-a-lait population in the lower Spillway, better known as the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]