Newsletters
Getting ready for red snapper season
Many Louisiana anglers will head out on May 22 into the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy the opening of the 2020 recreational red snapper season.[…]
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Bass Fishing
No other way to say it: Professional fishing has “just been crazy”
While individuals have been able to “socially distance” to fish, big professional events like bass and crappie tour events have been postponed or cancelled.[…]
Deer Hunting
Commissioners get into exchange with deer-urine companies over legal labeling
Members of the commission decided to vote down a previously passed amendment banning the sale of untested deer urine products in Louisiana.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool’s hawgs will hit frogs
According to Jonathan Quinn of Sweet Lake, who has been hunting big bass most of his life, May is a prime time to wrestle with big bass in Lacassine Pool.[…]
Features
Grand Isle means grand speckled trout fishing in May
Capt. Daryl Carpenter and Danny Wray of Calmwater Charters point to ways you can catch your share of the speckled trout hanging around Grand Isle in May.[…]
Big Bass
Steven Prudhome’s duckweed lunker
Steven Prudhome hooked a lunker Toledo Bend bass on a Texas-rigged, black-red-flake Zoom Ol’ Monster worm in Housen on Saturday, May 2.[…]
Bass Fishing
How Hackney tracks down bigger bass
In this segment of Sportsman TV, professional bass angler Greg Hackney shows the tips and tricks he uses to find larger fish.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Wading vs. boat fishing the Chandeleur Islands
The Chandeleur Islands are roughly a 40- to 45-mile boat ride from Venice, Hopedale Marina or Mississippi ports, and can be a dynamic fishery.[…]
Big Bass
Lake Fausse Pointe gives up another hawg
Travis Meche Sr. hooked an 8.82-pound bass on May 2 in Sandy Cove at Lake Fausse Pointe. It was the fifth 8-pound class bass reported since mid-February.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Spring shortages: Crickets and toilet paper?
So many people were stuck at home because of the pandemic that in early April, stores ran short of and even out of crickets.[…]
Field Reports
Huge Trout Caught in Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine was back at the jetties this weekend in Grand Isle. Vidrine made the switch to free-lining pogey after the trout didn’t bite well on shrimp.[…]
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Calcasieu Lake firing up for great catches
In April, Lake Charles’ Brian Windsor found some great quality trout in Calcasieu Lake. High numbers of speckled trout over 12-inches were also reported.[…]
Field Reports
Sightfishing Tips from Captain Ty Hibbs
As a charter captain who specializes in sight fishing trips, Captain Ty Hibbs has had to zero in on the best equipment to help his clients land fish of lifetime- all while watching the fish eat the bait.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Catching Manchac Bream
If big bream is what you’re looking for, look no further than the Highway 51 canal system between Ponchatoula and Manchac. […]
Features
Go ‘surfing’ for speckled trout at Elmer’s Island
The surf-fishing at Elmer’s Island in Grand Isle usually produces some great speckled trout, including some trophies in spring.[…]
Features
Speckled trout on the move
Changing weather patterns and water conditions put speckled trout in a rush to change locations in Louisiana’s coastal marshes in May.[…]