By now everyone has heard what went down on the bayous around New Orleans, and that Kevin Van Dam tried his best to exploit the waters, showing everyone what we have to protect in the future. […]
After being told by a saltwater fishing guide that he would rate the fishing right now as about a three, I wasn’t too sure what to expect this past weekend as I headed toward Cocodrie to fish with LouisianaSportsman.com user Scott Walker.[…]
One of the worst kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana is that the bridges across Lake Pontchartrain have turned on early this year.[…]
It looks like inshore fishing for speckled trout is starting to pick up all across coastal Louisiana. Within the last few days, I’ve heard several good reports coming from the waders at Lake Calcasieu, the cork jerkers at Lake Mechant and the jig bouncers at the Lake Pontchartrain Train Trestle. However, the report that most interested me was from the trollers on the Causeway.[…]
Tuesday morning dawned overcast, and it was just too much of a temptation to resist. By mid morning, I was on one of Delacroix’s lakes hearing the sweet “knock, knock, knock” of a Top Dog zig zagging toward the boat.[…]
It was a little tough getting a minnow out of Wesley Miller’s minnow bucket this past weekend. A layer of ice had formed on the water’s surface the night before because of the subfreezing temperature, but to hear Miller explain it, the white perch bite best in Bayou Dorcheat when it’s cold.[…]
Greg Hackney has spent a lot of time poking around the marshes that will host the 50 Bassmaster Classic competitors next week, and he’s pumped about the potential for the world championship.[…]
Reports that the Venice marshes are filled with bass were confirmed yesterday during a trip south of the little oil port by the author and Louisiana Sportsman magazine editor Todd Masson.[…]
Four out-of-state anglers looking for some outdoor entertainment between shifts working with the BP oil-spill effort found more than they bargained for Tuesday night (Oct. 26) when they hauled in 31 catfish weighing just shy of 800 pounds.[…]
Deep is a relative term. If all the surrounding water is one or two feet deep, then a 4-foot channel winding through that shallow flat is deep.[…]
Most anglers have lures dangling from every ledge and piece of foam in their boat, but the Gear Grabbar provides an easy way to keep these lures on hand and easily accessible.[…]
Through years of extensive research and engineering Basstar Inc. introduces Spintech Hooks, the first rotating treble hook for anglers. […]
Professional bass angler Tommy Biffle of Oklahoma is known as the founder of the bait presentation technique called “pitching.” Now after two hot summer major tournament wins in Oklahoma and Tennessee, he is also known to be the master of a new bait dancing technique that is now being called “bottom buggin.”[…]
They taste good. They get big. They are so abundant that they actually jump in your boat. So what’s the hitch?[…]
The crappie bite at Toledo Bend has slowed a little bit in the last week or two, but it hasn’t completely stopped.[…]
Shooting docks for crappie has definitely caught on quicker outside Louisiana than it has within the borders of the Bayou State.[…]