Louisiana Sportsman

How to shoot well

July 31, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

I’ve never been much of a shotgunner — mainly due to lack of practice.[…]

Can we talk?

July 29, 2013 Allan Tarvid

The National Marine Electronics Association is the organization responsible for setting standards for marine electronics, including those for communication between units.[…]

Summer boating

July 25, 2013 Keith LaCaze

While Louisiana has thousands of boats on the water on any given day of the year, recreational boating activity peaks during the summer months.[…]

As we transition from early to mid-summer, let’s take a look at some strategies that can really pay off next fall and winter. The hunting break between the end of spring turkey season and the beginning of fall bow season is not the time to lay back and rest if you want to maximize your results next deer season.[…]

Here kitty kitty

July 19, 2013 Chris Holmes

Gaze over the mighty Mississippi River in southern Louisiana and you’ll see a parade of tugs and barges, work boats, ocean-going cargo ships and the weekly cruise ships.[…]

Arbogast Buzz Plug

July 17, 2013 Don Shoopman

Just when you thought you might, just might have seen it all as far as artificial lures designed to fool bass, well — you know what they said about just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.[…]

Advantage drop shot

July 15, 2013 Chris Ginn

Although drop-shot rigs are nothing new, they have slowly started pushing aside the venerable Carolina rig from its place as the most relied-upon rig for fishing live bait in saltwater.[…]

Outspoken Journalist

July 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

Bob Marshall has never been professionally bashful. Some loved him for it; some, well, didn’t love him so much for it.[…]

Tippets

July 15, 2013 Catch Cormier

The Fly Division of the CCA STAR tournament is off to a great start, with a number of big fish weighed in. And while late summer is perhaps the toughest time to catch big trout on the fly, that doesn’t mean you can’t still be a winner.[…]

Carolina rigs produce diverse catch

July 15, 2013 Chris Berzas

Although most anglers will focus their time on Calcasieu Lake toward speckled trout, there are many species that find live bait irresistible.[…]

Bob Marshall and politics

July 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

Probably nothing that Bob Marshall did could make people pull the hair out their heads more than his coverage of political issues. I decided to take the bull by the horns and just asked him, “Bob, what about you and left wing politics?”[…]

Best baits for a Carolina rig

July 15, 2013 Chris Berzas

If you have ever fished Calcasieu Lake, then you know that the waters hold populations of all sizes of mullet.[…]

Toups’ family fishing tradition

July 15, 2013 Andrew Canulette

Fishing the Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo wasn’t something Bootsie Toups did as a child, but when he began fishing the event in 1978 at the age of 23, he was instantly hooked.[…]

The new Bob Marshall

July 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

“My real goal when I left the newspaper,” Marshall said, “was to find a way to cover coastal issues better. I retired from the Picayune; I didn’t retire from journalism.[…]