Louisiana Sportsman

8 tips for great bream fishing

June 27, 2019 Jerald Horst

Try out veteran angler Freddie McMullen’s tips for great bream fishing to up your success and fill that cooler with slab-sized sunfish.[…]

Shotgunning fun

May 29, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

An attorney friend who knows a little more about guns than I do about the dark side of the moon — but not much more — was wandering around a regional gun show, looking for I’m not sure what.

I think he had been caught up in all the furor and hype and just figured he needed another gun to go with his one revolver.[…]

Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep.[…]

Boating blunders

May 24, 2013 Keith LaCaze

Wildlife enforcement agents in Louisiana are provided with an abundance of training related to boating. Instruction in boat operation, safety equipment, accident prevention and investigation will begin in the academy and continue throughout an agent’s career.[…]

Lessons learned

May 22, 2013 Bill Garbo

As this article goes to press, the 2012-13 deer season is about three months in the rear view mirror. As they say, “It is time to re-load and re-mount.”[…]

Make mine live

May 20, 2013 Chris Holmes

For most power boats, the use of live bait is such a given that livewells almost always come as standard equipment. Many don’t think that taking live bait along in a kayak is a viable option.[…]

Freddie McMullen’s hot Black Bayou Lake bream-fishing tips

May 18, 2013 Jerald Horst

Catching bull bream is largely a matter of finding their spawning beds in the shallows near the lake edge.[…]

Spin cycle

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Combining flash, vibration and a large profile, spinnerbaits should always remain an active part of the grass angler’s lineup.[…]

No boat? No problem at Grand Isle

May 15, 2013 Todd Masson

Chris Macaluso is a very good speckled-trout fisherman, but that probably wouldn’t be the case if his dad hadn’t toted him along to Grand Isle during at least one summer weekend a year.[…]

What a mouth!

May 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

The goggle-eye is, with the possible exception of a spawning bull bluegill, the prettiest of the bream clan. Males are especially beautiful, with a body mottled with bright orange and olive and a bright red spot behind each gill cover and at the rear base of the dorsal fin.[…]

Getting cranky

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Now, tossing a hard bait with two exposed trebles into the middle of a topped-out hydrilla bed is little more than an exercise in futility.[…]

Don’t ignore Grand Isle’s beach when conditions are nice

May 15, 2013 Todd Masson

When nature loses her puff down around Grand Isle during late April and early May, Capt. Vernon Ledoux knows that the big trout come out to play.[…]

Goggle-eyes

May 15, 2013 Jerald Horst

This large species of bream is properly called a “warmouth.” Its large mouth —larger than any other species of bream — and its more-elongated body shape have led some people (who should know better) to believe that they are hybrids between bluegills and bass.[…]

The jig is up

May 15, 2013 David A. Brown

Hackney’s approach for warm-season grass jigging is all about forcing the issue: He’ll flip the ¾-ounce version of his signature Strike King Hack Attack jig with either a Rage Craw or Twin Tail Menace Grub trailer, targeting those edges, points and gaps where fish will be looking for easy meals that don’t require much effort.[…]