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.[…]
I vaguely saw a quick fleck of blue in the moss 2 feet below the surface of the clear marsh water. Unsure of what actually was beneath the ripples, I tossed my jighead hooked with catfish skin next to the grass pile. It laid on the mud bottom for two seconds, when a huge claw suddenly flashed out of the green growth.[…]
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.[…]
If you love flies made with hair, then July is your lucky month.
The second weekend of this month, the annual Contraband Fly Fishing Expo in Lake Charles will feature America’s premier deer hair tier, Pat Cohen.[…]
Capt. Kris Robert targets tripletail around crab trap buoys. He shared three great tips to catch more fish this summer.[…]
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. […]
For all their glitz and glamour, tarpon are very close to just being giant pogies (menhaden) that eat fish. They are really primitive beasts. On the evolutionary scale, they and their close cousins ladyfish and bonefish are just one step ahead of garfish and bowfin (choupique), but more primitive than eels, shad, sardines and pogies.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Tuesday voted to move to a weekends-only recreational red snapper season, starting on Friday, July 13.[…]
Louisiana Sportsman’s own Ann Taylor reeled in this beautiful speck on a recent trip out of Venice. For more tips on catching summertime trout, head to page 58.[…]
Each year at the Archery Trade Association’s trade show, there’s usually one new product that has the most “buzz” around the show.[…]
Sunscreen, wide-brim hats, those little handheld fans that blow a cool mist on your face … yeah, speckled trout will never benefit from such high-heat indulgences.[…]
Nature is dynamic; and like a well-composed symphony, its performance comprises multiple complementary elements that rise and fall at the conductor’s direction. […]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced the 2018 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, July 2, 2018, in the following areas:[…]
Rule No. 1 in our house is to never pass up a chance to put your feet under Mary Poe’s kitchen table. Her recipes appear in three of the six Louisiana Seafood Bible books, and they’re all great.[…]
A New Iberia man and his juvenile son were found guilty in 16 th Judicial District court in Iberia Parish for the 2015 killing of a Louisiana black bear near Weeks Island.[…]