In his two books, The Helldivers Rodeo and The Hellpig Hunt, Louisiana Sportsman contributor Humberto Fontova makes a convincing case that the drive to harvest living creatures is still alive on some level in every human.[…]
Obviously the good folks at Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana are not too pleased they’ve found themselves squarely in Louisiana Sportsman’s crosshairs the last few months, and to be fair, I really need to give credit where it is due.[…]
Coming home empty-handed from an offshore trip is like digging a well but never finding water — the hard work can’t be justified.[…]
There is a stark contrast between the launches that get you to Acadiana’s hottest speck, flounder and redfish action.[…]
If you cut your buzzbait off as soon as the sun gets above the trees, you don’t know what you’re missing.[…]
The salty coast is alive this month. Anglers have almost too many options.[…]
There is certainly no shortage of options for Louisiana outdoorsmen this month.[…]
Some of the most-important life lessons I ever learned, my dad taught me in boathouses while we fished, usually with the rain pouring down.[…]
Lots of fishermen think they save money when they go to a discount center and plunk down about $50 for each trolling motor battery they need. They did the same thing last year, and they’ll do it again next year.[…]
Speckled trout had better run and hide this summer because, if they don’t, a new topwater lure is sure to give them a mouthful of steel and hard plastic.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
Do you have a file for Black Bay and Breton Sound? If so, I would greatly appreciate a copy.Also, I noticed on the Mapsource Topo map that there is a rise in the sea floor from about 7 feet to 3 feet to 0 feet about 2.75 miles WSW of the Black Tanks at N 29 30.056, W 89 26.915.[…]
Chalk it up to being in the right place at the right time.[…]
Catfishing is one of Louisiana’s most popular pastimes. For generations, we have pursued Mr. Whiskers with traps, nets, yo-yos, rod and reel, and old-fashioned cane pole. Today, more and more fishermen are trying an old, but relatively unknown, method — jugging.[…]
The briny deep just off the fertile Louisiana coastline is full of big fish, so much so that its anglers, for many years, spurned the use of live bait to catch prized species such as yellowfin tuna, amberjack, cobia and wahoo.[…]
The lure plopped lightly into the water next to some flooded brush, slowly falling toward the bottom.[…]
Naivete’ and childhood go hand-in-hand like two love-sick teen-agers walking through a park. It’s universal: If you’re a kid, you simply haven’t seen enough of society to know what’s real and what isn’t. It’s called childhood ignorance, and it’s a wonderful thing.[…]