Louisiana Sportsman

March 2018 ‘Yakin’ Best Bets

March 15, 2018 Chris Holmes

Where: Northshore Lake Pontchartrain

What: Bass, bream, sac-a-lait[…]

Gator trout in Leeville

March 15, 2018 Chris Holmes

Sean Rastanis is the assistant tournament director for the Bayou Coast Kayak Fishing Club, and on Dec. 30, he was doing some scouting in Leeville. […]

This month, redfish enthusiasts welcome the return of thick grass in coastal ponds. The grass not only attracts small crabs and baitfish, it also maintains clarity. And that means great sight-casting opportunities.[…]

Get pushy with spawners

March 15, 2018 David A. Brown

Your trolling motor is essential for easing in and out of spawning areas, but when matching wits with skittish bed fish, even low power can ice the game.[…]

Shot placement

March 15, 2018 Jonathan Olivier

“The target area you’re aiming for is about the size of a grape fruit,” Lafleur said. For that reason, shot placement is everything. A heart and lung shot is ideal, but one that disables the bird due with an arrow in the body so that it can’t fly away is also lethal.[…]

Bob’s Bayou Black Marina faces closure due to canal access issue; HB 391 filed in Legislature

March 14, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Even as legislation seeking to make the state’s tidally-influenced waters open to public access began its journey in the Louisiana Legislature this week, a long-time marina in Gibson is facing closure early next year because the landowner is not renewing a waterway lease that ultimately provides boater access to the Intracoastal Waterway.[…]

Governor to submit nominations for GOM Fishery Management Council seats

March 12, 2018 Patrick Bonin

Two of Louisiana’s three seats on the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — one recreational and one commercial — are coming up for renomination by Gov. John Bel Edwards this year, and the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana is closely monitoring who will ultimately be appointed to represent the state’s rec sector.[…]

Plenty of power equipment available at Sportsman Show

March 12, 2018 From News Reports

Tractors, farm equipment and lawn mowers will be displayed and available for sale at the Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival set for this weekend at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]

Fetch-N-Fish Tub returns to Sportsman Show

March 12, 2018 From News Reports

Returning to the 39th annual Louisiana Sportsman’s Show in Gonzales this week is the Fetch-n-Fish Tub, with nationally known Jason Reynolds combining fishing seminars with dog shows.[…]

No turkey hunting in March

March 12, 2018 David Moreland

Yes, that’s right — for the first time in the lifetime of this author there is no turkey hunting in Louisiana in March. Of course, I grew up hunting in North Louisiana in the 60s and there were no turkeys to hunt in those days. LDWF was trying to restock birds in that area but for various reasons, the restocking effort was not working.[…]