Louisiana Sportsman | April 2024
Volume 44 | Number 4 | April 2024
FEATURES:
FISHING HOTSPOTS:
34 CATCH THE PONTCHARTRAIN
More places than ever to punch your ticket for
speckled trout
▶ By John N. Felsher
40 THE BIG TROUT BITE
Fishing for trophy specks requires more eff ort and a
diff erent approach
▶ By Jon Miller
47 THINK OUT OF THE BOAT
Follow Capt. Bruce Baugh and wade on in to catch
big Calcasieu specks
▶ By Christopher Harp
66 BOAT DOCK BASS
You don’t always have to run for miles to fi nd good
fi shing
▶ By Keith Lusher Jr.
52 Calcasieu Lake trout
61 Lafi tte specks, reds
76 Toledo Bend bass
77 Tchefuncte River bass
CONTENTS
81 BREAM BASE AHEAD
Modern sonar lands anglers in the middle of bedding
bluegills
▶ By Kinny Haddox
88 GOBBLE UP THESE TIPS
The state’s best turkey hunter that you’ve never heard of
tells us how
▶ By John L. Brown Jr.
COVER STORY
34
CATCH THE
PONTCHARTRAIN
88
GOBBLE UP
THESE
TIPS