Don Shoopman

1 week ago | louisianasportsman.com | Don Shoopman

A high school archer’s target shooting scores are trending up after four years in the sport, a testament to his stick-to-it-iveness at a charter school in south central Louisiana. Andrew Hebert’s sixth-grade through freshman year seasons are in the books with the Archery in Louisiana Schools program. The 14-year-old student-athlete’s results improved considerably since midway through his freshman year of competition.

1 week ago | louisianasportsman.com | Don Shoopman

The seamless rolling action of this minnow-style bait make it irresistible to finicky bassBlack Label Tackle owner Cliff Pace continues growing and expanding his line of quality wood baits and soft plastics, recently adding the 5-inch long Hi Roller. It’s a soft plastic minnow-style bait with a different profile and appealing rolling action that more and more bass are finding hard to resist.

1 week ago | louisianasportsman.com | Don Shoopman

Guide looks to lower Mud Lake to give up redfish in JulyAn area along the Mermentau River remains a go-to redfish hotspot, whether at high tide or low tide, for a veteran charter boat captain who has been fishing most of his life around his hometown of Grand Chenier. Vince Theriot, who operates Coastal Guide Service LLC, relies on lower Mud Lake, both inside and outside along the river, to provide rewarding redfish fishing trips from late June through July and many times into August.

2 weeks ago | thedailyiberian.com | Don Shoopman

Published 11:00 am Tuesday, June 10, 2025 FRANKLIN – To sum up the winning bass club tournament experience by a local husband-and-wife team on June 7, it’s best to paraphrase the Charles Dickens poem “A Tale of Two Cities” published in 1859:“It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.”Raven Owens and Brandy Owens, a couple in their mid to upper 30s who have won big bass tournaments the past few years, rose to the occasion on a steamy hot day at Lake Fausse Pointe.

2 weeks ago | thedailyiberian.com | Don Shoopman

Published 10:45 am Tuesday, June 10, 2025 COTEAU HOLMES – It was beginning to look like Lake Fausse Pointe would miss out on getting Florida bass fingerlings in Spring 2025 until a state biologist got a call May 4 from the Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ state-of-the-art fish hatchery had a surplus of Florida bass fingerlings after all the orders from biologists across the state had been filled in April and May.