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Offshore anglers in the Gulf of Mexico could earn up to $500 if they catch a tagged red snapper as part of a study to check the accuracy of federal red snapper counts.

Red snapper study offers up to $500 for tagged fish

Gulf researchers are offering up to $500 for select tagged red snapper in a study this summer to check the accuracy of federal snapper figures […]

Aaron McCready shot this big Morehouse Parish 10-pointer on Jan. 4, 2019.

Big 10-point hunted down in Morehouse Parish

Aaron McCready returned from a duck scouting mission — and wound up downing the biggest buck of his life in Morehouse Parish. […]

Mississippi men busted for allegedly spotlighting deer in Madison Parish

Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries busted two Mississippi men for allegedly spotlighting deer and killing a doe on the Mississippi River levee in Madison Parish. […]

Check out the latest Marsh Man Masson vid for a great fried speckled trout recipe.

Speckled trout CATCH-n-COOK for feast with friends

Marsh Man Masson targets speckled trout to cook for a gathering of Saints fans during their playoff march. […]

Virginia hunter’s Illinois non-typical is new world record

Virginia hunter Luke Brewster’s 320 5/8-inch Illinois archery non-typical buck is the largest buck ever killed in North America. […]

Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries

Three cited for alleged deer hunting violations in St. Martin Parish

Agents cited three men in a case involving two illegally taken does off Belle River on Jan. 10, according to the LDWF. […]

Jeff Bruhl likes to throw jerkbaits for January prespawners in the Tchefuncte River.

Prespawn Tchefuncte bass

The winter is a fantastic time to throw jerkbaits and twitchbaits in the Tchefuncte River while hunting down prespawn bass. […]

Curt Crool’s son proudly holds a nice-sized bass, one of 35 he caught while working a suspending gold/orange Rogue on a bitterly cold January day with John Dean at Toledo Bend.

Jump on the Toledo Bend roller coaster for bass

As we get closer to the prespawn period on Toledo Bend, don’t be surprised to see double-digit bass caught. […]

Barry Henry smiles as he holds a nice-sized bass caught on a cold winter’s day in the Crackerhead area of Lake Verret while fishing with Bill McCarty of Morgan City.

Take a bite out of Crackerhead bass

There’s a network of canals due east across Lake Verret from the Shell Beach area where the bass fishing turns on in January. […]

Greg Terzia has won many tournaments on Claiborne with fish like these, taken from the ends of deep boat docks.

Lake Claiborne gets hot for bass

Like most bass, the largemouths on Lake Claiborne near Homer just like to find a good spot to hang out in January while waiting for warmer weather and the spawn. […]