Bass Fishing
Four Rivers bass
In the heat of the summer, bass fishing on Louisiana’s reservoirs and lakes can be downright sluggish.[…]
Year: 2017
Freshwater Fishing
How to get the drop on De Loutre Basin bream
Combine a collegiate science-based teaching career with a lifelong love of bream fishing and the natural outcome is you end up with the nickname, “Dr. Bream.” This time of year, “Dr. Bream” has a good prescription for you — chase bluegills on some Ouachita River lakes like the De Loutre Basin and Hamilton Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bassin’ at the Bend
Remember that schoolin’ bass bonanza we enjoyed last summer on Toledo Bend? The long stretch of weeks when 2- to 4-pounders consistently came up and stayed up feeding voraciously on shad, pleasantly reminiscent of those heydays in the 1980s? […]
Fishing
LDWF: Operation Dry Water patrols scheduled this weekend
Don’t plan on drinking alcohol and driving your boat this weekend.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Specks return to beaches around Grand Isle after Tropical Storm Cindy
College student Micah Doyle doesn’t have much time to fish during the school year, but he makes up for it when the spring semester ends.[…]
Hunting
Plano Synergy ends relationship with Busbice, cancels Wildgame Nation TV show
The chief executive officer of Plano Synergy sent out a strongly-worded press release Thursday announcing his company’s decision to part ways with Billy Busbice Jr. — the host of Wildgame Nation on the Outdoor Channel — in the wake of his recent Wyoming poaching sentence. […]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend drops in Bassmaster’s 100 Best Bass Lakes for 2017
Perhaps to the relief of many Toledo Bend regulars, the famed largemouth bass fishery in northwestern Louisiana along the Texas border is no longer the No. 1-ranked destination in the nation.[…]
Columns
The cooking game warden strikes again
Abbeville resident and native Derek Logan shares his recipe for Camp Baked Fish and the author shares a recipe for Bream Fillets Thermidor.[…]
Fishing
LDWF: Dead seagulls, .22 rifle, meth and marijuana seized from shrimp boat
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries patrolling state waters off of Terrebonne Parish Tuesday arrested a Bayou Dularge man for a variety of alleged drug and commercial fishing violations.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Second CCA-tagged red caught at Rockefeller Refuge; angler in line for Chevy truck
Brent Castille’s older brother Reed had already caught two redfish Wednesday morning on Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, and he didn’t even have a bite.[…]
Fishing
Don’t forget to buy your 2017-18 fishing license
If you’re caught up making fishing plans for the long 4th of July holiday weekend, don’t forget to purchase your 2017-18 fishing license.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Breton Island gives up hefty 6.6-pound trout
Perry Rosenson took a shot in the dark and made the run out to Breton Island earlier this month — and hit the bullseye with a nice 6.6-pound trout.[…]
Hunting
Father, son cited for allegedly shooting Iberia Parish black bear
A New Iberia father and his juvenile son were cited last week after a lengthy investigation by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for allegedly shooting an Iberia Parish black bear in the fall of 2015.[…]
Fishing
LDWF reopens Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reopened much of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, after the location was closed last week because of flood damage from Tropical Storm Cindy.[…]
Hunting
Outdoor Channel star from Louisiana sentenced for poaching in Wyoming
The host of Wildgame Nation on the Outdoor Channel was sentenced last month in connection with an elk poaching incident on his Wyoming ranch last October.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF agent rescues three from sinking shrimp boat
An enforcement agent with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries rescued three people this morning after their 20-foot shrimp boat struck a submerged vessel in Vermilion Bay.[…]