Featured
Angler boats potential Top10 sheepshead
Wayne Orfanello rarely keeps sheepshead, but he saved some big ones for a buddy’s grill — turns out one qualifies as a Top 10 fish for the Louisiana record books. […]
Month: January 2019
Deer Hunting
Mississippi man cited for alleged hunting license fraud
Enforcement agents with the LDWF cited a Mississippi man for fraudulently obtaining a Louisiana hunting license in a case involving a 7-point buck in West Carroll Parish. […]
Ducks
Rare white wood duck downed in Allen Parish
Greg Willis got the shock of his life late in December when he downed a stark white wood duck while hunting with his grandson in Allen Parish. […]
Featured
Boat registration increase effective Jan. 1
Effective Jan. 1, 2019, boaters in Louisiana will pay more for their three-year boat registration. […]
Deer Hunting
Public land lottery hunt produces 176-inch Tensas Parish buck
A rainy public land lottery hunt proved to be the winning ticket for Jeffrey Stallings, who downed a monster 13-pointer on the Tensas National Wildlife Refuge in early December. […]
Deer Hunting
170-class Tensas Parish buck bites the dust
The third time was the charm for Matthew Weems on Dec. 21, when he made up for two misses last season and finally downed a 13-point Tensas Parish trophy.[…]
Deer Hunting
Big West Feliciana Parish 13-point goes down
Mike Jones was targeting a big hog, but wound up with a trophy West Feliciana Parish white-tail on Christmas afternoon. […]
Featured
Northerner’s mind blown by South Louisiana fishing
Marsh Man Masson took a northerner on a redfish trip during the holidays, and South Louisiana’s marshes didn’t let him down. […]
Deer of the Year
Public land monster goes down on Boeuf WMA
Andrew Beach landed this 20-point buck at Boeuf Wildlife Management Area after his friend took him under his wing and taught him the area.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Catfish Lake specks: Target shallow or deep as the temperature dictates
Cold weather and north winds mean speckled trout can be caught in deep holes close to the launch out of Golden Meadow. […]
News Breaker
Marsh Man Masson video: The absolute best way to fillet speckled trout
Speckled trout are Louisiana’s most popular coastal fish. They’re more plentiful in the Bayou State than anywhere else on the planet, and that means if you’re an angler down here, you probably regularly put a whole bunch on ice.[…]
Deer of the Year
Scrabble game interrupted by big 14-point Catahoula Parish buck
Jacob Cater and his wife, Tiffany, were engrossed in a game of smart phone Scrabble when a huge Catahoula Parish buck interrupted the fun. […]
Deer of the Year
Strict management produces big Sabine Parish buck
Chet Bolton killed an 11-point buck at his hunting club in Sabine Parish where members are committed to strict management of the deer.[…]
Columns
Creature Feature: Shark biology 1001
Finding most sharks difficult to identify, with the risk of keeping a protected species and getting a ticket, most sportsmen simply release them.[…]
Deer Hunting
The Washington family’s deer hunting success
Spending time in the Union Parish woods has been beneficial to the Washington family’s deer hunting success.[…]
Contents
Mastering the marsh
Pursuing bucks in the marshes of Louisiana isn’t for the faint of heart. But tough, uncomfortable conditions weed out lots of hunters, and just about any deer is a trophy.[…]