Catfish
Species Spotlight: Flathead catfish
Flathead catfish make a big splash wherever they show up. They are highly adaptable to a wide range of waters and can live in very harsh conditions.[…]
Year: 2020
Field Notes
Snake I.D. – Louisiana’s snakes identified
Learn more about these 6 non-venomous snakes that you may encounter in Louisiana. If you like to hunt and fish, you should want to see these snakes.[…]
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Full circle hunting moment
Brett Frey on Gonzales hopes he can provide his son Douglas with some of the same special hunting memories he had with his dad.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Chasing schooling redfish on Sabine and Calcasieu Lakes
Chasing schooling redfish in open water on Sabine Lake and Lake Calcasieu are some of Capt. Adam Jaynes’ fondest memories in fishing.[…]
Columns
Are Louisiana’s best bucks just mediocre?
Are habitat, hunter choices keeping Louisiana’s best bucks from reaching their potential? Scott Durham and Jonathan Bordelon talk about the situation.[…]
Bass Fishing
Crushing the bass over grass
Dockside TV heads out with its weedless fluke and crushes the bass over grass that they find while wearing their Matrix Mirror sunglasses.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fish STACK UP in this deep-water area!
When the summer sun makes the bait-rich shallow marshes uncomfortable and sometimes downright uninhabitable, bass seek deeper water with lots of current.[…]
Hunting
Hunting rules and regulations for 2020-21 season
The hunting rules and regulations for the 2020-21 season are now available on the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website.[…]
Big Bass
Double digit bass makes Bussey opening special
Brandon Johnston’s first double digit bass came from Bussey Brake on July 18. A lake he grew up fishing as a youngster years ago.[…]
Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on LDWF Wildlife Management Areas for the 2020-2021 hunting season.[…]
News Breaker
Two men cited for over the limit of black bass in Terrebonne Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited two men for alleged recreational fishing violations on July 16 in Terrebonne Parish.[…]
Big Bass
Chasing bream lands Caddo lunker in trouble
Charlie Gaston of Keithville hooked an 11.60-pound largemouth bass at Caddo Lake on July 10 in less than three feet of water.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through July 5, 2020
LA Creel indicates that 470,287 pounds or 60 percent of Louisiana’s 2020 annual private recreational allocation of red snapper have been harvested.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2020 Ride the Bull tournament is canceled
Rad Trascher, with the tournament committee, sponsors, Bridgeside Marina and some participants, have decided to cancel Ride the Bull for 2020.[…]
Newsletters
Redfish Ceviche with an Italian twist
Humberto Fontova is a Louisiana-based outdoor writer and an avid outdoorsman. Here he shows Sportsman TV how he makes his redfish ceviche.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Bussey Brake re-opening has party-like atmosphere
The re-opening of Bussey Brake Reservoir north of Bastrop on Wednesday, July 15, saw up to 100 boats visit the lake the first day.[…]