Features
Shoreline protection comes with a bonus: new places to fish
Shoreline protection systems have an added benefit to battling coastal losses: they provide great places for gamefish to ambush prey.[…]
Month: April 2021
News Breaker
LDWF: Wildlife Funding Act could benefit Louisiana
The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act will dedicate $1.3 billion annually to state fish and wildlife agencies.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bossier City bass pro shares favorite north Louisiana hot spots
Where are north Louisiana’s top bass-fishing spots? Bossier City bass pro Nick LeBrun shares his favorite spots in north Louisiana.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Put a bull’s-eye on bream
Bream have an affinity for different kinds of structure on any body of water. Recognize them and have plenty of fun with a rod in hand.[…]
Field Notes
Modern fishing lines 101: Braided
Today’s braided fishing lines offer anglers more choice in line characteristics than ever. Here’s what you need to know.[…]
Fishing Reports
Trestles trout
Mike Phelps with Turner Industries admiring a premium Trestles trout. (Photo courtesy Media1 Group)
Fishing Reports
Pond fishing for bream
Graham and Hannah Howard had a great time catching bream under a cork at their family pond.
Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend time
Remi Byrd, 4, living her best life on Toledo Bend time. It was a great afternoon spent in the the beautiful Louisiana outdoors at her family camp in Zwolle on April 17, 2021.
Fishing Reports
Ryder’s big Cocodrie catch
Ryder Domangue with a shark caught on Dec. 23, 2020 in Cocodrie.
Fishing Reports
A Delacroix trout for Charles
Charles Williams with a nice Delacroix Island trout taken the first week of April using in swimbaits.
Hunting Reports
Larto Lake wildlife
Doris Gale Cole submitted this photo taken on March 1, 2015, from Larto Lake at Young blood Landing.
Fishing Reports
Practically perfect red
Casey Forshag caught this beautiful 28-inch redfish with a radiant orange color and blue tail on fly off the Intracoastal Waterway on April 8. He stuck a tag in the red for someone else to[…]
Fishing Reports
Utah angler enjoys Louisiana
Katie McKeon made the trip with her family from Utah to Louisiana to enjoy what the state has to offer. She hooked her first redfish in Barataria Bay.
Fishing Reports
River cat
Blake Thibodeaux of Brusly with a Mississippi River cat that weighed 48 pounds and measured 43 inches long.
Fishing Reports
Robert Brewer’s Raccourci Red
Robert Brewer of Houma caught this nice redfish while fishing rigs in Lake Raccourci with his dad, O.D. Brewer, aboard the Mary Lou in the 2020 season.
Fishing Reports
Hopedale birthday trip
Jonathan Howard and his son Graham went out fishing on Jonathan’s birthday, March 15, to try their luck in Hopedale. They had a great trip and Graham hooked this nice red with shrimp.