Newsletters
Outdoor writing community loses great writer and friend
Louisiana’s hunting and fishing community lost a companion and champion in Chris Berzas, an outdoor writer who passed away July 1.[…]
Year: 2021
News Breaker
LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Bienville Parish
LDWF enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Bienville Parish on July 3.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Matrix X-Shad Croaker
Chas Champagne’s latest lure, the Matrix X-Shad Croaker, is a dead ringer for a speckled trout’s favorite summer meal.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Escort 22LR
Hatsan has entered the rimfire market with a bolt-action .22 rifle, simply named the 22LR. It is only 41 inches long and weighs 6.1 pounds.[…]
Field Reports
Trout move into marsh behind Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine was fishing Grand Isle on July 1 when he found speckled trout in the deep cuts of the Grande Cheniere marsh.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana’s 4-H Shooting Sports team wins national championships
Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports has won the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships for the second time in three years.[…]
News Breaker
Thad Bellow honored with Todd Roberts Achievement Award, other volunteers recognized
Thad Bellow, a LDWF volunteer Hunter Education Instructor, has been named the Todd Roberts Achievement Award winner for 2020-2021.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF issues request for proposals for allocation of waterfowl breeding grounds habitat funding
The LDWF has issued a request for proposals for waterfowl breeding grounds habitat work through the next three years.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules summer drawdown for Lake Bistineau
The LDWF has scheduled a drawdown of Lake Bistineau for the purpose of reducing further expansion of giant salvinia.[…]
Newsletters
Venice captain lands record-breaking Mississippi swordfish
Capt. Donnie Jackson, Jr. hooked a massive, 309.9-pound swordfish on the final day of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic.[…]
Fishing Reports
First Lake Henderson bluegill
Lauryn Atkins hooked her first bluegill on live crickets during the spawn on Lake Henderson.
Fishing Reports
Matthew’s big grouper
Matthew Carmichael with a grouper caught 60 miles south of Fourchon.
Fishing Reports
Gifford’s red snapper
Gifford Briggs with a beautiful red snapper hooked 60 miles south of Fourchon.
Fishing Reports
Lake Tangipahoa bass
Corbin Taylor, 13, the son of Cody and Blair Taylor of Independence, with a 6-pound, 9-ounce largemouth bass that measured 22 ½-inches long. He caught it at Lake Tangipahoa on Percy Quin State Park while
Fishing Reports
Rockefeller Refuge redfish
On April 18, 2021, Adam and Carson Burkhart hooked this bull red while fishing on Rockefeller Refuge at Price Lake Road.
Fishing Reports
Shell Beach summer fun
Brayden Bosley, 7, had a great time fishing out of Shell Beach with his paw paw, Philip Cardaro Sr., on June 29, 2021.