Fishing Reports
Rod Williams has great Delacroix day!
Rod Williams, at 89 years young, is still a student of the game. He caught this redfish and speckled trout on plastics in Delacroix’s Four Horse Lake on April 19.
Year: 2021
News Breaker
LDWF captures black bear in Port Allen
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries personnel captured an euthanized an adult male Louisiana black bear in Port Allen on April 27.[…]
Fishing Reports
Delacroix spring trout
Frank Roberts aka “the fastest fish cleaner in the south” with a nice spring trout caught in Delacroix on a plastic swimbait.
Hunting Reports
Iberville Parish doe
Kaylyn Thornton and her cousin Audrey helped harvest and process this beautiful doe in Iberville Parish back in November. This was Audrey’s first time on a deer stand. Now she’s hooked!
Columns
Species Spotlight: Longnose gar
Longnose gar are found almost everywhere. They are one of the most prehistoric fish swimming in North American waters.[…]
Bass Fishing
Quantity over quality on East Pearl River in May
Bass fisherman Eric Ciko only needs to go a couple minutes from the launch to find fast bass action in the Pearl River Delta.[…]
Field Notes
A tandem-shrimp rig for flounder
Flounder are an often-overlooked inshore saltwater species, but they’re plenty worth of attention. A tandem-shrimp rig does the trick.[…]
News Breaker
Pearl River WMA closed due to flooding
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area in St. Tammany Parish due to flooding.[…]
Field Reports
I’m super JACKED for this!
Speckled trout fishing has exploded across the Louisiana coast, and Marsh Man Masson set out this week to see if he could find a few.[…]
Newsletters
LDWF certified 123 boaters during “Boating Education Lagniappe Day”
The LDWF certified 123 boaters statewide during its 10th annual “Boating Education Lagniappe Day” on April 24.[…]
Fishing
LDWF Family Fish Fest to be held at Lafitte Drive-In Park in Abbeville
Join the LDWF on May 8, between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., to celebrate the grand opening of the Lafitte Drive-In Park in Abbeville.[…]
Field Reports
Trout hanging with mullet on the Trestles
The speckled trout hanging near the bridge pilings of the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles don’t mind windy conditions.[…]
Catfish
Denham Springs woman lands blue catfish that’s all-white
Katie Purvis Johns was fishing along the Bonnet Carré Spillway with her husband and daughter when she caught a 19-pound leucistic catfish.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Public comment period for Phase 0 oyster lease applications ends May 4
The LDWF will conclude a 90-day public comment period for Phase 0 oyster lease applications on Tuesday, May 4.[…]
Bass Fishing
B.A.S.S. Nation Championship returns to Ouachita River in 2021
Louisiana’s Ouachita River will once again be the host of the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on November 3-5, 2021.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie smashes into truck windshield
Barry Poff was driving his Ward Transport and Logistics truck on I-73 crossing Randleman Lake near High Point, N.C. when a crappie smacked into his windshield.[…]