Field Notes
Fix your boat and trailer before anything breaks
April is a favorite month for many anglers, and it’s also a month when a lot of people break down, either with a flat or a stalled motor.[…]
Year: 2021
Field Reports
This dude accused me of SPYING while FISHING!
Marsh Man Masson was recently on a trip to Crystal River, Florida, and took the kayak out with his son, Joel, to fish.[…]
News Breaker
Homeward bound: One pelican’s journey from catastrophe
A victim of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, a brown pelican returned to Louisiana last month to Queen Bess Island in Barataria.[…]
Fishing
What’s in store for the Bonnet Carré Spillway this year?
Will the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers open the Bonnet Carré spillway this year? If current trends continue, they won’t have to.[…]
Alligator
South Carolina gator gives up surprising stomach contents
A South Carolina alligator harvested on April 8, 2021 showed a sampling of what it had been munching on throughout its lifetime.[…]
Newsletters
Spring trout fishing is strong on Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne, owner of Matrix Shad, caught a 6-pound, 25-inch speckled trout on Tuesday, April 6, in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Saltwater fishing report for April 9
Capt. Marty LaCoste reported on the Dularge speckled trout and Capt. Jack Payne reported on the Delacroix redfish.[…]
News Breaker
Online ordering for oyster hatchery larvae
Beginning April 12, the LDWF will be opening its online ordering portal to provide the oyster industry with hatchery reared oyster larvae.[…]
Field Reports
Two lure colors for catching speckled trout
Which lure colors should you be stocked up on for catching speckled trout? In this video, Devin Denman details what it is you need.[…]
Field Reports
Great trout bite in Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine gives his Grand Isle fishing report. He got on a good bite in Barataria Bay and was pulling in speckled trout.[…]
News Breaker
Road closure in Grassy Lake WMA due to flooding
The LDWF has closed South Bayou Natchitoches Road from Bayou de Sot to Smith Bay in the Grassy Lake WMA due to flooding.[…]
Fishing Reports
Sulphur Mine bull red
Drake Burchfield and Dennis Roussel pose with a big Sulphur Mine redfish.
Hunting Reports
Victoria’s bronze phase turkey
Victoria Fonda had this bronze phase turkey on camera all deer season and she knew it was the turkey she wanted to kill. She hunted him on the opening morning, but he was late to
Fishing Reports
Meat haul for Team “Can’t Get Right”
Team “Can’t Get Right” scored big on a trip out of Venice with Capt. Kris Dagenhardt. The crew consisted of Ryan Clement, Brian Carlos, Jeremy Hymel and Brian Black.
Fishing Reports
Ericka gets two personal best fish
Ericka Whitmore of Shreveport holds up her two personal best fish, a 26-inch redfish and a 22-inch flounder, caught in Hackberry, La.
Fishing Reports
Monster red in Black Bay
In March 2021, my wife and I took our son Ben and his friend fishing in Delacroix with New Delacroix Fishing Adventures. We decided to take a run out to Black Bay so they could