Fishing Reports
Redfish at the family camp
Kaylee Authement, 13, caught these reds at her family’s camp in Dularge using live minnows.
Year: 2021
Fishing Reports
Korey’s personal best bass
Korey Bourgeois with a 8.4-pound bass, his personal best, caught in Lake Boeuf on Feb. 27, 2021. It was a really great fishing day, with multiple big fish.
Features
Trolling Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles” to fill the cooler with April trout
Don’t get stuck fishing in one spot. Trolling Lake Pontchartrain’s ‘Trestles’ can shake up some speckled trout in April.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lake Concordia lunker
This Lake Concordia 6 ½ pounder was caught on March 13, 2021 by Kenny St. Romain Jr.
Features
Sunrise, sunset or Solunar? Fish when you can, but pay attention to Mother Nature’s hints
Don’t restrict your fishing to a few hours a day. Get on the water whenever you can, but pay attention to the hints Mother Nature provides.[…]
Fishing Reports
Tripp’s lunker bass
Tripp Benhard with a 10-plus-pound bass!
Field Reports
Catch-n-cook Redfish Courtbouillon
Tommy Vidrine shares his recipe for Redfish Courtbouillon after catching the fish the previous day in Grand Isle.[…]
News Breaker
Gulf may hold three times as many red snapper as previously estimated
According to a study released on March 24, there are about three times as many red snapper as previously estimated in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Big Bass
Bass clubbers double up on double-digit bass on Caney
On March 20, Caney Lake Bass Club members Mark Hodge and Brice Jones mined Caney Lake for bass that tipped the scales in excess of 10 pounds.[…]
News Breaker
2022 Louisiana Duck Stamp contest
The LDWF has announced the rules and timeframe for the 2022 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp, or Louisiana Duck Stamp, competition.[…]
News Breaker
St. James Parish man sentenced in federal court for migratory game bird violations
Wyatt J. Hymel was sentenced in the Eastern District of Louisiana Federal Court on March 9 for violating migratory game bird regulations.[…]
Field Reports
Fast and furious fishing in the fog
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne heads out in pea soup fog and finds a hot bite using many different products from Matrix Shad.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Shellcracker
The redear sunfish, aka shellcracker, chinquapin or yellow bream, is identified most easily by the colorful edge around it earflap.[…]
News Breaker
Harlie E. “Gene” Reynolds appointed to Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Harlie E. “Gene” Reynolds, of Dubberly, has been appointed to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
Field Reports
You’ve never cooked trout this way, but you will now
Todd Masson developed a stuffed speckled trout recipe that utilizes those bigger fish over about 18 inches.[…]
Field Reports
Use topwater baits for top-shelf spring trout
Speckled trout are found roaming shallow water areas in the marsh, and they will destroy a topwater lure when it walks by them.[…]