Fishing Reports
Dayton’s fish of a lifetime
Dayton Jackson caught this 36-inch bull red on a popping cork and No. 1 Owner Circle hook while fishing for trout in Lake Chien on May 29.[…]
Month: May 2022
Fishing Reports
Grandpa and grandkids fish for sac-a-lait
Donald “Bubbha” Morgan and some of his grandkid’s, Annadelle Talley, 11, Charlie, 10, and Hank Morgan, 5, caught a mess of sac-a-lait on Toledo Bend, even though the wind was gusting over 25 mph.[…]
Hunting Reports
Tagging out
Both myself, Felix Boone, and my dad Duane Boone got lucky in late November. We each had one buck tag remaining and that Saturday evening we were going to take it easy and stay at[…]
Field Reports
Cooking seafood in a Cajun paradise
Jared Serigné joined Theophile Bourgeois IV of Bourgeois Charters in Lafitte to check out sinker cypress logs and cook soft shell crabs.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF to hold public hearings May 27-28 on CWD NOI affecting Franklin, Madison, Tensas parishes
The LDWF will conduct public hearings on a NOI that bans supplemental feeding and cervid carcass export from the CWD control area.[…]
News Breaker
Prepping for summer snapper? Gear up with free release tools from Return ‘Em Right!
By participating in a short online review of best practices anglers can receive free release gear from the Return ‘Em Right program.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF now accepting applications for Wildlife Enforcement Cadet positions
The LDWF Law Enforcement Division is looking to hire up to 31 cadets for a Cadet Academy class slated to start in October.[…]
Big Bass
Baton Rouge angler catches Bussey brute
Hunter Hamilton played hooky from school on May 2 and ended up catching a 12.63-pound bass at Bussey Brake.[…]
Field Reports
Why THIS point held so many speckled trout
After a stay at historic Woodland Plantation, Todd Masson went exploring and found speckled trout stacked up adjacent to a point in the marsh.[…]
Big Bass
Lost phone? No sweat. As long as that Toledo Bend lunker wasn’t lost
Shaston Isbell lost his cell phone on April 22 at Toledo Bend Reservoir – and he didn’t care. He had hooked a 10.26-pound bass.[…]
Field Reports
Hammering speckled trout at the Trestles in Lake Pontchartrain
In this video, you’ll learn what makes the Trestles in Lake Pontchartrain such a great fishing spot for speckled trout.[…]
Columns
Locate the fish, but always listen to your inner “lure junkie”
Figuring out the right bait may not be as important as finding fish, but it’s certainly not an insignificant portion of the equation.[…]