Fishing Reports
Dakota Johnston’s first redfish
Dakota Johnston got his first redfish on June 10, 2023. […]
Month: August 2023
Hunting Reports
Sean Bergeron’s 9-point buck
Sean Bergeron got this 9-point buck as it was working a hot doe in St. Francisville, La., on Dec. 24, 2022. It scored 148 6/8 and weighed 225 pounds. […]
Fishing Reports
Grayson’s Port Sulphur redfish
Grayson Schwartz, 8, with a big red caught out of Port Sulphur on June 26, 2023. […]
Fishing Reports
Henry Delatte’s redear sunfish
Henry Delatte with a Bayou Corne redear sunfish. He didn’t let the summer heat bother him. […]
Fishing Reports
Christina Meladine’s bull red
Christina Meladine with a bull red caught this summer fishing out of Happy Jacks in Port Sulphur. […]
Fishing Reports
150-pound loggerhead
Michael Weathy, Tyler Weathy and Max Weathy caught a 150-pound loggerhead, or alligator snapping turtle, from Zwolle on July 8, 2023. It took a four wheeler with a rope hooked to the net and a […]
Fishing Reports
Gar gathered
“I live on the river north of Lake Charles. I have a gathering of gar fish that is unheard of. I don’t know what they are doing besides eating shad but they hang upside down […]
Alligator
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge to temporarily close for alligator harvest on Sept. 6-15
The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 6-15 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest. […]
Dove
Dove hunting opening day shooting hours on LDWF private dove field leases, WMAs
Opening day dove shooting hours on LDWF private dove field leases and WMAs are the same as outside, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. […]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through Aug. 20, 2023
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the private recreational red snapper landing estimates through Aug. 20, 2023. […]
Fishing Hotspots
Late summer speckled trout fun at Pelican Pass
According to Capt. Bill Lake of Bayou Guide Service, some fair to good speckled trout fishing should be in Pelican Pass in September. […]
Field Reports
Big redfish in the duck ponds
Chas Champagne heads deer into the marsh to target big redfish in shallow duck ponds using the Matrix Craw from Matrix Shad. […]
News Breaker
Gulf Council seeks applicants for an Ad Hoc Charter For-Hire Data Collection Advisory Panel
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is seeking applicants for an Ad Hoc Charter For-Hire Data Collection Advisory Panel. […]
Hunting Reports
Mackenzie’s first buck
Mackenzie Gauthreaux, 12, from Plaquemine got her very first buck on the last day of rifle season from Area 6. […]
Dove
Two Avoyelles residents cited for taking doves during a closed season
A LDWF enforcement agent cited two Marksville subjects for alleged dove hunting violations near Mansura in Avoyelles Parish on Aug. 18. […]
Deer Hunting
Video your hunts
Many hunters have discovered the value and enjoyment in self filming their hunts. They are often interested in another level of hunting. […]