Field Reports
Catch and cook: An easy way to catch catfish for dinner
In this video, Jared Serigné uses jug lines to catch catfish. Afterwards, he heads home to cook broiled catfish with Creole rice.[…]
Month: September 2023
Fishing Reports
Cash Watson’s bass
Cash Watson with his dad, Garrett Watson, and sister, Monroe Watson, at Lake Sam Rayburn holding Cash’s big catch.[…]
Fishing Reports
Laine Primeaux with a beautiful trout
Laine Primeaux with a trout caught at the long rocks by Seven Dollar Bay.[…]
News Breaker
Agents cite Lake Charles man for red snapper violations
LDWF enforcement agents cited a Lake Charles man for alleged red snapper violations in Cameron Parish on Sept. 28.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agent named National Boating Officer of the Year
Lt. Jason Russo was recently named the 2023 National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Boating Officer of the Year.[…]
Fishing Reports
First Causeway black drum
Arin Ricks caught this black drum in Lake Pontchartrain at the Northshore side of the Causeway Bridge bouncing market shrimp off the bottom in early September.[…]
Hunting Reports
A Morehouse Parish alligator for Reed Maxwell
Reed Maxwell killed his first alligator on Sept. 12, 2023 while hunting with his family in Morehouse Parish.[…]
Fishing Reports
John White and his Grand Isle drum
John White was fishing offshore out of Grand Isle when he caught this black drum on a 3-ounc jig tipped with dead shrimp.[…]
Fishing Reports
Johnny Ray’s redfish
Johnny Ray of Bridge City, Tex., caught this 42-inch redfish Sept. 7 on north Sabine Lake.[…]
Fishing Reports
Bull reds for the Bowmans
Hannah Bowman caught this 19-pound 36-inch bull red on Sept. 10, 2023 using the Matrix MEGA “Midnight Mullet” on Lake Felicity.[…]
Columns
Contrary to popular belief, October is not the first month of deer season
October is the tenth month of deer season. Deer are fair game and Louisiana hunters are up and at ‘em and ready to hunt.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Marsh sac-a-lait
Bill McCarty is dreaming about cooler days and putting sac-a-lait in the boat, either from the Bayou Black area or Bateman Island.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fall on the Bend
With hydrilla returning en masse to Toledo Bend, good-sized bass fall for topwaters more and more as water temperatures fall in October.[…]
Alligator
Soileau expedition harvests massive Sicily Island alligator
A 13-foot 9-inch alligator was killed near Sicily Island on Sept. 22 by customers with Full Strap & Stringer Outfitter and Guide Service.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through Sept. 17, 2023
The LDWF released the latest private recreational red snapper landing estimates through September 17, 2023.[…]
Hunting
U.S. Congress passes bill to keep ALAS, other school hunter education programs funded
The Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act means the Archery in Louisiana Schools program will continue to be federally funded.[…]