Fishing Reports
Catfish haul
Tyler Madrigal, Tim Madrigal and David Madrigal caught 55 catfish from Cross Lake in Shreveport.
Year: 2023
Hunting Reports
Gavin Terrell’s first deer
Gavin Terrell, 10, got his first deer.
Hunting Reports
Wyatt Jeansonne enjoys Acadia Parish hunt
Wyatt Jeansonne after an Acadia Parish teal hunt on Sept. 25, 2023.
Hunting Reports
Nicholas Gautreaux’s wild hogs
Nicholas Gautreaux of Rayne with a meat haul from four wild hogs in Mason, Texas, on Nov. 11, 2023.
Hunting Reports
Wes Gauthier’s Veterans Day buck
Wes Gauthier, a retired Marine, shot this nice 9-point buck on Veterans Day. Finding the buck took a 5 hour track that went over 4 miles, included multiple tracking dogs, and ended with a diving
Hunting Reports
Ashley Henry’s wall hanger buck
Ashley Henry got her first wall hanger buck, this Area 8 whitetail, this season.
Hunting Reports
Kason “Bruiser” Gautreaux’s first deer
Kason “Bruiser” Gautreaux killed his first deer on his 10th birthday, Nov. 11, 2023. He was hunting with his dad, Jamie, at their hunting club lease near Thibodaux.
Hunting Reports
Jonah Elkins takes 9-point buck
Jonah Elkins with his 9-point buck that had a 20-inch spread.
Fishing Reports
William McLean’s river catfish
William McLean was fishing Nov. 3 at the Harmony Street Wharf mile marker 98.0 on the Mississippi River when he landed this river catfish that weighed between 40-45 pounds.
News Breaker
LDWF has successful woodcock banding night
After coordinating with landowners in West Feliciana Parish, the LDWF had a successful woodcock banding night on Dec. 12.[…]
Field Reports
Knee-deep and catching monster speckled trout
Marsh Man Masson joins Chris Bush and Capt. Joe Prado near Port Mansfield to fish for giant speckled trout.[…]
News Breaker
LWFC adopts NOI for rules changes to reptile and amphibian regulations
The LWFC adopted a notice of intent for rule changes to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Reptile and Amphibian Regulations.[…]
News Breaker
Six men cited for migratory game bird violations in Plaquemines Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited six South Carolina men for alleged migratory game bird violations in Plaquemines Parish on Dec. 17.[…]
News Breaker
Chalmette man arrested for numerous hunting and fishing violations
LDWF enforcement agents completed an investigation on Dec. 13 that resulted in an arrest of a Chalmette man.[…]
Field Reports
Everything ate this Zimmer Swimmer
Marsh Man Masson changed lures to a candy-bug Zimmer Swimmer, and that’s when he found the fish he was looking for plus a whole lot more. […]
Deer Hunting
LDWF: Deer hunters in northeast Louisiana urged to provide deer heads for free CWD testing
Deer hunters in northeast Louisiana are urged to place the heads of any deer they harvest in one of 13 free CWD Testing Collection points.[…]