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Indecision leaves LWFC having to put speckled trout limits on hold
A Notice of Intent to modify speckled trout size and bag limits has again been tabled by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission.[…]
Year: 2023
Fishing Reports
Mary Katherine Talley’s big mangrove
Mary Katherine Talley with an 11-pound mangrove snapper caught out of Port Fourchon.
Fishing Reports
Finn’s Memorial Day speck
Finn Davidson, 7, with a beautiful speckled trout caught on Big Lake during a Memorial Day trip.[…]
Columns
Hot fishing & catching; and our outdoor businesses could use some help!
Louisiana’s coast absorbs tons of anglers between Memorial Day and Labor Day, that should have an effect on fisheries management.[…]
Fishing Reports
Maggie’s Lake Pontchartrain bull red
Maggie Schommer caught this bull redfish on May 28 (Memorial Day weekend) bouncing plastics in deep water structure in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Fishing Reports
Wil Bass with a red snapper
Wil Bass, 9, loves fishing with his uncles, Mike Coullard and Wil Webb.[…]
Fishing Reports
Michael Kuhn with a birthday speck
Michael Kuhn catching specks using live shrimp on his birthday, May 27, 2023, off the rigs of Cocodrie.[…]
Fishing Reports
Alex Palermo gets nice bass
Alex Palermo, 4, with a 3 1/2-pound bass caught in Loranger on May 21, 2023 in a private pond.[…]
Fishing Reports
Scott’s Rigolets redfish
Scott Gibson with a nice redfish caught with an H&H Gold Spoon on May 23, 2023 in the Rigolets near the L&N train bridge.[…]
Fishing Reports
The one that didn’t get away
Tracie Carline Leleu was very proud of the fish she caught near Charenton on April 30. “It was April 30. We were fishing near Charenton when my little sister’s bobber vanished, leaving a splash that
Fishing Reports
Bob Breck’s Shell Beach red
Bob Breck with a big redfish (30+ inches) caught fishing out of Shell Beach in early June.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: The hardest fighting fish in the marsh
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné’ and his buddies went after big redfish in St. Bernard Parish.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents arrest 12 subjects for DWI on the water during Operation Dry Water weekend
The LDWF Enforcement Division arrested 12 boaters statewide for alleged driving or operating a vessel while intoxicated from July 1 to July 3.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents rescue couple from Southwest Pass in Vermilion Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents rescued a husband and wife after their boat got stuck in Vermilion Parish.[…]
Field Reports
Finding where the fish are hiding
In the seasons with more extreme temperatures, fish have to move to locales that won’t cook or freeze them.[…]
Big Bass
Deridder angler boats 11-pounder on Toledo Bend
Carl Hanchey of Deridder landed a 11.65-pound bass while fishing at night on Toledo Bend with his buddy Joe Bordelon.[…]