Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend slab attack!
My grandson “Stratton Ray” and I take a yearly trip to Toledo Bend to fish with Michael Shanley with Living the Dream Guide Service. We have a blast every year! This year we had my
Month: February 2024
Hunting Reports
Arkansas ducks
My son, Schuyler Ray, and I go to Arkansas every year for mallard ducks. We are the “gun show” every time. -Ronnie Bergeron
Hunting Reports
Silent hunter
I caught this photo on a trail camera on the Allen Branch Hunting Club in Simpson, La.
News Breaker
Morehouse Parish man cited for killing Louisiana black bear and multiple hunting violations
LDWF enforcement agents cited an Oak Ridge man on Feb. 8 for alleged hunting violations in Morehouse Parish.[…]
News Breaker
Wendy Hazey of Prairieville wins first place in LAWFF Whooping Crane Art Contest
Wendy Hazey of Prairieville has been named the winner of the LAWFF Whooping Crane Art Show contest, presented by Raising Cane’s.[…]
Field Reports
Fishing deep after a cold front
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne catches redfish after a big cold front using the Glow Matrix Shad from Matrix Shad.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF biologists stock surplus Florida largemouth bass in Spring Bayou
LDWF stocked 126 pre-spawn pure Florida Largemouth Bass from its Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery into the Spring Bayou complex.[…]
Big Bass
Trophy bass is Valentine’s treat for Reynolds
Doug Reynolds of Florien was fishing on Feb. 14 in front of his home on Toledo Bend when he landed a 13.67-pound bass.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend gives up four 10-pound plus bass in two weeks
Toledo Bend has started giving up lunker bass this month. Four of them wound up being double-digit beasts.[…]
Fishing
Hooked Off-line Minder
Added to any fishing rod, this tool is great for cutting line and for storing hooks, lures and the tag end of fishing line.[…]
Hunting
Bamboozled by a Bobcat: Harris shares life stories in new book
Glynn Harris’ new book, ‘Bamboozled by a Bobcat: A Louisiana Boy’s Dirt Road Recollections’ is a story of Glynn’s life growing up.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Live Roam’R
The Live Roam’R from Bobby Garland Crappie Baits can be rigged a number of ways to entice crappie to eat in late winter and spring.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LWFC modifies pogie buffer
Commercial menhaden fisheries will now have to adhere to a half-mile buffer on the Louisiana coast for the 2024 season.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: St. Marks, Florida
If you like small coastal towns and accessible natural environments, you should take a look at what St. Marks, Florida, has to offer.[…]
Big Bass
Sabine River surprise
Terry Brack caught a 15-pound largemouth bass while fishing a LiveTarget Erratic Shiner on the Sabine River.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Smoked redfish dip
Jared Serigné took his wife Tia fishing down in St. Bernard Parish. Then he headed home and made a smoked redfish dip that she loves.[…]