Fishing Reports
Two Vernon Lake lunkers for Tim Goodwin
These two lunkers were caught on Vernon Lake on April 9, 2025 by Tim Goodwin.[…]
Month: June 2025
Hunting Reports
Kayden Mathews with his bullfrog
Kayden Mathews caught a 1.7-pound bullfrog in Iberia Parish on March 22, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Dawson Manino’s big Sabine River bass
On March 30, Dawson Manino got a day off work and decided he was going to go do a little bank fishing because he didn’t feel like hauling the boat.[…]
Hunting Reports
Harper Jane Richard got her first deer
Harper Jane Richard, 11, from Iota, with her first deer shot with her 7mm-08 on Nov. 11 at her family’s lease in Grant Parish.[…]
Hunting Reports
Sean Bergeron’s St. Francisville buck
Sean Bergeron got this great Area 6 buck in St. Francisville on Jan. 24, 2025.[…]
News Breaker
Fishing, fuel and the future
This June 18, as we cast our lines into the waters, let’s take a moment to recognize the men and women of the USA energy workforce.[…]
Field Reports
Prehistoric beasts lurking in the bayou
Using heavy-duty lines baited with fish heads or chunks of chicken, hunters place their sets where alligator snapping turtles hide.[…]
Columns
Sweet and sour frog legs
Sweet and sour frog legs is a variation of the popular dish that uses either chicken, shrimp or pork. The recipe beautifully balances flavors.[…]
Fishing
Sea Tow Foundation Life Jacket Loaner stations now at three locations in Louisiana
The LDWF Enforcement Division has been awarded three Sea Tow Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program stations that are at three locations.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through June 1, 2025
LA Creel indicates that 251,911 pounds, or 28.2%, of Louisiana’s 2025 annual private recreational allocation of red snapper have been caught.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Fish tacos with creamy mango salsa
Marsh Man Masson set out with one audacious fishing goal this week, and well, you just gotta see what happened.[…]
News Breaker
New recreational wahoo regulations effective June 20
The new wahoo regulations will go into effect on June 20, establishing a five-fish per-person recreational bag and possession limit.[…]
Columns
Fishermen; Know your limits (and other things)
Other states boast about their fishing, but Louisiana is far ahead of keepable numbers of saltwater species than other Gulf Coast states.[…]
Hunting Reports
Breez Thibodeaux’s first buck
Breez Thibodeaux, 9, killed his first buck, this 10-point, in Pointe Coupee Parish hunting with his “Buddy” on Jan. 18, 2025.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Jefferson Davis Parish
The body of Danny Harrison of Lake Charles was turned over to the Jefferson Davis Parish Coroner’s Office following a fatal boating incident.[…]
Big Bass
Florien youth bags big double-digit Toledo Bend lunker
A Toledo Bend lunker was caught June 5, 2025 by 16-year-old Ayden Sparks of Florien. It weighed in at 11.02 pounds.[…]