Louisiana Sportsman

Hayden Mahon’s 47-inch bull red

August 18, 2026 Hayden Mahon

Hayden Mahon and his buddy Noah went fishing off the piers and caught some monster reds.[…]

Blonde raccoon

August 18, 2026 William Daigle

William Daigle shared this photo of a raccoon in Andrus Cove.[…]

Lexie Lynn Eshleman’s big fish

August 18, 2026 Mercedes Eshleman

Lexie Lynn Eshleman, 7, casted, hooked and reeled in this huge black drum all by herself in Hopedale.[…]

Big blue crab for Jack Marks

August 18, 2026 Christopher D Marks

Jack Marks went crabbing in Rockefeller at one of the weirs on June 5 and caught this monster blue crab.[…]

Nine-year-old Eli Barrios landed some great red snapper while fishing with his family on May 30, 2026, about 40 miles south of Grand Isle on Stephen Delatte’s Hooked on Plastics 33 foot Invincible.[…]

Sheepshead at Berwick boat landing

August 18, 2026 Hunter Gaudet

I decided to go catfishing spur of the moment with my wife at the local Berwick boat ramp down River Road.[…]

Redfish time for Braylon

August 18, 2026 John Babin

Thirteen-year-old Braylon Olivier of New Iberia caught this nice redfish while fishing Vermilion Bay.[…]

Jake Michael Neuville’s PB bass

August 18, 2026 Celeste Neuville

Jake Michael Neuville, 11, was so excited to catch his PB, a 6-pound bass, on May 4 from a pond in Loreauville, La.[…]

Ayden Mistrot’s Atchafalaya River trip

August 18, 2026 Ayden Jacques Mistrot

Ayden Mistrot was catfishing in the Atchafalaya River after launching in the Krotz Springs area.[…]

Lake Verret spring break

August 18, 2026 neallaws

Samuel Delatte with a catfish he caught while enjoying his spring break on Lake Verret.[…]

Recreational alligator harvest lottery to open Aug. 20

August 18, 2026 From News Reports

LDWF recreational alligator harvest lottery will open Aug. 20 through Aug. 30. LDWF will conduct the recreational season beginning Oct. 1-31.[…]

Miles Hardy’s big catch

August 18, 2026 Phyllis Anderson

Miles Hardy, 8, was fishing with his dad and his brother in Bayou Teche behind his great-grandmother’s house in Leonville when he caught this 21-pound catfish using crawfish for bait.[…]