Features from May 2024
- During his crappie fishing career, Kevin Alleman has never let a full moon cancel his plans. If anything, he uses it to his advantage.
- While it could be a difficult endeavor, Louisiana stock enhancement through hatchery programs should be given serious consideration.
- While Lake Yucatan has a healthy population of bream and catfish, most anglers target largemouth bass, white bass and crappie.
- After a prescribed burn, you will see an increase in nitrogen in the soil. This will improve the growth of vegetation beneficial to wildlife.
- Hopefully new regulations will keep more spawning trout in Louisiana waters so these highly prolific fish will continue to delight anglers.
- Hired in 1968, by the late Paul “Dud” Dudley Faulk, Art LeJuene has tuned over a million duck calls for Faulk’s Game Calls.
Columns - May 2024
- Erosion, subsidence and degradation of the lands built by thousands of spring floodwaters depositing sediment across our coast.
- Take advantage of drawdowns to explore new ground and search for treasures that have been dropped in the lake.
- The Snag Proof Zoo Pop has given bass anglers like Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet another weapon to use in grass, lily pads and duckseed.
- There are two reasons hunters plant food plots; one is to attract deer for hunting and the other is to supplement the native forage.
- Even in today’s digital world, printed maps are essential tools for outdoorsmen.
- There are still some places that hold huntable numbers of quail and woodcock where hunters and their dogs can pursue them.
- Kayak fishing provides some challenges for anglers wanting to keep a healthy supply of shrimp or other live bait along for the day’s trip.
- Wahoo Poisson Cru, also known as Tahitian-style ceviche, is a delicious and refreshing dish originating from the islands of French Polynesia.
Outdoor Updates - May 2024
- Hunter Dubroc of Deville was fishing in a bass club tournament on Cotile Lake on March 21 when he caught an 11.4-pound bass.
- The LWFC adopted an amended Notice of Intent to hold a Louisiana black bear hunting season in December of 2024 in northeast Louisiana.
- Lindy Self of Hemphill, Texas, caught a 13.84-pound lunker bass during the TOBI Tournament on March 16 at Toledo Bend.
Hot Spots - May 2024
- When Tim Vallee, Jr. isn’t running crab traps on Bayou Lacombe, he turns to catching catfish with a basic rod and reel combo.
- Local Monroe native Chris Nguyen fishes Caney Lake regularly and shared how he targets these feisty fish in May.
- May should be a shallow-water bass fisherman’s dream month at Toledo Bend with the re-emergence of vegetation the past few years.
- Neal Meche said Henderson Lake and Chicot Lake are his top destinations for bass fishing during the month of May.
Field Notes - May 2024
- The only way to drive to Grand Isle is by way of Highway 1, and it allows fishermen to access the area’s bountiful waters.
- Hunter Hamilton and Tyler Morris, both freshmen at LSU-Shreveport, topped a 36-boat field of Louisiana college teams in February.
- The Apalachicola River pours into Apalachicola Bay and creates a rich marshy delta. It holds tripletail, flounder and redfish.
- Throwing a cast net can be very beneficial to a fisherman for a multitude of reasons, including the savings from not having to buy bait