Fishing Hotspots
Big Lake’s fall fishing run is on the horizon
Fall is easily the best time to be on the water at Calcasieu Lake chasing trout, redfish and flounder. They become much easier to fool with soft plastics. […]
Articles by Adam Jaynes
Events & Announcements
LDWF’s Archery in Louisiana Schools program hits the bullseye
When Robert Stroede went to work for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in May of 2012, he inherited a program in its early stages of development known as Archery in Louisiana Schools (ALAS), which taught basic archery skills to students. […]
Coastal Projects
Combining diversions, dredging could increase land-building efficiency
For several years, people in the coastal restoration community have debated whether the state should rebuild its sinking, crumbling wetlands with massive river diversions or by pumping mud from the river into the marsh. […]
Coastal Projects
Ways the coast sustains damage
Ways the coast sustains damage […]
Coastal Projects
Don’t rush to judgement: Causes of erosion
To raise awareness for one of Louisiana’s first politically spurred campaigns against coastal land loss, former Gov. Mike Foster took a publicity team into open water off of St. Mary Parish, cast a line and showed the crew his GPS, which showed them on solid ground. […]
Coastal Projects
The CWPPRA process
February 25 — A task force made up of representatives from federal agencies such at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Marine Fisheries Service and coastal parish governments met to narrow down over 60 projects to 21 nominees for funding. […]
Coastal Projects
The Gulf’s sinking stepping stone
A few hours after the sun goes down, if you’re sitting on the dock stretching out into Bayou Lafourche outside of Lisa Cefalu’s camp in Leeville, you’ll see a giant orange light of what looks like a refinery turning on for the night shift begin to glow. […]
Coastal Projects
Louisiana’s top coastal-restoration official takes exception to NOAA warnings that state plan is inadequate
Yes, we can. And, by the way: You’re wrong.
That’s how Garret Graves, head of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and some coastal scientists have responded to federal researchers who last week predicted the southeast coast faces the highest rate of sea level rise “on the planet” – 4.4 feet by 2100. […]
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Union Work
Union Parish is over 561,000 acres in size and is 85 percent forested. For the past three years, it has ranked first in total whitetail harvest, according to the statewide reporting system. […]
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Deer Dynamics: Rut Hierarchy
Once bucks are in the height of pursuing does, their instincts for survival are somewhat diminished. Their eyes, ears and noses are focused on estrus does, and although they can still respond to threats, most of the time it takes them a few seconds longer to put two and two together. […]
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The Life of a Fawn
Spring gives way to warm days as the summer season nears. Pesky insects start to dominate the woodlots and open fields. For the young whitetails that survived the pursuit of predators, now their lives of growing into mature deer begin to unfold. […]
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Deer Dynamics: Casting and Hierarchy
The rut has come and gone. Bucks that survived hunting season are dropping their battered racks. Though the whitetails are no longer at war for dominance, the competitiveness still exists — even in the off season. […]
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World of the Whitetail
No hunter succeeds without complete knowledge of the animal he or she pursues. […]
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Short-Rig Specks
Draw a line on a map between the Cameron Jetties and the 18-mile light out of Sabine Pass then back to the Sabine Jetties, and you have a triangle. […]