Columns
Never underestimate topwaters’ potential
Learn the true capability topwater baits possess and how their limitless upside allows you to fish them confidently.[…]
Fishing
News Breaker
Red snapper angler participation needed
The LDWF encourages anglers pursuing red snapper to use its Electronic Reporting Program to provide important, real-time catch data.[…]
Bass Fishing
Henderson Lake bass run is on!
Topwaters of every kind retrieved seductively at choice locations around Henderson Lake fuel the bass fishing passion of a Lafayette native.[…]
Big Bass
Lacassine Refuge gives up 11.5-pound lunker
Aaron Granger caught an 11.5-pound bass in Lacassine Refuge on May 14 while fishing a weightless fluke in California 420 color.[…]
Snapper
Tips & tricks to land more snapper
Superior Bait & Tackle’s tips and tricks to land more snapper this season. Learn how to snell a circle hook and what’s the most effective gear for snapper.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend bass are turning to topwaters
As the spawn works its way north to south on Toledo Bend in May, bream move up the same way to do their thing, which is key to getting on bass.[…]
Big Bass
Zwolle angler lands ‘Perfect 10’ at Toledo Bend
Justin Glover, of Zwolle, caught his first-ever double digit bass, a 10-pound largemouth, on May 13 in the San Miguel area of Toledo Bend.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
How to get easy limits at Calcasieu Lake
If you aren’t catching speckled trout under the birds in May at Calcasieu Lake, you’ll want to be on the lower end of the lake system around reefs.[…]
Bass Fishing
North Desoto fishing team takes High School Championship
Benton Miller and Kayden Meade from North Desoto High School won a 2-day North Louisiana High School Fishing League Championship tournament on Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Black Lake perfect baits
Donovan Stoner said he’d focus his attention on the multitude of cypress trees that cover Black Lake, and offered his Top 3 lures for Black Lake in May.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big Jack’s Reef enhancement complete in Calcasieu Lake
The East Calcasieu artificial reef in Calcasieu Lake, also known as “Big Jack’s Reef”, is an existing inshore artificial reef that had material added to it.[…]
Bass Fishing
How to fish for post-spawn bass with Greg Hackney
With the bass spawn all but over with, pro angler Greg Hackney will use his time today to pattern post-spawn fish in the Atchafalaya Basin.[…]
Fishing
LDWF collects biological impact data as Bonnet Carré Spillway opens again
The Bonnet Carré Spillway opened for a historic second time this year, while the LDWF continued its biological monitoring of fish and wildlife resources.[…]
Catfish
Gold strike in Indian Creek Reservoir
Eunice’s Wendell Young unhooked a gold catfish from his bream-baited trotline April 30 in Indian Creek Reservoir near Woodworth.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Jimmie Davis State Park closed after direct hit from tornado
Tornadoes and torrential rainfall caused considerable damage resulting in the closure of Jimmie Davis State Park on Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
Field Notes
Fun at the beach begins with sightseeing
Beaches are among the most productive of summertime destinations for speckled trout anglers, but they can also be the most intimidating.[…]