Bass Fishing
The Big Bass Rodeo is back for 2022
The LDWF and New Orleans City Park are getting ready for the 73rd annual Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival in New Orleans City Park on March 26.[…]
Fishing
Fishing Hotspots
Worm your way to cold water trophy trout action
Capt. Adam Jaynes would strongly encourage you to wade if you are chasing after speckled trout this month at Big Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Greg Hackney going after bass early at Toledo Bend
Greg Hackney calls fishing Toledo Bend in February a chance to beat the crowd of bass anglers that covers the lake in March and April.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Pay attention to changing patterns for the best Delacroix trout action
The fishing in Delacroix this time of year can be really good, but the speckled trout patterns shift with the ever-changing weather.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF concludes drawdown for Lake Bistineau
The LDWF has concluded a drawdown of Lake Bistineau in Webster, Bossier, and Bienville parishes for the purpose of giant salvinia control.[…]
Fishing
LDWF estimates inland fish kills following Hurricane Ida
Following Hurricane Ida’s landfall, LDWF staff estimate that approximately 280 million fish were killed in inland waters.[…]
Fishing
LDWF announces new Boating Law Administrator for Louisiana
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has appointed a new state Boating Law Administrator, Major Clarence Marques.[…]
Bass Fishing
A bass bait you can “stick” with every year
January is time for Louisiana bass anglers to “Go Rogue.” It’s time to get out that Smithwick Rogue and toss it in front of big largemouth.[…]
Bass Class
NSU’s Alyssa Taylor keeps bass fishing through the highs and lows
Tennessee native Alyssa Taylor, sophomore on the NSU Fishing Team, is at home in her Triton bass boat anywhere tournaments take her.[…]
Bass Fishing
New Matrix creation leaves bass, specks heads spinning
The Matrix Spin uses heavy wire that handles redfish but isn’t too heavy for the bass that inhabit the marsh across coastal Louisiana.[…]
Columns
January kayak fishing jackpot
Sheepshead are hard fighters, delicious, and can be caught around docks, pilings and rock piles using a simple bottom rig and dead shrimp.[…]
Fishing
Elmer’s Island Refuge to reopen on Feb. 4
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will reopen Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge on Friday, February 4, 2022.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF stocks rainbow trout at community fishing ponds across the state
Beginning the morning of Jan. 27, the LDWF will begin stocking 17 sites across Louisiana with adult-size rainbow trout.[…]
Features
Anglers stunned over fishing habitat destroyed by Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida’s 150 mile per hour-plus winds scoured and decimated Louisiana’s coastal marshes in ways not seen since Hurricane Katrina.[…]
Catfish
Lake Pontchartrain’s catfish provide a cold water bonus
Anglers will be able to catch blue catfish in Lake Pontchartrain with ease this month. Carl Schmidt of Abita Springs shares his best tips.[…]
Bass Fishing
Wrangling bass and bulls
In his time off, bass pro Brett Preuett focuses on several lakes, from Toledo Bend to lunker incubator Caney Lake to Iatt Lake.[…]