The speckled trout action in South Louisiana is the best in North America right now, and that means it’s an ideal time to shoot fishing shows geared toward a national audience.[…]
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Rapides Parish man on April 3 for alleged deer hunting violations.[…]
For the first time in its 49-year history, the 2019 Bassmaster Classic will be held on the Tennessee River out of Knoxville.[…]
After an almost two-year-long investigation, enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two people in connection with the shooting deaths of whooping cranes in Acadia Parish.[…]
House Bill 391 that would guarantee public access to tidal waterways received approval by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Civil Law and Procedure, setting up a hearing on the floor of the House in coming days.[…]
Initial sampling efforts for chronic wasting disease in Northeast Louisiana’s deer herd have not turned up any positive results for the disease, according to a news release from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
If you don’t like fishing around crowds, you’re probably not alone — but it can sometimes actually help anglers. The fish on the Lake Pontchartrain Trestles bridge receive a ton of boat pressure, but that can concentrate the fish, according to Capt. Justin Bowles.[…]
April is a prime time to catch speckled trout, redfish and flounder on Calcasieu Lake.[…]
Finding a stable body of water — one that isn’t on a hard rise or already unfishably high — can be a priority for bass anglers in one of the prime fishing months of the year.[…]
When Mother Nature quits her crying for a few days, the rivers that drain lower Louisiana clear up but still flow swiftly. That pretty water allows the Kentucky spotted bass that crowd the rivers to go on feeding binges fit for a Roman god.[…]
Well, just when you say one thing probably will happen, Mother Nature proves you wrong.[…]
Are you one of the hundreds of thousands of area anglers who think they have to run outside to the big, salty bays to catch speckled trout this time of year? Well, you don’t.[…]
The nearly month-long opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway poured fresh water into Lake Pontchartrain, and that’s definitely impacted the trout fishing.[…]
This week’s episode of Sportsman TV features a tried and true — but often forgotten trick of inshore fishing — live cocahoe minnows. The cocahoe used to be a mainstay in boats across the coast, but as they became less available anglers started using live shrimp and croakers more often. […]
Curtis Simpson has one piece of advice for any bass angler wanting to catch a big largemouth or a big stringer this month — head to the banks at Caney Lake in Jackson Parish.[…]
Capt. Lane Zimmer said understanding redfish patterns this time of year can help you pinpoint general location where you’re likely to find fish.[…]