Hunting
LDWF accepting applications for 2026 Elbow Slough WMA dove and White Lake WCA teal lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for the Elbow Slough WMA dove lottery hunt and the WCA teal lottery hunt.[…]
Newsletters
Columns
Pan-seared speckled trout with cherry tomatoes
This pan-seared speckled trout dish combines fresh fish and ripe produce and gives you an option that is not deep frying.[…]
Newsletters
LDWF pushing for state management on greater amberjack
Louisiana’s push for state management of greater amberjack has reached the point where marine biologists are ready to lay out their plan.[…]
Bass Fishing
These bass have it made in the shade
Charles Thompson will target the docks bass hide under at Cross Lake on a few occasions, but most of the time you’ll find him at Caddo Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass patterns to use at the Bend
If this month is anything like past Julys at Toledo Bend, it’ll be a pretty darned good month for bass fishing.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF Sec. Bosworth increases red snapper bag limit to five fish for Independence Day weekend
LDWF Secretary Tyler Bosworth has signed a declaration of emergency to increase the red snapper limit to five fish per person for 7/2-7/5. […]
Field Notes
Lake Claiborne State Park
Many people stay at Lake Claiborne State Park to fish Lake Claiborne. It is one of the most popular lakes for catching hybrid striped bass.[…]
Field Notes
Protect yourself from Vibrio Vulnificus
The more algae blooms, the more Vibrio Vulnificus bacteria grows and the more dangerous it becomes in coastal waters.[…]
Field Notes
A closer look at Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA
Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area consists of 33,488 acres of mostly marsh. It is located 15 miles south of Houma.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Booyah Pad Crasher
After Pad Crashers and Poppin’ Pad Crashers were released, Booyah’s plastic frog line got so popular it is one of the company’s best sellers.[…]
Bass Class
College angler overcomes obstacles to have great senior season
Champ Morales of Livingston had a great senior season on the Southeastern Louisiana University Fishing Team with teammate Grayson Aguillard.[…]
Alligator
Recreational alligator hunting opportunity
Jeb Linscombe, the alligator program manager for LDWF, said he hopes lottery winners use the opportunity to target nuisance alligators.[…]
Coastal Projects
Finding the right balance between our state’s ecological needs and the needs of industry
Finding a balance between the needs of developers and industry and the needs of our lands, waters, fish and wildlife.[…]
Fishing Reports
West Monroe teen lands big jack crevalle in Hackberry
Madi Foster, 17, of West Monroe was fishing in Hackberry on Memorial Day when she caught a big jack crevalle in Calcasieu Pass.[…]
Columns
A kayaker’s guide to fishing live shrimp
Head out on your next kayak fishing trip with a supply of live shrimp and your odds of success increase greatly.[…]
Big Bass
Boyce angler lands well-traveled Toledo Bend bass
Tyler Medica of Boyce holds the 11.90-pound bass he caught on June 5 at Toledo Bend. It was previously caught Feb. 7 at 13.1 pounds.[…]