Field Reports
Why this paddletail produces the most speckled trout
If you think all soft-plastic paddletails look pretty much the same underwater, you’re about to have your mind blown.[…]
Newsletters
Columns
Shrimp in the spotlight
The springtime push of brown shrimp into our marshes comes near the time when trout and redfish are moving from the interior marshes.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Oyster Lake redfish
Trevor Huval shares tips for fishing for redfish at one of his favorite places, Oyster Lake in Marsh Island.[…]
Hunting
LWFC approves 2025-27 hunting regulation notice of intent
The LWFC approved a NOI for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 hunting seasons, 2025-26 general and WMA hunting seasons and rules and regulations.[…]
Deer Hunting
McPherson wants spotlight on CWD-contaminated deer pens
Former commissioner Joe McPherson charged LWF commissioners to ask Department of Agriculture officials about CWD-contaminated deer pens.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF announces the addition of a new WMA in Washington Parish – Bogue Chitto WMA
In partnership with Trust for Public Land, the LDWF established a new 1,642.5-acre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Washington Parish.[…]
Fishing
Free Fly Topo Shorts
The Free Fly Topo shorts are ultra-comfortable, fit great, and offer plenty of storage pockets.[…]
Alligator
LDWF announces bid process for alligator hunting on certain WMAs, WCAs, USACE properties and refuges for 2025-27
The LDWF is accepting bids now through May 20 for alligator hunting on certain WMAs, WCAs, USACE properties and state wildlife refuges.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
From Leeville to the lunkers
Captain Aaron Pierce will run to the structures and rigs in Terrebonne and Timbalier bays looking for the big trout coming out of the marshes.[…]
Field Reports
Setting limb lines to catch lunch in the Louisiana swamp
In the mood for a catfish shore lunch, Jeff Bruhl and I tied lines baited with live bream and cut shiners to cypress trees and let them soak.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Eleven-year-old girl bags huge Bayou Bienvenue crab
Arabi’s Hayden Davis, 11, caught a large blue crab while crabbing with family on April 19 at Bayou Bienvenue.[…]
Bass Fishing
Easy pickings at Toledo Bend
May is an easy fishing month at Toledo Bend as bass and crappie enter the post-spawn period and bream start bedding up in the shallows.[…]
Field Notes
Bag more spring squirrels
Louisiana sportsmen get a bonus opportunity to hunt squirrels during the spring season that runs May 3-25 with a daily limit of three.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Monster gar propels teen into the Louisiana state record book
Baylor Allen, 15, of Morgan City was fishing with his grandfather on April 22 when he caught this 152-pound gar.[…]
Field Reports
It’s time! Topwater speckled trout + a lot more!
You won’t find a better season than the months of April and May for throwing hard-plastic lures, including topwaters, to big speckled trout.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend spits out two more lunker bass
John Buffalow of Milam, Texas, and Karden Cooley, 13, of DeRidder, La., sacked huge bass on April 24 at Toledo Bend.[…]