Deer Hunting
Post-rut deer hunting tips
The post-rut phase of deer season can be an opportunity to score on a nice buck, if you are willing to adjust your tactics a bit.[…]
Newsletters
Fishing
LDWF to give away Christmas trees to enhance fish habitat on Lake Claiborne
The LDWF is hosting a “Reef Rodeo” for Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish. The event will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025.[…]
Deer of the Year
Natchitoches Parish gives up trophy buck to Alston
Chad Alston of Pollock was hunting at the Buckmaster Hunting Club in Natchitoches Parish on Nov. 25 when he downed a 150-class buck.[…]
Fishing
Christmas trees needed for Lake Providence fisheries enhancement
The LDWF is partnering with the Lake Providence Watershed Council and the East Carroll Bass Club to collect Christmas trees.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF Fishing Course Series announces rainbow trout fishing dates for 2025
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries annual Get Out & Fish! Rainbow Trout stockings are quickly approaching.[…]
Field Reports
Marsh fishing hard falling tides
Chas Champagne finds the redfish and speckled trout pretty stacked up chewing up the Limbo Slice from Matrix Shad.[…]
Deer of the Year
Nervous 6-point gives up trophy Red River Parish buck
Hannah Loker of Frierson was hunting on private property in Red River Parish when she downed a 10-point buck with her rifle on Nov. 20.[…]
Deer Hunting
Anatomy of a deer hunt
The author witnessed a very unusual hunt during the 2023-24 season when he went bow hunting on the Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
Field Reports
Giant speckled trout in residential canals
Marsh Man Masson went into a series of residential canals and caught his biggest speckled trout of the year.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana black bear hunting season successfully concludes with massive 696-pound male harvested
The first Louisiana black bear hunting season in more than 35 years successfully concluded Dec. 22 and included a 696-pound adult male bear.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF calling upon anglers to help biologists collect striped bass samples
The LDWF is looking for participants to help understand the Striped Bass population in the Lake Pontchartrain and Pearl River Basins.[…]
Columns
The transformation of Neptune Pass
Located about 70 river miles south of New Orleans, the areas adjacent to and in the outfall of Neptune Pass teem with fish and wildlife.[…]
Field Notes
Politics played a role in naming two of Louisiana’s largest lakes
In his initial exploration of the river, Sieur d’Iberville ascended the Mississippi to near the mouth of the Red River.[…]
Deer of the Year
Potential new state record buck taken in Catahoula Parish
Tyler Jordan was hunting at Honey Brake in Catahoula Parish on Dec. 5 when he shot the potential Louisiana state record for typical bucks.[…]
Deer Hunting
Union Parish 9-point won’t go down without a fight
Leslie Thomas of Dubach was hunting on private land in Union Parish on Nov. 1 when she downed a big 9-point buck.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Snag Proof Zoo Kick
The brand-new Snag Proof Zoo Kick is sure to prove as good as, if not better than, its predecessor from the mid-2010s, the Wobbletron Frog.[…]