Field Reports
Catch and cook: Targeting giant wild hogs
In this video, Jared Serigné went out on airboats to get rid of destructive wild hogs in our fragile wetlands ecosystem.[…]
Newsletters
News Breaker
LDWF deploys Cotile Lake Christmas Tree reefs
LDWF Inland Fisheries biologists deployed a total of 100 Christmas trees at 13 locations throughout Cotile Lake in Rapides Parish.[…]
Field Reports
This technique produced giant river crappie
Marsh Man Masson took his son Joel onto the Tchefuncte River to catch some crappie using a pack of Bobby Garlands.[…]
Deer Hunting
Reader Report: Winn Parish buck finally loses game of hide-and-seek
Joshua Brevelle of Effie downed this beautiful 148 5/8-inch buck nicknamed “Porkchop” on Dec. 26 in Winn Parish.[…]
Hunting
LDWF to conduct public meeting on proposed 2024-26 Hunting Regulation NOI
The LDWF will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposed 2024-26 hunting regulation notices of intenton March 2 at 6 p.m. on Zoom.[…]
Big Bass
Trophy bass is Valentine’s treat for Reynolds
Doug Reynolds of Florien was fishing on Feb. 14 in front of his home on Toledo Bend when he landed a 13.67-pound bass.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend gives up four 10-pound plus bass in two weeks
Toledo Bend has started giving up lunker bass this month. Four of them wound up being double-digit beasts.[…]
Fishing
Hooked Off-line Minder
Added to any fishing rod, this tool is great for cutting line and for storing hooks, lures and the tag end of fishing line.[…]
Hunting
Bamboozled by a Bobcat: Harris shares life stories in new book
Glynn Harris’ new book, ‘Bamboozled by a Bobcat: A Louisiana Boy’s Dirt Road Recollections’ is a story of Glynn’s life growing up.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Live Roam’R
The Live Roam’R from Bobby Garland Crappie Baits can be rigged a number of ways to entice crappie to eat in late winter and spring.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LWFC modifies pogie buffer
Commercial menhaden fisheries will now have to adhere to a half-mile buffer on the Louisiana coast for the 2024 season.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: St. Marks, Florida
If you like small coastal towns and accessible natural environments, you should take a look at what St. Marks, Florida, has to offer.[…]
Big Bass
Sabine River surprise
Terry Brack caught a 15-pound largemouth bass while fishing a LiveTarget Erratic Shiner on the Sabine River.[…]
Field Reports
Exploring Hopedale and finding what the fish want
Marsh Man Masson headed to Hopedale to a bayou that looked good to him on a map, and discovered it had far more depth than he expected.[…]
Field Notes
State’s premier fishing areas along the river are chock full of history
The marshes along the lower Mississippi River are full of fish. One could even argue that this area has the best fishing in Louisiana.[…]
Ducks
Leucistic gadwall is bonus for Franklinton hunter
John Jones of Franklinton shot a leucistic hen gadwall, a bird as rare as perhaps 1 in 30,000, on Dec. 30, 2023.[…]