Outdoor Updates
Angler catches rare black jack
Angler catches rare black jack […]
Outdoor Updates
Hunting
Pre-hunting season legal checklist
Checking your equipment is the first step towards a successful hunting season. Here’s a checklist to keep you safe and legal this season. […]
Newsletters
Solari and his “goal STAR” trout
John Solari explains how he caught his 2020 STAR champion 29-inch long, 8.27 pound speckled trout off Calcasieu Point. […]
Flounder
Angler lands piebald flounder on first visit to Pontchartrain
Austin Meche of Crowley hooked a three-pound piebald flounder on his first fishing trip to Lake Pontchartrain. […]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend spits out three double-digit largemouths
Two lunkers on the same day, two for the same fisherman Yeah, August is supposed to be a month that a lot of bass fishermen would like to forget. It’s hell-hot, fish are sluggish and […]
Newsletters
LWFC adopts two-zone East-West boundary for 2021-25 waterfowl seasons
The LWFC adopted a two-zone East-West boundary option for the 2021-25 waterfowl hunting seasons during its September meeting. […]
Hurricane Coverage
Cat 4 Laura leaves destruction across the Louisiana outdoors
When Hurricane Laura came barreling through it left a swath of destruction more widespread than many have ever seen or imagined. […]
Field Reports
Reader Report: First bull red
David Clause of Eunice helps his Heather Ray bag her first bull red on a very eventful saltwater fishing trip that almost didn’t happen. […]
Big Bass
Lake hidden in the woods produces trophy bass
Billy Willis, a 62-year-old bass angler from Ruston, hooked a trophy bass on Kepler Creek Reservoir on Aug. 22, 2020. […]
Outdoor Updates
Snapping them up!
World War II veteran, Bobby Hebert, 98, of Lafayette, and his son, Joey, enjoyed a red snapper trip on July 19. […]
Offshore Fishing
A great sword drill
Cameron Dworak and Kelsea Watts caught this238-pound swordfish on July 11, about 20 miles out of northeast pass in Venice. […]
Dove
The lowdown on Louisiana doves
Louisiana’s dove season opens in both the North and South Zones on Saturday, Sept. 5, and the season in both zones actually runs into late January, 2021. […]
Fishing
Louisiana family finds silver lining in pandemic
For Noah Brown, COVID-19 has a huge silver lining. He’s gotten to work on his boat and start fishing with his son and 7-year-old daughter. […]
Newsletters
HIP certification does help hunters
Duck and all migratory bird hunters this year must purchase a HIP certification online or at the LDWF office in Baton Rouge. […]
News Breaker
New regulation on nighttime taking of outlaw quadrupeds, nutria and beaver
Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and non-resident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds at night on private property the entire year. […]
Big Bass
Double digit bass makes Bussey opening special
Brandon Johnston’s first double digit bass came from Bussey Brake on July 18. A lake he grew up fishing as a youngster years ago. […]