Fishing
Charter boat captains seek equal footing
Charter captains are fighting so they can participate in a state-sponsored insurance fund that serves the commercial fishing industry.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Hunting
Subcaliber adapters expand firearms usage
Subcaliber multicaliber adapters to allow the .303, .30-06, .308 and the 8 mm Lebel to use pistol rounds and maintain accuracy.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA leads effort to take pogie battle back to legislature
CCA Louisiana is undertaking a government relations campaign targeting the menhaden fishery in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Big Bass
Vincent enjoys landing Toledo Bend lunker bass a second time
Cody Vincent of Lake Charles hooked this huge 10-pound bass for the second time on April 6 at Toledo Bend.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana private recreational red snapper season to open May 27
The 2022 private recreational red snapper season will begin on May 27 in both state and federal waters with a daily bag limit of 3 fish.[…]
Big Bass
Four more Toledo Bend lunkers: bank on it!
Toledo Bend anglers LeDaine Summers, Glenn Marcantel, Casey Smith and Jesse Hyatt landed four double-digit bass over the past week.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Reconnecting Bayou Lafourche is goal of massive restoration effort
This Bayou Lafourche restoration project helps improve the connection of the Mississippi River and the Lafourche basin.[…]
Coastal Projects
Restorative power of Mississippi River could rejuvenate swamps
Diversions are designed to mimic the natural land-building ability of the river prior to levees and jetties blocking water and sediment.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend adds two more lunkers to list
Jewel Hunt caught a 10.69-pound bass on March 21 at Toledo Bend, and five days later, Jimmie Box boated a 12.16-pound brute.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bossier City girls are taking it to the high school bassin’ world
Alexis Virgilitto and Tayor Bacot of the Parkway High School won the Bass Federation High School State Championship at Caddo Lake.[…]
News Breaker
Recreational greater amberjack season to reopen May 1, 2022
The LDWF would like to remind anglers that the recreational greater amberjack season will reopen in Louisiana and federal waters on May 1.[…]
Big Bass
Three more double-digit lunkers qualify for Toledo Bend honors
Three more double-digit largemouths caught by Ronnie Bland, Wayne Maxie and Daniel Clark qualified for the Toledo Bend Lunker Program.[…]
Big Bass
Pennies, wishes and a really big Caney Lake bass
Caney hawg is wish come true for Kliebert There are lots of ways to catch giant bass in the spring. Ross Kliebert and Zane Zeringue of the Lafourche Parish Bassmasters may have come up with
Big Bass
Huge lunker from Cross Lake has Rudisill flying high
Nathaniel “Rudy” Rudisill caught a trophy 12-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass out of Cross Lake on March 6, 2022.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend triplets highlight four days of bass fishing
Three Toledo Bend anglers, Cole Moore, Cody Vincent and Charles Gullotta, caught double-digit largemouth bass from March 12-15. […]
Big Bass
Firefighter’s Lake Martin fishing trip yields 11.1-pound largemouth
Lafayette City firefighter Brandon Kidder was fishing on March 7 at Lake Martin when he hooked a bass weighing 11.1 pounds.[…]