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Offshore birthday trip produces impressive catch
An offshore trip was the 22nd birthday present for William Tucker of St. Clair, Mo., who was on the rod when a big swordfish bit.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Fishing
In a 10-4 vote, House committee greenlights HB 535 for debate in House of Representatives
The Committee on Natural Resources and Environment in Louisiana’s House moved HB 535 one step closer to becoming law yesterday.[…]
Big Bass
Prairieville man scores Toledo Bend lunker
Ollie Pruett Slaughter of Prairieville caught an 11.82-pound largemouth bass, the kind of fish men dream of, at Toledo Bend.[…]
Newsletters
Giant bluefin tuna weighed in during Billfish Classic
Josh Tice of Orange Beach, Ala., landed a 683.5-pound bluefin tuna during the Louisiana Gulf Coast Billfish Classic on May 2.[…]
Newsletters
2021 red snapper season is set to begin
It is almost time to fill your coolers with red snapper! The 2021 season begins on May 28 in both state and federal waters.[…]
Bass Fishing
Brother, sister, and friend tag-team to victory in high school fishing tourneys
Landin Chatham and Ben Ramsey joined forces to win the LHSAA Inaugural Regional high school bass tournament at Caney Lake on March 27.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend lunker: A victory fifty years in the making
On Saturday, May 1, Woodrow “Boggie” Colton of Knight landed a 10.36-pound lunker largemouth bass at Toledo Bend.[…]
Catfish
Denham Springs woman lands blue catfish that’s all-white
Katie Purvis Johns was fishing along the Bonnet Carré Spillway with her husband and daughter when she caught a 19-pound leucistic catfish.[…]
Hunting Reports
Young hunter killed opening day bird for third-straight season
Hayden Johnson, 7, killed a turkey for the third-straight season on opening morning of the youth hunt weekend in Jackson Parish.[…]
Big Bass
Oakdale angler untangles lunker
David Perales of Oakdale hooked this big 10.14-pound Toledo Bend bass from a tangled buck bush on April 9.[…]
Fishing
CCA Star kicks off May 29
The 27th annual CCA Louisiana STAR will begin on Saturday, May 29. The tournament will span the summer, ending on Labor Day, Sept. 6.[…]
News Breaker
Homeward bound: One pelican’s journey from catastrophe
A victim of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, a brown pelican returned to Louisiana last month to Queen Bess Island in Barataria.[…]
Newsletters
Spring trout fishing is strong on Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne, owner of Matrix Shad, caught a 6-pound, 25-inch speckled trout on Tuesday, April 6, in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Big Bass
Pineville angler lands two double-digit bass on back-to-back casts at Caney
On March 28, Dustin Chelette from Pineville caught two, double-digit, largemouth bass on back-to-back casts at Caney Lake.[…]
Big Bass
Many angler scores Toledo Bend lunker in tournament
Herby Dauphinet of Many was fishing the Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Bass Tournament when he caught a 10.79-pound bass.[…]
Big Bass
Texas man snakes big bass out of Toledo Bend
Elmer Ernst of Orange, Texas, caught a great bass on March 26, 2021 in the Indian Creek area of Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]