News Breaker
Waterfowl breeding and habitat survey has been cancelled
For the first time in its 65-year history, the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Fishing
CCA STAR Tournament returns to Louisiana waters for 26th year
CCA Louisiana’s 26th annual STAR Tournament, which runs from May 23-Sept. 7, has prizes offered including a dozen boats and prizes approaching $500,000.[…]
Newsletters
Calcasieu Lake firing up for great catches
In April, Lake Charles’ Brian Windsor found some great quality trout in Calcasieu Lake. High numbers of speckled trout over 12-inches were also reported.[…]
Newsletters
Spring squirrel season a great reason to stay in the woods
There’s no reason for hunters to leave the woods after turkey season ends. Just stay and have fun chasing bushytails in May.[…]
Catfish
Reader Report: Jacob Howat’s catfish
Jacob Howat was running catfish lines along the batture of the Mississippi River when he caught a leucistic catfish that weighed 5 pounds, 1 ounce.[…]
Bass Fishing
Reader Report: Corey Harwell’s lunker bass
Corey Harwell caught this 10.2-pound lunker, which was 25 inches long and 191/2 inches in girth, on March 21, fishing out of Tucker’s Camp on Caddo Lake. […]
Freshwater Fishing
External problems threaten Lake Martin access
Lake Martin has been widely touted as a fishing mecca, yet plagued with border and access feuds that have recently escalated to new heights.[…]
Newsletters
Angler pulls “trigger” on would-be record!
Brian Carlos of Luling landed a monster triggerfish that was a catch of a lifetime and would have smashed the existing state record for that species.[…]
Bass Fishing
Two more trophy bass from Toledo Bend
The month of March was an excellent time for anglers fishing Toledo Bend as a treasure trove of lunkers were taken. Read the stories of two more here.[…]
Bass Fishing
Toledo Bend delivers 11-pounders
The largest Toledo Bend lunkers of the season are beginning to show. Read the stories on how these two anglers battled these huge fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
March double-digit Toledo Bend lunkers keep rolling in
Here’s four more stories of bass anglers scoring successfully on the bounty of March’s Toledo Bend lunker largemouth bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fowler makes the most of three strikes; lands big bass at Toledo Bend
Dale Fowler had his hands full with a lunker bass that bit on a watermelon/red Strike King Shim-E-Stick on March 21 in Slaughter Creek at Toledo Bend.[…]
Bass Fishing
Fourth big bass this month from Lake Fausse Pointe
Andre Weber of Jeanerette is having a heckuva month. The the Catholic High School junior caught three lunker bass in Lake Fausse Pointe.[…]
Newsletters
Louisiana’s No. 2 wahoo boated out of Venice
The second-largest wahoo ever taken out of Louisiana waters was boated on March 20 by a Florida angler fishing on a Venice-based charterboat.[…]
Newsletters
Recreational red snapper season opening delayed
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary signed a declaration of emergency to delay the opening of the recreational red snapper season.[…]
Bass Fishing
Four Toledo Bend lunkers over 10 pounds
It’s March Madness at Toledo Bend as this month offers the best chances for anglers to catch a double-digit lunker largemouth.[…]