Freshwater Fishing
Spells strikes “gold” in the Ouachita River
Tuffy Spells was fishing the Ouachita River when he caught a 20-pound bright orange Koi. He said he has never seen anything like it.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF issues kill order for aquarium fish
Invasive Rio Grande Cichlids are under a kill order from the LDWF. You are required by law to either take them with you or dispose of them.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Big speck pattern developing
Are big specks making a comeback along the coast? And are the thousands of rock jetties being built to prevent erosion attributing to the increase?[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2019 CCA STAR cranks up Memorial Day weekend
The 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament — which once again features 100 tagged redfish — is slated to begin on May 25.[…]
Outdoor Updates
This speckled trout should have NEVER been there!
Charlie Brown of Clinton caught an 8.02-pound trout in a spot he least expected that was less than a mile from Sportsman’s Paradise Marina below Chauvin.[…]
Catfish
Gold strike in Indian Creek Reservoir
Eunice’s Wendell Young unhooked a gold catfish from his bream-baited trotline April 30 in Indian Creek Reservoir near Woodworth.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Jimmie Davis State Park closed after direct hit from tornado
Tornadoes and torrential rainfall caused considerable damage resulting in the closure of Jimmie Davis State Park on Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
Fishing
Angler lands 7-foot shark in spillway
When out on an excursion in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, Josh Chauvin landed a real whopper: a seven foot, 130-pound bull shark.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bayou Black maps show private bayous
When the Louisiana High School Bass Fishing Association planned a tournament on Bayou Black, they used maps created by Media Bass showing restricted areas.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana Sportsman leaps forward
LouisianaSportsman.com has transitioned to a paid website where our members will have immediate access to all of our great content for just $2.99 per month or $24.99 per year.[…]
Big Bass
Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic
John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Mississippi hunter kills solid white turkey
Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed a solid white gobbler on March 17. By then, he was intimately familiar with the animal.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Dusty J. Guidry appointed to Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Dusty J. Guidry has been appointed to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission by Gov. John Bel Edwards.[…]
Fishing
Are you trespassing?
Louisiana’s trespassing law is relatively straightforward. With few exceptions, if someone enters another’s property without express permission, that person has committed trespass.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Are Louisiana’s speckled trout overfished?
The results of the latest Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries study on speckled trout was surprising to some, but not shocking to most coastal fishermen.[…]
Big Bass
Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder
Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.[…]