Field Notes
Make sure your ATV is ready for hunting season
Being left stranded by your ATV can make for a long day. The situation can be avoided by performing some general pre-season maintenance.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LDWF Secretary requests LWF Commission to consider expanding shark harvest
LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan sent a letter to the LWFC requesting them to consider expanding opportunities for sharks.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Target trout on reefs below Marsh Island
Keo Khamphilavong starts looking for speckled trout in Vermilion Bay around The Cove, the Hammock and Blue Point in September.[…]
Dove
Louisiana dove hunting season begins Sept. 7, 2024
The 2024 dove hunting season begins Saturday, Sept. 7, statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
News Breaker
Grayson resident arrested on aggravated cruelty to animals
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents arrested a subject for alleged wildlife violations in Caldwell Parish.[…]
Fishing Reports
Mallory Talley’s huge scamp grouper
Mallory Talley caught this huge scamp grouper on light tackle while fishing in Port Fourchon, La., with family.[…]
Bass Fishing
Try a Senko in September at Toledo Bend
Hydrilla beds stacked like they are now around Toledo Bend are thick enough and spread out enough to hold the fish.[…]
Field Reports
Duck Camp Dinners: One Bourbon, One Duck, One Deer
Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois and the Duck Camp Dinners crew head north to hunt with duck call maker Brad Eldrige.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Fishing for blue crabs
In this video, Jared Serigné caught blue crabs from a roadside ditch. Afterwards, he headed home to make barbecued crabs[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Redfish for breakfast
Jared Serigné headed out with his buddy, Tristan, to catch redfish. Afterwards, he headed to the house to make breakfast fish tacos.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF offering free seminar on squirrel hunting skills Sept. 21 in Minden
The LDWF Education Section will hold a free beginners squirrel hunting seminar in Minden on Sept. 21 from 9 a.m.-noon.[…]
Hunting
National Hunting and Fishing Day set for Sept. 28, 2024
Louisiana’s National Hunting and Fishing Day will be held Sept. 28 at four locations across the state, the LDWF announced.[…]
Dove
LDWF to offer dove lease fields in DeRidder and Colfax on Sept. 7
The LDWF will have lease fields in DeRidder and Colfax for the opening day of dove hunting season along with several LDWF WMA dove fields.[…]
Field Reports
Massive redfish along Louisiana coast
Every year at this time, the biggest redfish move to the edge of the marshes out of Myrtle Grove and Capt. Shane York is there to greet them.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through Aug. 11
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the latest private recreational red snapper landing estimates through August 11.[…]
Features
The big trout formula
The factors governing successful fishing for big trout are the right time, the right spot, the right bait and the right presentation.[…]