Hunting Reports
Atticus Deloach’s first duck
Atticus Deloach’s first duck was banded! He was hunting during the East Zone youth hunt on Nov. 11 at Catahoula Lake.
Fishing
Mercury and fish advisories issued for 11 waterways
The Louisiana Departments of Health, Environmental Quality, and Wildlife and Fisheries issued a series of fish consumption advisories.[…]
Big Bass
Double-digit Bussey Brake double
Jarrett Gomez caught two double-digit bass while fishing with his brother-in-law, Bruce Bellew, on April 13 at Bussey Brake Reservoir.[…]
Field Reports
Whacking big bluegill in the swamp
Todd Masson and Chris Macaluso went exploring in a South Louisiana swamp that was unfamiliar water for both of them.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Bream base ahead
People who want in on a lot of action can find it with bedding bream. Finding a bream bed is like hitting the jackpot.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF offers the Louisiana Duck Stamp for purchase online and at license vendors
Customers now have the option to purchase a Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp online or at their local license vendor. […]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Hunting invasive species
Jared Serigné teamed up with @KendallGray1 and @ethancarmack2331 to hunt invasive nutria and feral hogs in Louisiana.[…]
Features
Proper prescribed burns improve outdoor habitat
After a prescribed burn, you will see an increase in nitrogen in the soil. This will improve the growth of vegetation beneficial to wildlife.[…]
Features
Fishing Lake Yucatan
While Lake Yucatan has a healthy population of bream and catfish, most anglers target largemouth bass, white bass and crappie.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie under the moon
During his crappie fishing career, Kevin Alleman has never let a full moon cancel his plans. If anything, he uses it to his advantage.[…]
Features
Enhanced fisheries
While it could be a difficult endeavor, Louisiana stock enhancement through hatchery programs should be given serious consideration.[…]
Features
Spawning speckled trout
Hopefully new regulations will keep more spawning trout in Louisiana waters so these highly prolific fish will continue to delight anglers.[…]
Field Reports
Catching crabs from a roadside ditch
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went to catch crabs in a roadside ditch and bayou using chicken legs for bait.[…]
Field Notes
Do you have Alpha-gal disease?
Alph-gal syndrome is a tick-borne disease that causes red meat allergy, and you might have it and don’t even know it.[…]
Fishing Reports
Andrew Mejia’s yellowfin tuna
On an offshore fishing trip out of Venice with Capt. Bob Hovey on Jan. 29, Andrew Mejia caught multiple yellowfin tuna using live mullet. The largest of them all weighed in at 150 pounds.
Fishing Reports
Addison Rae Stanley at Cypress Lake
Addison Rae Stanley after a successful fishing day on Jan. 27, 2024 at Cypress Lake in Benton, La.