Field Reports
Big MRGO trout
Jon Miller had another fun filled day catching speckled trout in the MRGO. The Nomad Design Vertrex Max Vibe lure called in the big trout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Try West, Middle Pearl for fall bass fishing
With fall upon us, Slidell angler Todd Knight targets the West Pearl and Middle River for a consistent bite waged by largemouth bass.[…]
Fishing
LDWF working to re-introduce beneficial native vegetation to Saline-Larto Lake Complex
Biologists with the LDWF are working to restore native aquatic vegetation to the Saline-Larto Lake Complex.[…]
News Breaker
Woodworth Shooting Range to be closed on Thanksgiving
The Woodworth Shooting Range will be closed Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sabine Parish hunter harvests offspring of former trophy buck
Ryan Masters of Many downed this 11-point buck in Sabine Parish on Nov. 11, 2023. It was exactly 4 years after killing a similar buck.[…]
Features
The Calcasieu Estuary is a favorite for fast fishing action
The wintertime pursuit of saltwater fish within the Calcasieu Estuary can produce a variety of species of fish.[…]
Features
The Biloxi Marsh is superb for winter redfish
The Biloxi Marsh, also called the Bayou Biloxi Marsh, contains some of the best redfish habitat in the country.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappieholics
Getting tips from crappie anglers to understand why they think like they do. We dive head-long inside the minds of three Crappieholics.[…]
Columns
It’s beginning to look a lot like…well, it doesn’t really look like Louisiana
Louisiana is supposed to be green and lush even in late fall and winter — well, at least some green and a dash of lush. We’re not.[…]
Ducks
The glory days of Wham Brake
Wham Brake is one of north Louisiana’s spots that earned a reputation with hunters during the waterfowl glory days of the 1960’s and 70’s.[…]
Features
Hunters are conservationists
Hunters teach the next generation of conservationists to respect the land and wildlife and to always give back to those in need.[…]
Deer Hunting
Find the funnels for deer
Deer living on both ends of a bottleneck or funnel will travel through to move — giving hunters more opportunities to take them.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Catfish feeding frenzy in the Mississippi River
Jared Serigné went down to the Mississippi River to catch catfish. Afterwards, he headed home to make fried catfish sandwiches.[…]
Fishing Reports
Redfish for Seth Guidry
Seth Guidry of Dequincy was fishing on Sept. 22 in Hackberry when he caught this redfish. Seth Guidry landed this bull red fishing on Oct. 3 in Hackberry.
Hunting Reports
Josiah Harrell is having a great season
Josiah Harrell, 9, who shoots 4H Archery with West Feliciana 4H, shot this doe, his second deer of the season, on Oct. 19 with his new Elite Basin set at 36 pounds with a Goldtip
Hunting Reports
Randi Menard’s first buck
Randi Menard of Kaplan, La., a 33-year-old mother of two, was hunting with her boyfriend, Derek, on Oct. 15 when she took her first buck. “On the evening of Oct. 15, I went out hunting