Fishing Reports
Passing on the tradition
Lacy LaGrange, Mark LaGrange and Beau Trosclair after a fishing trip on Aug. 28, 2023 at Burns Point.[…]
Fishing Reports
Look at those muscles!
Stratton Ray landed his monster red over the Fourth of July weekend while fishing Bayou Dularge with cracked-crab on the bottom.[…]
Ducks
LDWF to hold wood duck hunting seminar for beginners Nov. 4 in Baton Rouge
The LDWF will hold a wood duck hunting seminar for beginners in Baton Rouge on Nov. 4 at LDWF’s Waddill Wildlife Refuge from 9 a.m.-noon.[…]
Fishing Reports
Speared ling for STM bling
Greg Leger and abiding crew set off from Cypremort Point the morning of Aug. 6 to test their sea legs in the annual St. Thomas More Fishing Rodeo.[…]
Fishing Reports
Hot day on Lake Verret with Grampy
Hunter Coates, 5, holds one of the bass he caught using a Junebug red speed craw on Lake Verret.[…]
Fishing Reports
Gabe, Abram, and Jake’s red
Gabe, Abram, and Jake, 6th graders at Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge, caught, tagged, and released several 30-pound bull reds.[…]
Fishing Reports
The redfish I’ve been looking for found me!
Our 2023 annual family fishing trip in Hackberry, La., was definitely one to remember!!![…]
Columns
Boom Boom Shrimp
Aaron Pierce built one of the most popular popping corks, the Four Horsemen Tackle Popping Cork. He’s now created the Boom Boom Shrimp.[…]
Field Notes
Squirrel hunters have high hopes for Big Lake WMA
Biology supervisor Mitch McGee believes this squirrel hunting season will be better because Big Lake WMA had an improved mast crop in 2022.[…]
Field Reports
We watched bass whack our baits in gin-clear water
Marsh Man Masson went to float the Tangipahoa River in Southeast Louisiana and target Kentucky bass with Bayou State legend Joe Lavigne.[…]
Field Reports
Ditches like this are loaded with speckled trout!
Marsh Man Masson set out to find small bayous that drain white shrimp from backwater marshes, knowing where speckled trout would collect.[…]
Bass Fishing
Save the Date for the 75th Annual New Orleans Big Bass Rodeo and Fishtival
The 75th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park will be held on March 23, 2024.[…]
Deer of the Year
Good luck finally runs out for huge Mississippi River buck
Zach Jones of Sterlington shot an 8-point buck with his bow on Oct. 13 at Ashbrook Island along the Mississippi River.[…]
News Breaker
Reports of black panther sightings by Rapides Parish residents
Rapides Parish locals claim to have seen and heard what they believe is a black panther roaming near the levee banks of Lower 3rd Street.[…]
Columns
Bull reds are fun? Who woulda thunk it
On a recent trip, Capt. Shane York and Todd Masson made the journey to the edge of Barataria Bay for bull reds.[…]
News Breaker
Recreational Gag Grouper state, federal fishing season to close Oct. 19
The federal NOAA has issued an emergency season modification for the recreational Gag Grouper fishery, which closes October 19.[…]