Fishing Reports
Labor Day fishing fun
Rhett and Michael Roche’ caught these trout surf fishing in Grand Isle with their father, Jarett, and grandfather, Jimmy, on Labor Day.[…]
Fishing Reports
Hudson Luquette’s big black drum
Hudson Luquette, 9, caught this big black drum in Grand Isle on Sept. 2, 2023.[…]
Fishing Reports
Rainy day red for Mary Bradley
Mary Bradley was fishing for the Lake Hermitage Fishing Rodeo when she landed this 22.46-pound bull red.[…]
Columns
Waterfowling: The happiness of sharing misery with your buds
After a successful duck hunt, all the hardships are soon forgotten. Sound familiar? If you are a duck hunter, it does.[…]
Fishing Reports
Kelli Chauvin with a 28-pound bull red
Kelli Chauvin with a 28-pound bull red caught near Wilkerson Bay on July 29.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bring on the bass bite
As days turn a little cooler and shorter, bass fatten up on shad before the winter. Find the shad and find the bass.[…]
Features
Strikes from large trout
The months of low river water set up a favorable inshore salinity gradient for larger speckled trout this October.[…]
Ducks
Planning your waterfowl hunts around weather
Blustery post-front conditions are no guarantee of a hefty duck haul, warm weather patterns with other wind directions have produced also.[…]
Deer Hunting
Early season archery hunts
Early season archery hunting can often times be the most difficult time of the hunting season to be successful.[…]
Columns
“Safer Communities Act” is poorly cloaked gun control aimed at America’s children
Biden’s administration has interpreted the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in a way that draws the ire of wildlife and fisheries agencies.[…]
Features
2023-24 WMA Small Game Hunting Guide
Biologists give their reports for the annual WMA Small Game Hunting Guide. Giving Louisiana hunters the outlook for squirrels and rabbits.[…]
Deer Hunting
Louisiana’s 2023-24 Rut Report
The 2023-24 deer season is upon us and it will be interesting to see what kind of season it is following months of severe drought conditions.[…]
Deer Hunting
LDWF hosts public meeting to provide latest information on CWD
In a meeting held in Concordia Parish, officials asked for hunters and landowners to aid them in their fight to control the spread of CWD.[…]
Field Reports
Catching reds and trout after a temperature drop
Chas Champagne used big Golden Eye JigHeads to get the Pink Champagne Matrix down to the bottom where the speckled trout were hanging.[…]
News Breaker
Agents cite subject for migratory game bird violation in Plaquemines Parish
LDWF enforcement agents cited an individual for a migratory game bird violation in Plaquemines Parish on Sept. 17.[…]
Big Bass
“Gaspergoo” turned out to be a 10-pound trophy bass
Marcus Johns with his 10.38-pound Poverty Point largemouth bass he caught on a trip with his son, Austin Lambert, on Sept. 10.[…]