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First on the line, then at the scales, record-book tripletail is an eye-opener
Curtis Franklin of Abita Springs hooked a 33.8-pound tripletail south of Venice. It should be the new No. 6 in the state.[…]
Hunting Reports
Preston Denn’s first deer
Preston Denn got his first deer on Dec. 30, 2022.[…]
Fishing Reports
Kelli Chauvin Belanger’s trout
Kelli C. Belanger got the largest trout she’s ever caught on July 2 using live shrimp and a cork. It measured at 20 inches! It was caught at “the burnt out rig” which is the
Fishing Reports
Ruger Jase Warren’s Caney Lake bass
Ruger Jase Warren with a 5-pound bass caught at Caney Lake in Jonesboro on July 10, 2023.[…]
Fishing Reports
Brittany’s first cobia
Brittany Bourgeois of Thibodaux caught her firs cobia fishing out of Grand Isle on June 11, 2023.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Hooking into river monsters
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went after alligator gar with Vinnie of the YouTube channel PelicanBoneOutdoors.[…]
Bass Fishing
Stick to vegetation, docks and offshore for Toledo bass
More and more bass (and crappie) are being caught at Toledo Bend at night by folks who want to beat the heat.[…]
Fishing Reports
33-pound dolphinfish
Chuck Cole and his family with a 33-pound gorgeous dolphinfish caught out of Venice on July 14, 2023.[…]
Fishing Reports
Dakota Johnston’s first redfish
Dakota Johnston got his first redfish on June 10, 2023.[…]
Hunting Reports
Sean Bergeron’s 9-point buck
Sean Bergeron got this 9-point buck as it was working a hot doe in St. Francisville, La., on Dec. 24, 2022.[…]
Fishing Reports
Grayson’s Port Sulphur redfish
Grayson Schwartz, 8, with a big red caught out of Port Sulphur on June 26, 2023.[…]
Fishing Reports
Henry Delatte’s redear sunfish
Henry Delatte with a Bayou Corne redear sunfish. He didn’t let the summer heat bother him.[…]
Fishing Reports
Christina Meladine’s bull red
Christina Meladine with a bull red caught this summer fishing out of Happy Jacks in Port Sulphur.[…]
Fishing Reports
150-pound loggerhead
Michael Weathy, Tyler Weathy and Max Weathy caught a 150-pound loggerhead, or alligator snapping turtle, from Zwolle on July 8, 2023. It took a four wheeler with a rope hooked to the net and a
Fishing Reports
Gar gathered
I live on the river north of Lake Charles. I have a gathering of gar fish that is unheard of.[…]
Alligator
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge to temporarily close for alligator harvest on Sept. 6-15
The LDWF will close Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 6-15 until noon each day to hold its annual controlled alligator harvest.[…]