News Breaker
LDWF now accepting applications for Wildlife Enforcement Cadet positions
The LDWF Law Enforcement Division is looking to hire up to 25 cadets for a Cadet Academy class slated to start at the end of October.[…]
Hunting Reports
Grayson’s Welsh hunt
Ten-year-old son Grayson Nunez had a heck of a hunt on Jan. 1 in Welsh. He even tracked a crippled snow across two cuts on foot to make the final shot and walked all the
Alligator
Applications open for alligator lottery harvests LDWF announces
The LDWF will conduct alligator lottery harvests on 21 LDWF WMAs, 28 public lakes and one U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) property.[…]
Bass Fishing
Daiwa Tatula Elite Casting Rod
The Daiwa Tatula Elite Casting Rod is a bass anglers dream rod.[…]
Fishing Reports
George gets big pond bass
George Coussan of Sunset landed this monster 8-pound, 6-ounce bass out of a small family pond in May. He was using live bream for bait.
Hunting
Swagger QD42 Bipod
The Swagger QD42 is a different kind of shooting bipod, offering last-minute adjustments from any angle.[…]
Features
Sportsman wish list
Kinny Haddox shares the Top 10 items he wanted to take home from the 44th annual Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival.[…]
Fishing Reports
Aggie’s redfish
Aggie Faucheux caught this beautiful grilling redfish with fresh shrimp at Rockefeller Refuge on April 9, 2023.
Fishing Reports
Jay Young’s Rockefeller Refuge bull red
Jay Young from Lafayette caught this 38-inch 35-pound redfish at Rockefeller Refuge on the bottom using fresh shrimp as bait.
Field Reports
Nonstop specks with this technique!
There are still some really nice fish in inside marshes, and that’s precisely where Marsh Man Masson and Chris Macaluso caught them.[…]
Fishing Reports
Kameron’s big freshwater drum
Kameron Lasserre caught this big freshwater drum that weighed in at exactly 25 pounds at Bayou Chevreuil on a dock with a tightline worm. Not knowing it would be the third biggest one caught in
Fishing Reports
Cypress Bend personal best bass
On April 17, Megan Riggs caught her personal best bass at Cypress Bend on Toledo Bend while she was on her honeymoon with husband, Bronson Riggs. The bass weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces, had an
Columns
Species spotlight: Green sunfish
Green sunfish are among the most misunderstood and misidentified of all panfish. They are small, but also fun to catch, and good to eat.[…]
Fishing Reports
South Louisiana crawfish
These south Louisiana crawfish photos were shared by Joe Bienvenu of Paulina.
Fishing Reports
Eva Wall loves fishing
Eva Wall, 3, loves fishing. She was fishing at Percy Quin State Park in McComb, Miss., when she hooked this fish.
News Breaker
New public boat launch provides access to Clear Lake
The LDWF and the Northwest Louisiana Game and Fish Preserve Commission finished a new public boat launch was completed on Clear Lake.[…]