News Breaker
LDWF announces WETSHOP 2023 registration
The LDWF has announced the Wetland Education Teacher Workshop 2023 will be held July 9-14, 2023 at the LDWF Grand Isle Research Lab.[…]
Bass Fishing
Prowler Squarebill
The Black Label Tackle Prowler Squarebill crankbait does just what its name suggests — invade the habitat to trigger pressured, finicky bass.[…]
Fishing
Minelab Equinox 900
The Minelab Equinox 900 is a great way to expand and enhance your outdoor adventures.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bossier duo sets five-fish high school bass tournament record
High school bass anglers Mason McCormick and Alexis Virgillito caught five bass weighing 37.13 pounds March 18 at Caney Lake.[…]
Field Reports
Fishing falling tides at Lake Pontchartrain bridges
Bridge season is now here so this is a great video on tips fishing one of the bridges in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Field Notes
Northwood’s Waits aims for bullseye on targets and in classroom
Northwood High School senior Emily Waits of Lena is focused on her last semester academically and on the archery range.[…]
Columns
Keep a first aid kit handy for your hunting dog
A well-stocked first aid kit is good insurance and can prove invaluable in the field should your hunting dog need it.[…]
Columns
Snow Goose Confit Banh Mi
Snow Goose Confit Banh Mi is a complex dish to make, but it’s a great way to use late season geese in a recipe.[…]
Features
Toledo Bend dreams come true
Living the Dream Guide Service on Toledo Bend has fulfilled fishing hopes and dreams of more than 100,000 anglers that wanted to go fishing.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Secret sauce for crappie
John Guillot has a mixture that is great for the East Pearl River because the sac-a-lait can always use some extra help with finding lures.[…]
Features
Rig the speckled trout game
The distance between rigs keeps many inshore anglers from focusing on them as their primary speckled trout fishing destination.[…]
Features
Ruthless redfish
In the spring, giant redfish gather in large, marauding schools that go on a ruthless rampage through the shallow bays along the coast.[…]
Features
See gulls? Find fish!
Michael Lavarine of Metairie said there’s no other place he’d rather be when fishing for speckled trout, than fishing under the birds.[…]
Features
Trick turkeys, then take ’em
A turkey you’ve hunted and tried all the turkey hunting tricks on without success means you’ll have to think outside the box to take him.[…]
Features
Unhang stubborn turkeys
Tips for taking a tom turkey that’s hung up, gobbling his head off, not coming within gun range and driving you crazy.[…]
Hunting Reports
West Baton Rouge rabbit hunt
Kevin Mitchell of Port Hudson, La., grew up rabbit hunting his entire life with beagle rabbit dogs. His crew got 49 bunnies total on Jan. 21, 2023 in West Baton Rouge Parish.