Fishing Hotspots
The best month of the year for Pontchartrain speckled trout
One of the most popular Lake Pontchartrain areas to fish is the Train Trestle — and for good reason: it holds piles of fish every November.[…]
Field Reports
Simple spinnerbait color selection
Bass pro Brian Latimer shows how to keep the colors of your spinnerbaits simple. He uses just two colors across the country.[…]
Fishing Reports
Nancy Roy’s first redfish
Nancy Roy caught her first redfish near the Cameron jetties.[…]
Fishing Reports
Khanh’s beautiful flounder
On Oct. 9, 2022, Khanh KB Huynh was fishing out of Myrtle Grove on a windy day when he landed some beautiful flounder on his solo trip.[…]
Hunting Reports
Tony’s Alexander State Forest buck
Tony Crader was hunting on the Alexander State Forest when he took this buck on Oct. 9, 2022.[…]
Hunting Reports
Layla’s 8-point buck
Layla Campbell, 11, with an 8-point killed on Oct. 10, 2022 in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Hunting Reports
WMA alligators
This 11-foot 7-inch gator was caught Sept. 17 at Richard K. Yancey WMA by 17-year-old Seth Doiron, along with his uncle, Jody Caze.[…]
Fishing Reports
Maurice Smith’s summer sac-a-lait
Maurice Smith caught these sac-a-lait about a month ago at a local lake near his home in Ward, Ark., which is about 25 minutes north of Little Rock.[…]
Columns
Speckled trout “ting” is really a “whole buncha tings” facing Louisiana
Marine biologists say we don’t have enough large egg-producing female speckled trout to keep our trout population from being self-sustaining.[…]
Fishing Reports
Jeff’s Biloxi Marsh flounder
Jeff Bell III with a nice flounder caught Oct. 1, 2022 in the Biloxi Marsh.[…]
Fishing Reports
Dubroc family’s fishing trip
Ava Catherine and her dad, Charles Dubroc, with Ava’s beautiful red caught at the far south end of Lake Boudreaux.[…]
Hunting Reports
Rylee LeBleu’s first deer
Rylee LeBleu, 11, did not get to spend any time in the woods last season due to her mother being on chemo for breast cancer.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lisa’s 40-pound drum
Lisa Sambola caught and released this 40-pound drum on a fishing trip at the Rigolets.[…]
News Breaker
Woodworth and Bodcau shooting ranges to be closed for Veteran’s Day
The Woodworth and Bodcau shooting ranges will be closed Nov. 11 in observance of Veteran’s Day, the LDWF announced.[…]
News Breaker
Buck Spencer wins 2023 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Competition
Buck Spencer of Junction City, Oregon, has won the 2023 Louisiana Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Competition.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend double-digit bass busts a buzzbait for Ben Suit
New Iberia native Ben Suit caught a 10.75-pound bass on Oct. 16 while fishing a two-day Louisiana Bass Cats tournament at Toledo Bend.[…]