Field Reports
Speckled trout moving into marshes!
Marsh Man Masson set out this week to see if any speckled trout had yet moved into the marshes. The migration has begun![…]
Field Reports
Ram vs. deer: who wins?
When a ram in Texas decided to pick on the local deer herd, the biggest buck around turned the tables on the animal.[…]
Columns
The Womack Journal: If at first you don’t succeed
Warren Womack of Bluff Creek tells the story of his 44th deer kill with an Acadian Woods one piece recurve.[…]
Hunting
Louisiana Youth Hunter Education Challenge team captures 2022 Central Regional championship
The Louisiana Youth Hunter Education Challenge Gold Junior Team won the 2022 Central Regional YHEC championship.[…]
Field Reports
Catching tripletail in the Mississippi Sound and Biloxi Marsh
Devin Denman shares when tripletail show up to Louisiana, the overall strategy to finding them and what equipment to use.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Wood Duck
The wood duck is one of the most colorful ducks in the U.S. and is second only to the mallard duck for popularity among waterfowl hunters.[…]
Field Reports
Has Louisiana’s redfish population declined?
Marsh Man Masson says he’s not sure he’s seen a decline in a fishery population like he’s witnessing with Louisiana redfish right now.[…]
Newsletters
Duck estimate lowest in nearly 20 years
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on 2022 Waterfowl Population Status, based on surveys conducted in May and early June.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lake Pontchartrain trip for Jase and Jaxton
Jase and Jaxton LeBlanc with a Lake Pontchartrain redfish caught using bait shrimp while fishing the North Shore power poles.[…]
News Breaker
Hammond man arrested for filing false public records
LDWF enforcement agents arrested a Hammond man for filing false public records on Aug. 16 in East Baton Rouge Parish.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Pogie concerns unresolved
David Cresson, CCA Director and CEO, said pogie boats continued to pound Louisiana’s beaches and shorelines this summer.[…]
Field Reports
Duck Camp Dinners: Still got the Gizzy
Chef Jean-Paul Bourgeois and the Duck Camp Dinners crew start the day off catfishing and cook up an iconic Cajun dish: Catfish Sauce Piquant.[…]
Fishing
Help put an end to boating accidents, fatalities in Louisiana
Boaters should wear a life jacket, boat sober, do not ride in a vessel if the captain is impaired, and take a boater safety class.[…]
Fishing Reports
Freddie Lake goes fishing south of Port Fourchon
Freddie Lake caught this beautiful red snapper 15 miles south of Port Fourchon in approximately 200’ of open water around 9 a.m. on July 23.[…]
Fishing Reports
Jodi reels in red snapper
Jodi Mallett was fishing in Fourchon with Capt. Kurt O’Brien when she landed this red snapper that weighed 14.85 pounds on a piece of pogey.[…]
Fishing Reports
John’s birthday fishing trip
John Dillworth with the 25-inch redfish he caught during his birthday trip on July 16, 2022.[…]