Events & Announcements
Vendors, exhibitors and attendees made 2022 Sportsman Show a huge success
Vendors and visitors came from across Louisiana and other states for the 2022 Louisiana Sportsman Show and Festival held in Gonzales.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bossier City’s Nick LeBrun gets back-to-back Pro Circuit wins
Pro bass angler Nick LeBrun of Bossier City became just the third angler in MLF history to ever win back-to-back Pro Circuit events.[…]
Columns
No lions, no tigers, but yes — Louisiana has beaucoup bears, oh my!
The purpose of this column is to help bring attention to the black bear problem. There are solutions and we have to find them.[…]
Big Bass
Hollingsworth bags another Toledo Bend lunker
Jordan Hollingsworth got his third Toledo Bend Reservoir double-digit bass, a 10.16-pound lunker, on June 9, 2022.[…]
Bass Fishing
First bass sets us on a path to ruin; and off to the store for more lures!
No dyed-in-the-wool bass fisherman ever tells anyone — certainly not his significant other — about how much they spend on the pursuit of bass.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF: Red snapper landing estimates through June 5, 2022
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries released the latest recreational red snapper landing estimates through June 5, 2022.[…]
Fishing
LDWF warns public of potential fish kills statewide
The central and southern regions of the state are reporting a rash of fish kills caused, in part, by soaring temperatures and storms.[…]
Fishing Reports
Dustin Reiners gets personal best bass
Dustin Reiners got his personal best bass on April 4, 2022 while fishing at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park. “My nephew met me at my house that morning and we took off to the lake
Fishing Reports
Melissa Saucier’s bull red
On May 7, 2022, Melissa Saucier from Texas landed this beauty out of Hopedale Marina. Waterloo rods don’t disappoint.[…]
Hunting Reports
Adisyn Brown’s two turkeys
Adisyn Brown killed both of these turkeys this year in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Field Reports
How to retrieve a topwater popper
Professional bass angler Brian Latimer shares how he retrieves a popper and what he looks for to fish it around.[…]
Fishing Reports
Ricky Cheramie’s Hopedale trout
Ricky Cheramie of Destrehan, caught this trout out of Hopedale, LA on 5/24/22.[…]
Bass Class
Sterlington’s Ian Carter is wise beyond his years on the bass trail
Ian Carter, a Sterlington High School junior, has emerged as one of the most consistent bass anglers in the Sportsman’s Paradise.[…]
Big Bass
Big bass makes big splash for Louisiana angler
Jackson Cooper of Dry Prong landed the biggest bass of his life, a 10.41-pound lunker, on May 20 at Toledo Bend Reservoir. He also ended up winning the Big Bass Splash.[…]
News Breaker
Search and rescue crews find body of missing boater in Mississippi River
The LDWF Enforcement Division and other search and rescue crews recovered the body of a missing boater in the Mississippi River on June 11.[…]
Features
Louisiana State Park Series: Jimmie Davis and Chicot
Summer is here and you can partake in the fishing and camping at two facilities, Jimmie Davis State Park and Chicot State Park.[…]