Field Reports
Camping at an off-grid houseboat in Louisiana
In this video, Jared Serigné went camping at an off-grid cabin in the Louisiana marsh. While they were there they went fishing and hunting.[…]
News Breaker
NOAA announces the reopening of the 2025 federal red snapper recreational for-hire season
The Gulf federal red snapper for-hire season will reopened at 12:01 a.m., on Dec. 11, 2025, and will close at 12:01 a.m., on Jan. 1, 2026.[…]
News Breaker
Student completes the LDWF Enforcement Division Internship Program
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries honored a college student who completed the agency’s Enforcement Internship Program.[…]
Deer of the Year
Youngster chooses bucks over ducks
Asher Rhodes was hunting with his grandfather on Nov. 28 in Jackson Parish when he shot a giant 14-point buck.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Chalmette gets hot when it’s cold
The Chalmette area waters remain a great place for colder weather anglers to catch a variety of highly prized fish.[…]
Field Reports
We caught ’em and cooked ’em in the marsh!
Fresh fish is always delicious, but for some reason, it goes to the next level when you take a break from fishing to cook up what you catch.[…]
Hunting Reports
Eli LeJeune’s 9-point buck
Eli LeJeune, 12, harvested a 9-point buck in Sabine Parish on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.[…]
Hunting Reports
Tony Polito’s first buck
Eleven-year-old Tony Polito of Prairieville got his first buck on Oct. 5 in West Feliciana Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Lacassine hunter nails hammer 11-point in Beauregard Parish
Chelsea Cauthron was hunting in Beauregard Parish with her husband on Nov. 28 when she downed a trophy 11-point buck.[…]
News Breaker
Registration open for experimental youth rabbit hunt on Dewey W. Wills WMA
Registration is open for a youth rabbit hunt on Feb. 21, 2026, at Dewey W. Wills Wildlife Management Area (WMA), the LDWF announced.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF to release Florida Largemouth Bass into Lake Buhlow
The LDWF will release 140 adult Florida Largemouth Bass into Lake Buhlow on Dec. 10 as part of efforts to enhance the lake’s bass population.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Bundle up for winter variety in the Barataria area
During December, watch the weather for great and varied saltwater fishing in the Grand Isle-Barataria Estuary area.[…]
Newsletters
Lake Pontchartrain hotspot gives up nearly 7-pound speckled trout
Chas Champagne hooked this speckled trout weighing a nearly 7 pounds at one of his favorite wintertime Lake Pontchartrain hotspots on Nov. 26.[…]
Hunting
Old Trapper Double Eagle Coins
Keep some Double Eagle Coins in your hunting/fishing pack and you’ll never go hungry.[…]
Hunting Reports
Hunting Reports
Riley Daniel’s velvet buck
Riley Daniel, 15, killed this deer still in velvet on Oct. 19 in Heflin.[…]