Field Reports
An easy way to fillet fish
Tommy Vidrine shares his tips for getting the perfect speckled trout fillet after a long day on the water.[…]
Fishing Reports
Sight-casting to redfish
Dalton Guidry caught these redfish while fishing the Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA. He was using Legacy Custom baits and sight casting from his tower.
Fishing Reports
Six-year-old loves to fish
Six-year-old Colt Gauthreaux loves to go fishing. Here he is with his first bass caught out of Bayou Segnette.
Fishing Reports
Mishka wins battle with redfish
Mishka Mire Elliott was fishing Big Lake on March 13, 2021 when she hooked this 30-inch red on 12-pound tackle. She was using dead shrimp on the bottom. The fish was released back into the water
Big Bass
ULM duo captures B.A.S.S. state title
ULM’s Jacob Andrews and Connor Nimrod came in first place in the B.A.S.S. Nation Louisiana College Championship on Caney Lake.[…]
Hunting Reports
Halloween doe
Austin D. loves to hunt and fish. He bagged this big nanny on his family property in Washington Parish on Halloween morning during the 2020 Youth Weekend hunt. Covid and all the isolation issues, constant
Fishing Reports
Young angler bags nice bass
Adyn Hinton, 8, with a 6.06-pound largemouth bass caught in a lake in Morehouse Parish on March 12, 2021.
Fishing Reports
Landon lands fish at Lake Boeuf
Landon Parks shows off a redear sunfish, his favorite fish to catch, at Lake Boeuf in Raceland.
Big Bass
Pineville man boats Toledo Bend lunker
Gaven Shelton of Pineville caught a huge Toledo Bend bass on March 13 during a Bass Busterz Bass Club tournament with partner Casey Clark.[…]
Field Reports
Topwater blowups and deep-water speckled trout!
After months of living off the fat they collected in the fall, big speckled trout are in a surly mood, and they take it out on the mullet.[…]
Big Bass
Big fish anchors a big-bass day
Bart Blakelock caught a 10.61-pound Toledo Bend bass that hit a small crankbait on a trip with Joe Norris on March 12.[…]
News Breaker
Boating incidents in Livingston Parish result in boating safety arrest and citations
LDWF enforcement agents are investigating two boating incidents that took place on March 13 on the Amite River in Livingston Parish.[…]
Fishing Reports
Toledo Bend 6 pounder
Chris Doxie pulled this 6.4-pound bass out of heavy cover at Toledo Bend.
News Breaker
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation elects new president
Jeffery M. Svendson, Sr. was elected as the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation President on March 4, 2021.[…]
Big Bass
Stewart “bugs” record Bussey bass into biting
Tyler Stewart caught the new Bussey Brake Reservoir record largemouth bass, a 12.74 giant, with a Googan Bandito Bug on March 16.[…]
Field Notes
A good fish-cleaning table helps perfect the process
A big pile of fresh fish filets is a whole lot easier to manage with an organized approach to fish cleaning.[…]