Deer Hunting
Make the most of the rut
While the rut is generally your best chance to at least see a deer, successfully shooting a deer will likely be a lot more challenging.[…]
NEW PRODUCTS
Shimano Spheros SW5000XG
The Shimano Spheros SW5000XG is the spinning reel you want when heading to the saltwater fishing grounds.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Flathead catfish
Catching a flathead catfish in the marshes of Louisiana is a rare event because these fish typically prefer deep freshwater systems.[…]
Hunting Reports
Pointe Coupee Parish hunter gets elusive buck
JW Leonard had been hunting an elusive buck for nearly three years in Pointe Coupee Parish and finally got him on Oct. 6, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Carter Barnett’s red snapper
Carter Barnett was fishing 70 miles offshore in Venice when he hooked this red snapper.[…]
Fishing Reports
Madden Walker’s first tuna
Nine-year-old Madden Walker from Houston, Texas, caught his first tuna 70 miles offshore out of Venice.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lafayette angler lands monster tarpon out of Venice
The silver kings of the Gulf gave up a true giant when Lafayette angler Greg Sonnier landed a massive tarpon while fishing aboard the Prime Rate with veteran skipper Capt. David Domangue.[…]
Fishing Reports
Mason Pleasant’s bull red
Fifteen-year-old Mason Pleasant with a bull red caught at Big Lake on Sept. 6, 2025.[…]
Columns
Just about everything is biting this month at the mouth of the Mississippi River
It’s remarkable the Buras-Venice area almost always offers something to catch, no matter what the Mississippi River looks like.[…]
Fishing Reports
Triton Cryer’s bass
Triton Cryer, 7, and his dad were fishing a family owned pond in Vernon Parish when Triton caught this bass.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: This speck technique is fire right now
There’s a certain speckled trout pattern that’s always money this time of year, and this week, Marsh Man Masson took advantage of it.[…]
Fishing Reports
Joey Weimer’s Bayou Black sac-a-lait
Joey Weimer caught these sac-a-lait in Bayou Black on Aug. 30, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Hudson’s Grand Isle flounder
Hudson Millet, 12, holds the 3.1-pound flounder he caught in Grand Isle on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Mallory’s first scamp grouper
Capt. Hays Burleigh put his wife, Mallory, on her very first scamp grouper.[…]
Fishing Reports
Bass Fishing
The 77th Annual Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fishtival at New Orleans City Park to be held on March 28, 2026
The LDWF and the City Park Conservancy will host the Big Bass Rodeo, the oldest freshwater fishing rodeo in the nation, on March 28, 2026.[…]