Fishing
LDWF: Fishing license sales soar during COVID-19 shutdown
Louisianans purchased thousands more fishing licenses during the first month and half of the COVID-19 stay-at-home order than they did in 2019.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana wild turkey hunting season sees uptick in harvest
The recently completed 2020 wild turkey hunting season saw the largest reported harvest of birds since 2011, with 2,117 turkeys harvested.[…]
Big Bass
Reader Report: Back-to-back lunker bass
Lake D’Arbonne give up two big lunker bass for lucky angler Blake Burnett of Eros, La., on back-to-back days back in March.[…]
Field Notes
Affordable Father’s Day gifts dad will love
Here are five reasonably priced gifts that a fishing or hunting Dad would love to unwrap this Father’s Day on June 21, 2020.[…]
Fishing
BlackJack 256 Coastal
BlackJack Boats has added a new center console model to it 2020 line, the 256 Coastal, which is sure to be a hit among inshore and nearshore fishermen.[…]
Fishing
Millennium Spyderlok rod tree
Millennium Marine’s Spyderlok Rod Tree is made for fishermen who want to separate baits they’re trolling or drifting.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Sam Rayburn Sac-A-Lait bite on fire
Louisiana Bass Pro Tour Angler Gerald Spohrer is keeping his craft in tact as professional tournament fishing is in a temporary shutdown due to Coronavirus restrictions.[…]
Deer Hunting
Evolved Pro-Gro food-plot seed
Evolved’s new Pro-Gro food-plot seeds helps produce bigger roots that grow deeper, resulting in stronger plants that can withstand weather extremes.[…]
Field Reports
Terrebonne Bay Trout Biting on Plastics
Captain Tommy Pellegrin and his crew hit Terrebonne Bay again and this time plastics were the bait of the day.[…]
Cobia
Anglers catch unique cobia out of Freshwater City
Jack Romero, Mark Christenson, and Larry Richard were fishing out of Freshwater City on April 9, and the three friends caught a unique-colored cobia.[…]
Big Bass
The biggest Lake Fausse Pointe bass of 2020
Wesley Verret Jr.’s Alabama bass fishing tactics paid BIG dividends on a trip May 16 to Lake Fausse Pointe, the lake he grew up bass fishing.[…]
Newsletters
Is overfishing of menhaden a threat to speckled trout?
Dr. Jerald Ault has documented a grave threat to the speckled trout fishery along Louisiana’s coast: commercial fishing of menhaden.[…]
Features
Has Louisiana experienced its last trophy trout run?
Does Louisiana have another big splurge of trophy trout? Take tips from these trophy trout masters in case Louisiana has a run of big specks this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Make a topwater Splash with post-spawn bass
Bass pro Greg Hackney of Gonzales likes the KVD Splash for post-spawn bass in May. He said the topwater will be effective anywhere he fishes now.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Memorize Salters’ sac-a-lait bible
Jiggin’ Pole’s inventor had plenty to say about crappie fishing, and his son J.B. “Blaine” Salter is keeping the religion alive.[…]
Columns
Mudbugs, kayaks and kids
Activities like crawfishing from a kayak can be relatively inexpensive and productive. James and Kaleb Kellum go on crawfishing adventure in their kayaks.[…]