Bass Fishing
Frog bite should be on at Toledo Bend in May
Bass were trying to get on a plastic frog bite in early April. Rising water and plenty of vegetation should send bass chomping on frog baits in May.[…]
Field Reports
Lake Washington Trout Update 5-19-20
New Orleans area angler Connely Wright hit Lake Washington out of Port Sulphur recently.[…]
Alligator
LDWF announces 2020 alligator lottery
The LDWF will conduct alligator lottery harvests on 19 LDWF WMAs, 28 public lakes and one USACE property Aug. 26-Oct. 1, 2020.[…]
Field Reports
Biloxi Marsh Reds a Good Option for Windy Days
Redfish can be caught in the Biloxi Marsh right now according to Captain Jimmy Corley.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents arrest four men for hit and run with a vessel
LDWF enforcement agents arrested four Thibodaux men on May 14 for their involvement in an alleged hit and run boating incident in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Field Reports
Trout on Reefs in Terrebonne Bay
Trout are still biting in Terrebonne Bay for Captain Tommy Pellegrin.[…]
Fishing
BUZBE Colony 28 Modular Tackle Box
Tired of annoying dividers, rusted tackle, and broken boxes? The new BUZBE tackle box features industrial strength latches and rust-resistant bins.[…]
Newsletters
Getting ready for red snapper season
Many Louisiana anglers will head out on May 22 into the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy the opening of the 2020 recreational red snapper season.[…]
Bass Fishing
No other way to say it: Professional fishing has “just been crazy”
While individuals have been able to “socially distance” to fish, big professional events like bass and crappie tour events have been postponed or cancelled.[…]
Deer Hunting
Commissioners get into exchange with deer-urine companies over legal labeling
Members of the commission decided to vote down a previously passed amendment banning the sale of untested deer urine products in Louisiana.[…]
Fishing
Elmer’s Island Refuge to reopen to the public May 15
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will reopen Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge to the public at 8 a.m., Friday, May 15.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lacassine Pool’s hawgs will hit frogs
According to Jonathan Quinn of Sweet Lake, who has been hunting big bass most of his life, May is a prime time to wrestle with big bass in Lacassine Pool.[…]
Features
Grand Isle means grand speckled trout fishing in May
Capt. Daryl Carpenter and Danny Wray of Calmwater Charters point to ways you can catch your share of the speckled trout hanging around Grand Isle in May.[…]
Big Bass
Steven Prudhome’s duckweed lunker
Steven Prudhome hooked a lunker Toledo Bend bass on a Texas-rigged, black-red-flake Zoom Ol’ Monster worm in Housen on Saturday, May 2.[…]
Bass Fishing
How Hackney tracks down bigger bass
In this segment of Sportsman TV, professional bass angler Greg Hackney shows the tips and tricks he uses to find larger fish.[…]
Fishing
Coastal fish populations didn’t crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill – why not?
Ten years later, researchers have found that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not appear to cause significant oiling injury to coastal fish populations.[…]