Newsletters
Tuning up your retriever during duck season
In this segment of Sportsman TV, professional dog trainer Brandon Menard shows how to correct some of your dog’s mistakes during the duck hunt.[…]
Columns
Look out the ‘window’
Big speckled trout have particular times they feed during the moon cycle. Pay attention to your success and pinpoint when that big-fish feeding window is.[…]
Catfish
Cold water catfish
When the water is blown out and murky from cold fronts, there may be no better time than January to drop a tight-line rig for central coast blue catfish. […]
Hunting
South Bosco Tract ATV/UTV Trail on Russell Sage WMA is closed
The LDWF has closed the South Bosco Tract ATV/ UTV Trail on Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area due to severe erosion in several locations.[…]
Features
The chill thrill: Making sense of winter trout fishing
Catching speckled trout during a cold Louisiana winter takes a special understanding of the fish. Here are some techniques for winter trout.[…]
Newsletters
Tommy Vidrine catches his biggest ever trout
Fish was almost too big for his net Tommy Vidrine is well-known for catching lots of speckled trout, including big ones, and he caught his biggest one ever at the end of November fishing in
News Breaker
LDWF accepting applications for WMA lottery turkey hunts and White Lake WCA fishing lottery
The LDWF is accepting applications for Wildlife Management Area lottery turkey hunts and the White Lake Wildlife Conservation Area fishing lottery.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Eagle Lake crappie regulations become permanent
Crappie regulations on Eagle Lake, a shared waterbody between Madison Parish, La., and Warren County, Miss., have become permanent.[…]
Bass Fishing
Downsize this month to a Baby D Bomb
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Caleb Sumrall of New Iberi loves smaller creature baits when it’s cold. That’s why he uses the Missile Baits Baby D Bomb.[…]
Columns
A look at 2020’s new bows
These three bow manufacturers have great additions for 2020.[…]
Deer Hunting
Barnett Hyperghost 425
Barnett launched its HyperGhost line of crossbows this past fall, featuring the 405 and 425 models, which are full of the latest features and technology.[…]
Deer of the Year
Marks’ faith leads him to wounded buck
After following a sparse blood trail, Randy Marks said a prayer and within minutes he was looking at the big buck he killed in DeSoto Parish. […]
Deer of the Year
ATVs inadvertently push big buck by Burke
On the afternoon of Nov. 29, ATVs inadvertently aroused a big 13-point buck from its bed and Brandon Burke of Mansura was there to capitalize.[…]
Alligator
California judge temporarily blocks ban that would harm Louisiana alligator industry
A federal judge in California has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of ban on the sale and importation of alligator products.[…]
Columns
The rut is where it’s at
The combination of January’s cold weather and lack of native forages will have the deer active and eating in the green patches and at feeders.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie lagniappe
When the bite is on, crappie will hit most anything: jigs, shiners, spinners, wax worms, etc. When they get a little finicky, give them something extra.[…]