Field Notes
Hang your deer stand now
July is the perfect month to hang your deer stand, for numerous reasons.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agents investigating fatal boating incident in Iberville Parish
LDWF enforcement agents are investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred in Iberville Parish on July 11.[…]
Columns
Getting your duck dog ready
Switching a dog from a mark to a blind can be tough simply because you’re pulling a dog off a mark it can see and onto another it can’t.[…]
Field Reports
Roped a 6-foot alligator gar into the boat
Catching giant alligator gar and sharks with live bait along the floodwall in Louisiana is as raw and real as it gets.[…]
Columns
Venison and Chorizo Pupusas
Venison & Chorizo Pupusas are grilled corn masa pockets filled with wild game and melty cheese, topped with avocado crema and a curtido slaw.[…]
Fishing
Berkley Catch ‘N Cook Fillet Kit
With the Berkley Catch ‘N Cook Fillet Kit, you’ll have almost as much fun cleaning your fish as you have catching them.[…]
Hunting
LWFC approves NOIs for changes to LDWF Nuisance Wildlife programs
The LWFC approved NOI for changes to the LDWF Nuisance Wild Quadrupeds and Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators (NWCO) program.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF agent receives Charter Boat Association award
The LCBA awarded LDWF enforcement agent, Senior Agent Dustin Barton, the fourth annual Theophile Bourgeois Memorial Award.[…]
Newsletters
LWFC meeting presents results of Commercial Menhaden Fishery Bycatch Study
At the LWFC meeting, LGL Ecological Research Associates presented the results of a comprehensive commercial Menhaden fishery bycatch study.[…]
Fishing Reports
Cole Renwand’s big drum
Cole Renwand fought this drum for 45 minutes.[…]
Fishing Reports
Unique drum
Billy Rodman of Baton Rouge caught this unique drum while fly fishing out of Hopedale on June 2, 2025.[…]
Fishing Reports
Randy’s Biloxi Marsh redfish
Randy Frahmann from Wisconsin fishing in the Biloxi Marsh in May.[…]
Fishing Reports
Savy Durham’s bass
Savy Durham loves to fish! Her dad calls her and her fishing adventures Savy Slabz because she’s always reeling them in.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lane and Rowan with bream
Cousins Lane Bourque and Rowan Harbour caught these beautiful bream at Two O’clock Bayou.[…]
Fishing Reports
Mason Rayburn’s big bass
Mason Rayburn of Norco was surprised when he tied on a topwater “Whopper Plopper” and was able to land this fish of a lifetime![…]
News Breaker
LARE, LDWF to host Snake Week presentation in Lafayette on July 14
The LARE, along with the LDWF, will hold a seminar on snakes at the Heymann Recreational Center in Lafayette.[…]