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May 24, 2025
/Catahoula Lake

Catahoula Lake

Twelve pintails and four mallards were part of the total of 25 ducks found in their possession. (Photo courtesy LDWF)
News Breaker

LDWF agents cite two adults and juvenile for migratory game bird violations

December 21, 2021 From News Reports

LDWF enforcement agents cited two adults and a juvenile for alleged migratory game bird violations in LaSalle Parish on Dec. 20.[…]

Ducks

LDWF: It is still illegal to hunt in the Catahoula Lake Refuge

December 17, 2021 From News Reports

The LDWF is reminding hunters that it is unlawful to hunt in the Catahoula Lake Refuge, commonly called the “Refuge.”[…]

News Breaker

Louisiana duck season over; Catahoula Lake fight is not

February 3, 2020 Kinny Haddox

The issue of who legally owns the massive Catahoula Lake area and the fight to keep it open for public waterfowl hunting access is not over yet.[…]

Pintail drakes like this were one of the prizes of the opening weekend of this year’s Louisiana duck season.
Ducks

A good start for ducks in state’s East/West zones

December 3, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The first couple of weeks of the East and West splits of the 2019-2020 Louisiana waterfowl season went from great to fair and seemed to change every day.[…]

Louisiana’s attorney general has appealed a lower court decision that could restrict public access to Lake Catahoula and its waterfowl.
Ducks

Catahoula Lake appeal heads to Supreme Court

June 20, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Jeff Landry officially filed an appeal with the state supreme court to overturn a previous judicial decision that denies public access to Catahoula Lake.[…]

Fishing

AG urges Supreme Court to protect public access to Catahoula Lake

February 26, 2019 From News Reports

With the rights of thousands of Louisiana sportsman on the line, Attorney General Jeff Landry is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to reverse a lower court’s decision in Cooks & Crooks v. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.[…]

Ducks

Public access to Catahoula Lake in jeopardy

February 1, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 28, 2018 in favor of landowners, meaning public access to legendary Catahoula Lake could be in jeopardy. […]

News Breaker

Drawdown finally completed on Catahoula Lake

September 2, 2015 From News Reports

After an unusually long summer flooding period, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has finally completed the annual drawdown on Catahoula Lake, an important stop for early-season waterfowl in the Mississippi Flyway.[…]

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