Bass Fishing
Rising water floods Toledo Bend’s bass cover
April showers raised the water in Toledo Bend, providing more cover for bass as the spawn headed into its final stages after the full moon in April.[…]
June 2019
Fishing Hotspots
Hot bite: Lake Charles flounder
Jason Lewis and John Muller have been targeting flounder in the Lake Charles system for a few years and they are more than willing to give a few tips.[…]
Hog Hunting
Are wild hogs hurting our turkey populations?
Could wild hogs be the reason for the low success rate of these turkey hunters? Here’s how hogs contribute to lowering turkey populations.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
LDWF issues kill order for aquarium fish
Invasive Rio Grande Cichlids are under a kill order from the LDWF. You are required by law to either take them with you or dispose of them.[…]
Contents
How to fish Barataria Bay
Trout Master Capt. Carol “Zutie” Auenson catches plenty of big speckled trout all summer long. Here’s how he does it at Grand Isle.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2019 CCA STAR cranks up Memorial Day weekend
The 2019 Coastal Conservation Association’s Louisiana STAR Tournament — which once again features 100 tagged redfish — is slated to begin on May 25.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Jimmie Davis State Park closed after direct hit from tornado
Tornadoes and torrential rainfall caused considerable damage resulting in the closure of Jimmie Davis State Park on Caney Lake near Chatham.[…]
Fishing
Angler lands 7-foot shark in spillway
When out on an excursion in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, Josh Chauvin landed a real whopper: a seven foot, 130-pound bull shark.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bayou Black maps show private bayous
When the Louisiana High School Bass Fishing Association planned a tournament on Bayou Black, they used maps created by Media Bass showing restricted areas.[…]
Field Notes
Catching live bait with a cast net
If live bait is what you want to fish with these days, you’re probably going to have to go out and get it yourself, especially if you want to fish with anything other than live shrimp.[…]
Apex Predator
Sight-fishing crabs and reds at the same spot
There are many ways to catch crabs and redfish but sight-hunting both on the same trip from a tiny dingy really takes marsh fishing up a notch.[…]
Big Bass
Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic
John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Mississippi hunter kills solid white turkey
Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed a solid white gobbler on March 17. By then, he was intimately familiar with the animal.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Dusty J. Guidry appointed to Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Dusty J. Guidry has been appointed to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission by Gov. John Bel Edwards.[…]
Fishing
Are you trespassing?
Louisiana’s trespassing law is relatively straightforward. With few exceptions, if someone enters another’s property without express permission, that person has committed trespass.[…]
Big Bass
Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder
Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.[…]