Features from May 2024
During his crappie fishing career, Kevin Alleman has never let a full moon cancel his plans. If anything, he uses it to his advantage.
While it could be a difficult endeavor, Louisiana stock enhancement through hatchery programs should be given serious consideration.
While Lake Yucatan has a healthy population of bream and catfish, most anglers target largemouth bass, white bass and crappie.
After a prescribed burn, you will see an increase in nitrogen in the soil. This will improve the growth of vegetation beneficial to wildlife.
Hopefully new regulations will keep more spawning trout in Louisiana waters so these highly prolific fish will continue to delight anglers.
Hired in 1968, by the late Paul “Dud” Dudley Faulk, Art LeJuene has tuned over a million duck calls for Faulk’s Game Calls.
Columns - May 2024
- Erosion, subsidence and degradation of the lands built by thousands of spring floodwaters depositing sediment across our coast.
- Take advantage of drawdowns to explore new ground and search for treasures that have been dropped in the lake.
- The Snag Proof Zoo Pop has given bass anglers like Cliff “The Cajun Baby” Crochet another weapon to use in grass, lily pads and duckseed.
- There are two reasons hunters plant food plots; one is to attract deer for hunting and the other is to supplement the native forage.
- Even in today’s digital world, printed maps are essential tools for outdoorsmen.
- There are still some places that hold huntable numbers of quail and woodcock where hunters and their dogs can pursue them.
- Kayak fishing provides some challenges for anglers wanting to keep a healthy supply of shrimp or other live bait along for the day’s trip.
- Wahoo Poisson Cru, also known as Tahitian-style ceviche, is a delicious and refreshing dish originating from the islands of French Polynesia.
Outdoor Updates - May 2024
- Hunter Dubroc of Deville was fishing in a bass club tournament on Cotile Lake on March 21 when he caught an 11.4-pound bass.
- The LWFC adopted an amended Notice of Intent to hold a Louisiana black bear hunting season in December of 2024 in northeast Louisiana.
- Lindy Self of Hemphill, Texas, caught a 13.84-pound lunker bass during the TOBI Tournament on March 16 at Toledo Bend.
Hot Spots - May 2024
- When Tim Vallee, Jr. isn’t running crab traps on Bayou Lacombe, he turns to catching catfish with a basic rod and reel combo.
- Local Monroe native Chris Nguyen fishes Caney Lake regularly and shared how he targets these feisty fish in May.
- May should be a shallow-water bass fisherman’s dream month at Toledo Bend with the re-emergence of vegetation the past few years.
- Neal Meche said Henderson Lake and Chicot Lake are his top destinations for bass fishing during the month of May.
Field Notes - May 2024
- The only way to drive to Grand Isle is by way of Highway 1, and it allows fishermen to access the area’s bountiful waters.
- Hunter Hamilton and Tyler Morris, both freshmen at LSU-Shreveport, topped a 36-boat field of Louisiana college teams in February.
- The Apalachicola River pours into Apalachicola Bay and creates a rich marshy delta. It holds tripletail, flounder and redfish.
- Throwing a cast net can be very beneficial to a fisherman for a multitude of reasons, including the savings from not having to buy bait