Deer Hunting
Coushatta hunter’s season gets better with 230-inch buck
Andy Anderson’s hunting season began tragically when his home caught fire Oct. 7, burning to the ground and taking all Anderson’s hunting gear with it.[…]
Northwest LA
Deer Hunting
Thrasher bags three-beamed Bienville monster
Although 40-year-old Scott Thrasher had the day off Nov. 30, with his eye on sitting on his stand as dawn broke over the Bienville Parish woods, the weatherman put a kink in his hunting plans.
“Instead of heading for my stand, I drove on down to the store located near our hunting lease and sat and chatted with the fellows there because the weather forecast called for an 80 percent chance of rain,” Thrasher explained.[…]
Deer Hunting
Winnsboro men cited on Tensas National Wildlife Refuge
Three Winnsoboro men were cited Nov. 6 for allegedly violating multiple regulations on Tensas National Wildlife Refuge, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Deer Hunting
Persistence pays off for Register with 140-class buck
Chris Register has been bow hunting since he was a teenager, but the 26-year-old had yet to connect on a deer. Well, that’s not exactly true: He had shot and lost a doe.[…]
Breaking News
L.D.W.F. agents rescue missing father and two sons
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents rescued a missing father and his two sons today (Nov. 3) in Union Parish, after the trio failed to return from D’Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
BassMasters Classic
Idaho’s Palaniuk takes Federation Nation Championship, Laiche misses Classic
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche moved up several notches on the final day of the BASS Federation Nation Championship today (Oct. 29) on the Red River, but it was too little too late to earn a ticket to the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.[…]
Deer Hunting
Bodcau WMA a consistent deer producer
Bobby Taylor gave up hunting in the 1980s when all of the land on which he had chased deer for years was leased out.[…]
Hunting
Bridge construction to restrict access to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area
Entry to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area will be restricted during the next several months while the bridge providing primary access will be closing to allow a new bridge to be constructed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 24).[…]
Bass Fishing
Junior Bassmaster World Championship to be held on Cross Lake
BASS announced Thursday that the 2010 Junior Bassmaster World Championship will be held Oct. 29 on Cross Lake, and Louisiana will be represented by Paulina’s Matt Nobile.[…]
Bass Fishing
Floating frogs catching on at Red River
Topwater frogs have produced a lot of big bass on the Red River since baits like the Horny Toad and Ribbit first came out.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Brauer schools field with 16-pound victory during Bassmaster Central Open on Red River
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. – Chad Brauer earned the Bassmaster Central Open title on the Red River on Saturday (June 5) by capping off the three-day tournament with the week’s heaviest catch – 21 pounds, 3 ounces. That pushed his total weight to 56 pounds, 14 ounces to best his nearest competitor by more than 16 pounds.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Bassmaster Opens set for Red River June 3-5
Red River hot-stick Aaron Johnson has a little advice for anglers gathering in Shreveport next week for the Bassmaster Central Open tournament: Steer clear of the bars.[…]
Bass Fishing
16-pound bass caught on Caddo, Louisiana record at stake
Texas angler Keith Burns was practicing for a benefit tournament Saturday (March 20) on Lake Caddo when he caught the biggest bass of his life – a 16.17-pound giant that could break the Louisiana state record if it’s eligible to enter in the record books.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
2010 Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship slated for Red River
BASS announced today that the 2010 Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship will be held on the Red River out of Shreveport on Oct. 27-29.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Bassmaster Classic returning to Shreveport in 2012
The Bassmaster Classic will make its second stop in Shreveport in 2012, BASS announced today. The 42nd Classic is scheduled for Feb. 24-26, and will come on the heels of the 2011 championship slated for New Orleans.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
National crappie tournament slated for Toledo Bend
A Crappie USA qualifying event, along with a free crappie kids rodeo, will be held on Toledo Bend March 27. Anglers will be weigh seven-fish limits of crappie, with money and the opportunity to advance to the Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic to be held in October in Alabama.[…]