Louisiana Sportsman

LDWF Fishing Course Series announces rainbow trout fishing dates for 2025

December 26, 2024 From News Reports

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries annual Get Out & Fish! Rainbow Trout stockings are quickly approaching.[…]

An angler fly-fishing in the Elk River tailrace below the Tims Ford Dam near Winchester, Tenn. The state of Tennessee periodically stocks brown, rainbow and brook trout in the cold water near the dam. (Photo by John N. Felsher)

Out of State Destinations: The Elk River

July 26, 2024 John N. Felsher

Louisiana sportsmen might catch three wild freshwater trout species in the Elk River where none should exist.[…]

LDWF Fishing Course Series announces rainbow trout fishing dates

December 28, 2023 From News Reports

The LDWF Fishing Course Series program will once again offer their Beginner Rainbow Trout Fishing courses.[…]

The Little Missouri is shallow enough for fly fishermen to wade much of its water. (Photo by Terry L. Jones )

Out of State Destinations: Murfreesboro, Arkansas

October 23, 2023 Terry L. Jones

The Little Missouri River located in southwestern Arkansas has about six miles of trout water below Lake Greeson’s Narrows Dam.[…]

Peyton Gresham (left) and Pearce Landers with a good string of trout they caught at West Monroe’s Kiroli Park. (Photo by Terry L. Jones)

LDWF “Get Out and Fish!” program gives anglers shot at stocked trout

February 17, 2023 Terry L. Jones

The LDWF launched its Get Out & Fish! program where channel catfish are stocked in the spring and fall, and rainbow trout in the winter.[…]

A bundled-up angler (and their companion) show off the rainbow trout they caught at Purple Heart Memorial Park. (Photo courtesy LDWF)

Get Out & Fish! sites stocked with rainbow trout in January

January 16, 2023 From News Reports

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will stock 17 sites across Louisiana with adult-size Rainbow Trout this month.[…]

Biologist Chris Conner instructs participants at an Intro to Fishing course how to properly tie a fishing knot. (Photo courtesy LDWF)

LDWF Fishing Course Series announces rainbow trout fishing dates

December 12, 2022 From News Reports

The LDWF Fishing Course Series program has added several Beginner Rainbow Trout Fishing courses to their catalog.[…]

Anglers fishing at Joe Brown Park, the New Orleans’ Get Out and Fish! location, show off their Rainbow Trout stringer. (Photo courtesy LDWF)

LDWF stocks rainbow trout at community fishing ponds across the state

January 26, 2022 From News Reports

Beginning the morning of Jan. 27, the LDWF will begin stocking 17 sites across Louisiana with adult-size rainbow trout.[…]

An angler shows off his rainbow trout stringer caught during the 2020 winter stocking at Get Out and Fish! Girard Park in Lafayette.

LDWF stocks rainbow trout at community fishing ponds

January 9, 2021 From News Reports

Beginning the morning of Jan. 14, the LDWF will begin stocking 16 community fishing sites with adult-size rainbow trout.[…]

Rainbow trout stocked at community ponds statewide

January 22, 2020 From News Reports

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stocked seven water bodies around the state Jan. 21 with 2,300 pounds of adult-size rainbow trout.[…]

The rainbow phenomena

January 9, 2014 Catch Cormier

Winter is the time of year to witness one of nature’s more unusual spectacles here in Louisiana — the Sundog.[…]

Over the Rainbows

September 25, 2006 Terry L. Jones

After several hours of driving from West Monroe, I finally reached my fishing hole. Conditions were perfect — calm wind, clear water and just enough current to keep bait moving.[…]