Louisiana Sportsman

Roped a 6-foot alligator gar into the boat

July 13, 2025 Jared Serigne

Catching giant alligator gar and sharks with live bait along the floodwall in Louisiana is as raw and real as it gets.[…]

Oliver Hotard uses the foot-wide concrete wave breaks to walk out on the lake and catch mullet in his cast net.

Fishing at the Mandeville Lakefront

May 23, 2025 Keith Lusher Jr.

The Mandeville Lakefront stands as a hidden gem among some of the Northshore’s more popular fishing options.[…]

Big bull sharks are common and hard fighters. Recent regulation changes have greatly increased the opportunity for kayak anglers to catch and keep bull sharks, as there is no longer a size or creel limit in Louisiana waters.

Louisiana kayakers have a wide variety of lesser-known species to target

May 13, 2025 Chris Holmes

The vast bounty that is Louisiana fishing provides ample opportunities to catch a wide variety of less popular, but equally fun species.[…]

New shark regulations are now in effect

January 20, 2025 From News Reports

The LDWF announced that recreational anglers may keep any size and quantity of Blacktip and Bull Shark as of January 20, 2025.[…]

Commercial large coastal sharks possession limit increases to 55 sharks when season opens

December 4, 2024 From News Reports

The daily possession limit for commercially harvested large coastal sharks is increasing to 55 per day when the 2025 season opens.[…]

Tara Landry with a bull shark caught in the Atchafalaya River near Morgan City on July 28.

LWF Commission adopts NOI to expand recreational and commercial shark harvest

September 12, 2024 From News Reports

The LWFC passed a NOI to eliminate the 54-inch recreational size and bag/vessel limits for Blacktip and Bull Sharks in state waters.[…]

LDWF Secretary requests LWF Commission to consider expanding shark harvest

September 3, 2024 From News Reports

LDWF Secretary Madison Sheahan sent a letter to the LWFC requesting them to consider expanding opportunities for sharks.[…]

This shark chomped down on a large chunk of ladyfish and gave James Vellum an epic kayak battle. Once the shark was subdued, it was brought alongside the kayak before the line was cut several inches from the mouth.

Kayakers should prepare for up-close encounters with sharks

August 10, 2024 Chris Holmes

If you kayak fish in coastal Louisiana, whether on purpose or by accident, you will likely encounter sharks.[…]

This bull shark was caught in the Lake Pontchartrain area. (Photo courtesy Mackie Bellott/Wicked Fishing Charters)

Shark rebound

June 16, 2023 John N. Felsher

The most problems Louisiana outdoorsmen face with sharks is when anglers get a prized catch on the line and it becomes a shark’s dinner.[…]

Commercial large coastal sharks possession limit increases to 55 sharks

December 11, 2022 From News Reports

The daily possession limit for commercially harvested large coastal sharks is increasing from 45 to 55 per day when the 2023 season opens.[…]

Kayden’s shark

October 20, 2022 jlanglinais87

The sharks were out and about this weekend. Kayden landed this one on Oct. 8, 2022 fishing at Cheniere Au Tigre.[…]

Slade’s shark

October 1, 2022 Field Reporter

Slade Dowden and his Paw Paw Andy Martarona show off Slade’s 46-inch long shark that was released afterwards.[…]

Shark fishing in Flat Lake in the Spillway

September 21, 2022 Field Reporter

Randy Alleman caught a 4-foot shark and a 3-foot shark two days later at Flat Lake in the Spillway.

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