General
Gueydan man pleads guilty to shooting whooping crane in Vermilion Parish
A 21-year-old Gueydan man was fined $2,500 and will serve time in federal prison after pleading guilty to shooting a whooping crane in November of 2014.[…]
Southwest LA
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Hot action on the Big Burns
Clint Ward dropped his 1/32nd ounce jig into the water. Attached to it was a multi-colored curly tail plastic, tipped with a little piece of Berkley Gulp Earthworm the size of a small snow pea added for enticement.[…]
Fishing
LDWF reopens Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reopened much of Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, after the location was closed last week because of flood damage from Tropical Storm Cindy.[…]
Events & Announcements
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge closed due to Tropical Storm Cindy
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has closed Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge because of flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Cindy.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Best bets for big bites on Big Lake
Calcasieu Lake, more commonly known as Big Lake, is in flux.[…]
News Breaker
Facebook video documenting gator shootings leads to citations
A Facebook video led to citations for three Jennings men on June 3 accused of alligator and frog citations in Jefferson Davis Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA to build ‘Big Jack’s Reef’ in Calcasieu Lake
Anglers in Big Lake will soon have another artificial reef to fish over.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Fish clear water for a large catch
There’s a way and an area to catch big speckled trout during June on Calcasieu Lake.[…]
Bass Fishing
Angler’s choice
Thank goodness for the peppergrass growth all over Toledo Bend.[…]
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Toledo Bend summertime Slab City
May signals the beginning of the Toledo Bend slab-a-thon celebration.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Watch the tide to find trout
With buckets and buckets of rain falling in the region April 2, some saltwater fishermen who regularly fish Calcasieu Lake expected the upper end to freshen up considerably and, as a result, work their way to the southwest corner of the lake to catch speckled trout at Nine Mile Cut and Washout.[…]
Bass Fishing
Don’t miss a May trip to Toledo Bend
Bragging-sized bass are storming the beaches, as they say, as I write this Toledo Bend piece the last day of March.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Work the current for Calcasieu specks
When Kirk Stansel, a veteran charter boat captain, wants to catch speckled trout in the Calcasieu Lake area in April, he fishes the Ship Channel from Lake Charles to the Intracoastal Waterway.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Good and bad days
Like a box of chocolates, anglers “never know what you’re going to get” with weather and water conditions in March.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lunker bass are Toledo Bend’s bread and butter
At long last, the season, the month, the almost magical time we have been waiting for is here at Toledo Bend.
I call it March Madness.[…]
Bass Fishing
The best month to catch TB toads
It’s the $1 million question: When should you make the haul to Toledo Bend for the greatest chance to catch one of the double-digit bass that teem in the huge reservoir?[…]