Bass Fishing
Leesville angler enters Toledo Bend’s Elite Lunker Club with 11-pounder caught near Hausen Bay
Darold Gleason’s very last cast Saturday afternoon produced the result he’d been waiting for all day long.[…]
Statewide LA
Events & Announcements
New Orleans Boat Show set for March 7-9
The entire floor of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome will be transformed into a giant boat showroom during the New Orleans Boat Show slated for March 7-9.[…]
Columns
When a mullet is king
Kingfish are members of the drum family — the family of redfish and speckled trout — but they bear no resemblance to their family-mates.[…]
Columns
Don’t be stupid: Wear a PFD
Fishing is at the heart of Louisiana outdoor life. Sure, we love to hunt, but that’s only allowed for a few months each year. Fishing season, on the other hand, never ends.[…]
Contents
Cover: March 2014
Toledo Bend already has turned out a number of double-digit bass, and Sulphur’s Johnny Walker — who has several lunkers to his credit — tells you how to get in on the action.[…]
Contents
Spread out — Using multiple baits for crappie fishing
Any chef worth his salt understands the phrase mice en place, which means “everything in its place.”[…]
Contents
Small Tract Toms — Turkey-hunting tactics for small properties
You don’t need large acreage to score a big gobbler, if you know how to manage your property and employ the right strategy.[…]
General
Rayne man arrested for selling shrimp without a license
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a 36-year-old Rayne man on Feb. 26 for alleged shrimp violations.[…]
Columns
Manchac swamp stranding shows importance of survival gear
If you’ve ever traveled Interstate 55 south to New Orleans, you have passed over that exotic, and almost mystical area between two of Louisiana’s major lakes — Lake Maurepas, and Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Redfish, speckled trout in transition near Lake Pontchartrain as temperatures fluctuate
Redfish and speckled trout are in transition in the areas surrounding Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, moving back and forth from deeper water to the shallows as water temperatures fluctuate, according to a fishing guide.[…]
Fishing
Three men plead guilty to oyster theft in Plaquemines Parish
Judge Michael Clement accepted guilty pleas earlier this week from three men for numerous commercial oyster violations last summer in Plaquemines Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Statewide crappie recap: Saline-Larto complex
Eddie Roberts, owner of Eddie’s Marine in Vidalia, said the Saline-Larto complex is the crappie capital of Louisiana.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Statewide crappie recap: Black River Lake/Horseshoe complex
What? Never heard of this complex of waterways tucked along the western edge of Concordia Parish at Monterey? Well, Vidalia’s Eddie Roberts said it needs to be on your radar.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Statewide crappie recap: Bayou Black
Tim Bye lives in Luling, and knows the waters in the Bayou Des Allemands system like the back of his hand.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Statewide crappie recap: Caney Lake
Five of Louisiana’s Top 10 record black crappie came from Caney Lake, and Bobby Phillips said conditions are improving again now that the grass carp have been removed from the 5,000-acre reservoir.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Statewide crappie recap: Lake D’Arbonne
Bobby Phillips makes no bones about it: he loves Lake D’Arbonne and hopes Mother Nature cooperates this year for a February crappie spawn.[…]