Columns
Cajun hospitality means good food
Recipes for Crawfish Étouffée and Turtle Sauce Piquant from Barry Toups, who was appointed in 2018 to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board.[…]
Year: 2019
Hunting
Hunting seasons, hunting regulations and WMA rules approved by LWFC for 2019-20
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission (LWFC) approved the 2019-20 and 2020-21 resident game hunting seasons at its May meeting in Baton Rouge.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Des Allemands: Crappie Psychic reveals a pattern that delivers in late spring
For many anglers, sac-a-lait are seasonal fish. But for Clyde Folse, the owner of Crappie Psychic, sac-a-lait are a staple 12 months a year.[…]
Columns
Species spotlight: Swordfish
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), often referred to as broadbills or broadbill swordfish, are highly sought-after by offshore anglers around the world.[…]
Big Bass
Lizard works on 10.98-pounder during Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic
John Gillard caught a 10.98-pound bass on April 27 during the Toledo Bend Oilman’s Classic. The lunker bit in the San Miguel area.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Mississippi hunter kills solid white turkey
Hunter Waltman of Kiln, Miss., killed a solid white gobbler on March 17. By then, he was intimately familiar with the animal.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Dusty J. Guidry appointed to Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Dusty J. Guidry has been appointed to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Commission by Gov. John Bel Edwards.[…]
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SPORTSMAN TV brings viewers exciting outdoor action and helpful how-to and where-to information on both hunting and fishing in the southeast.[…]
Fishing
Are you trespassing?
Louisiana’s trespassing law is relatively straightforward. With few exceptions, if someone enters another’s property without express permission, that person has committed trespass.[…]
News Breaker
Oil Well Road on Pearl River WMA is closed for repair
Oil Well Road at Old Highway 11 on Pearl River Wildlife Management Area has been closed for repair after recent flooding in the area damaged the road.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Are Louisiana’s speckled trout overfished?
The results of the latest Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries study on speckled trout was surprising to some, but not shocking to most coastal fishermen.[…]
Big Bass
Big bite not done yet: Toledo Bend yields 11-pounder
Eddie Jarrell caught an 11.15-pound largemouth bass on April 16 at Toledo Bend on a Carolina-rigged watermelon red 7-inch Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.[…]
Fishing
LDWF attempts to collect salvinia in Lake Bistineau
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has deployed 1,800 feet of floating boom which is being used in an experimental way to help aid in giant salvinia control efforts.[…]
Bass Fishing
Marsh bass: Where is this Louisiana resource headed?
Scientists can’t believe what’s happening to South Louisiana marsh bass. Anglers could be in for double-digit catches in next few years.[…]
Outdoor Updates
7-pound mule trout caught at Grand Isle
Tommy Vidrine caught and released a 7-pound mega-trout on Tuesday, April 23, along the backside of Grand Isle.[…]
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Sportman’s Paradox
Anglers fight to find a solution to the water access crises in Louisiana, as more anglers out for a good time in the Sportsman’s Paradise are harassed, ticketed, prosecuted and fined.
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