Deer Hunting
Deer tag verification phone number has changed
The LDWF has recently changed the phone number for validating a harvest by phone. The new phone number is 225-267-9998.[…]
Month: October 2021
Field Reports
Scouting MORE Lake Borgne speckled trout
Join Devin Denman as he searches Lake Borgne and the Biloxi Marsh for more productive speckled trout spots.[…]
Fishing Reports
Creole Bayou catfish
Blaine Carline with a big 52-pound cat caught on cut mullet at the mouth of Creole Bayou after Hurricane Ida.
Ducks
LWFC allocates waterfowl breeding grounds funding to Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl
LDWF dedicated funding for development and preservation of migratory waterfowl breeding grounds goes to Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl.[…]
Deer of the Year
Advice from friends results in 12-point buck for Brown
Hunter Brown took this 12-point buck, which measured right at 140 inches of antler mass, in Bienville Parish.[…]
Hurricane Coverage
LDWF releases five alligators, two birds after rehab from oil found at Belle Chasse Refinery
The LDWF released five alligators and two birds on Oct. 7 as part of the agency’s rehabilitation of wildlife found covered with oil.[…]
Field Reports
Rigging THIS WAY upped our speckled trout action!
If you watch Marsh Man Masson videos, you know the TKO shrimp is Todd Masson’s favorite lure to throw beneath a VersaMaxx cork.[…]
Bass Fishing
The Boy Howdy is back
Cotton Cordell’s tail-weighted Boy Howdy, a discontinued topwater bait that was dusted off and redesigned and reintroduced last year.[…]
Deer Hunting
LWFC adopts deer hunting declaration of emergency for Joyce, Maurepas and Salvador/Timken WMAs
The LWFC passed a declaration of emergency reducing the number of either-sex deer hunting days at select WMAs.[…]
Inshore Fishing
The LWFC adopts NOI to add coastal buffer zones to Gulf menhaden harvest regulations
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a Notice of Intent to add coastal buffer zones to Gulf menhaden harvest regulations.[…]
Hurricane Coverage
Dularge back in business after Ida
A month and a half after Hurricane Ida’s landfall, Marty LaCoste of Absolute Fishing Charters in Dularge is back to doing what he does best.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Guide gives plenty of ‘love’ for October at Calcasieu Lake
Anglers can take advantage of changing October weather putting speckled trout and redfish on feeding binge at Calcasieu Lake.[…]
Fishing Reports
Shell Beach delivers
Brent Taylor, aka Big Nauti, was fishing Shell Beach with soft plastics recently and brought home a good catch.
Fishing Reports
Biggest bass to date
CC Holloway of Thibodaux snagged her biggest bass to date in early October 2021 at a private pond in Napoleonville, La.
Fishing Reports
Fisherman for life
Mason Gary, 7, loves redfish, speckled trout, sac-a-lait and bass fishing! He is also very good for being 7 years old. On Oct. 3 he caught a 49-inch redfish (30+ pounds) by the mouth of[…]
Hunting Reports
Nola Hunt and Fish 12-foot alligator
Ponchatoula’s Capt. Jacob Stevens poses with his 12-foot alligator shot in Slidell on Sept. 20. It was the biggest alligator this season for the team at Nola Hunt and Fish.