Columns
Peril on the water is a constant; Heed the call for boating safety!
Peril on the water is a constant. You know it. But there are things you can do to enhance your safety when boating or fishing.[…]
Year: 2022
Bass Fishing
NetBait B Bugs are back
NetBait’s B Bugs have a leg, or tail, up on other beaver-style soft plastics. They are more buoyant than similar products.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF schedules drawdown for Saline Lake (Natchitoches and Winn Parishes)
The LDWF has scheduled a drawdown of Saline Lake for giant salvinia management, reduction of organic muck, and fish habitat improvement.[…]
News Breaker
Turkey hunters harvest most birds since reporting began in 2009
The 2022 Louisiana turkey harvest was the best since harvest reporting began in the state in 2009, the LDWF announced.[…]
Fishing
LDWF Enforcement Division will be participating in “Safe Boating Week” May 21-27
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division will be participating in “Safe Boating Week” from May 21-27.[…]
Field Reports
Carolina rigging plastic shrimp for big trout
Capt. Kris Robert of One Last Cast Charters crushes the big specks on a hard incoming tide by simply Carolina rigging the Matrix TKO Shrimp.[…]
Columns
Developing your dog’s love of water and comfort around gunfire
Two fundamental things your waterfowl retriever must have is a love of water and being comfortable around gunfire.[…]
Fishing
Millennium B-100 Boat Seat
Fish in all-day comfort with this maintenance-free, lightweight Millennium B-100 boat seat.[…]
Features
Louisiana’s black bear story includes concern over wildlife habitat, safety and damage
Bears are the center of a growing controversy over crowding other wildlife out of their habitat, property destruction and human interaction.[…]
Crappie/Bream
A more perfect fishing union
Fishing the Union Oilfield Canals located east of Lake Palourde and southeast of Grassy Lake for bluegills, chinquapins and longear sunfish.[…]
Features
Shadow bass
Logan Gautreaux was fishing the Bogue Falaya Creek just north of Covington when he caught a shadow bass for the first time.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lake Pontchartrain family charter trip
A 30-pound drum caught at Lake Pontchartrain on April 29 while on a family charter trip with Capt. Kenny Kreeger of Lake Pontchartrain Charters in Slidell.[…]
Fishing Reports
Brax’s big redfish
Brax Payne caught this monster redfish that measured 40 1/2 inches.[…]
Fishing Reports
Lake Bistineau turtle
Reed Powell, 7, and Josh Powell, 35, caught this alligator snapping turtle on Lake Bistineau in Doyline April 30, 2022.[…]
Fishing Reports
177-pound swordfish
Alex Sevin with a 177-pound swordfish he helped get for clients that chartered a trip 100 miles out of Cocodrie.[…]
Hunting Reports
Kevin’s Pearl River buck
Kevin Bovia with the 9-point buck he harvested on Dec. 31, 2021 in Pearl River.[…]