Catfish
Overlooked monster catfish
Catfish is an underutilized resource. All the big rivers throughout Louisiana hold big blue and flathead catfish as well as channel cats.[…]
Month: February 2023
Field Notes
LDWF “Get Out and Fish!” program gives anglers shot at stocked trout
The LDWF launched its Get Out & Fish! program where channel catfish are stocked in the spring and fall, and rainbow trout in the winter.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bush league bass
After a complete renovation, Bussey Brake Reservoir in Morehouse Parish is producing some of the biggest bass in the state.[…]
Features
Rounding up migrating sheepshead
Mark Sagerholm and Kevin Dean specifically target sheepshead in both inshore and offshore waters. Here are their March tactics.[…]
Features
Shallow water trout magic
It’s a great time of year to fish the magical shallow water marshes of Louisiana. You can trick monster speckled trout and make your day.[…]
Bass Fishing
Cypress bass
Cypress trees are great places for bass because they provide them with so much cover. To a bass, a cypress tree is essentially a big reef.[…]
Hunting Reports
Another great buck for Lacy LaGrange
Lacy LaGrange and Samantha LaGrange Bobbit woke up to hunt Lacy’s lease in Grant Parish on the cold morning of Dec. 27, 2022. This was also Samantha’s first hunt in over 15 years. She went[…]
Fishing Reports
Myrtle Grove bull red for Oscar Meladine
Oscar Meladine with a big bull red he caught back in December 2022 in Myrtle Grove.
Hunting Reports
Exciting first deer for Christian
On Jan. 14, 2023, Christian “Opossum” Word was hunting on a private lease in Ville Platte with his Nonka Rusty. Around 7:30 a.m., Christian saw about 8 deer run across his shooting lane before this[…]
Hunting Reports
Levi Kelsh’s first duck
Levi Kelsh got his first green-winged teal drake and hen with his 20 gauge pump on Dec. 3, the last day of the split, in Northwest Louisiana on the Red River. He was with his[…]
Hunting Reports
Cooper Reese with his first deer
Cooper Reese with his first deer killed in Tangipahoa Parish on Dec. 18, 2022.
Hunting Reports
An 8-point buck for Landon Boyd
Landon Boyd, 14, killed this 8-point buck in Mount Hermon, La.
Hunting Reports
Noah Bearb’s first kill
Noah Bearb got his first kill on Dec. 31, 2022. He downed this 8-point buck with his .243 in St. Martin Parish.
Hunting Reports
Kelli Brasseal kills nice buck in Lincoln Parish
Kelli Brasseal killed this 6-point buck north of Ruston in Lincoln Parish on Dec. 10, 2022. Facebook
Fishing Reports
Big trout in January
Chris Bell caught some big beautiful speckled trout fishing around Breton Island using a 4-inch Shrimp Creole Matrix Shad on a ⅜ Deathgrip Jig Head.
Hunting Reports
Laura Kate Felder’s Area 6 buck
Laura Kate Felder, 9, of Ethel was hunting on Nov. 19, 2022 in Area 6 when she downed this buck with a 7mm-08.