News Breaker
Wendy Hazey of Prairieville wins first place in LAWFF Whooping Crane Art Contest
Wendy Hazey of Prairieville has been named the winner of the LAWFF Whooping Crane Art Show contest, presented by Raising Cane’s.[…]
Year: 2024
Field Reports
Fishing deep after a cold front
On this episode of DockSide TV, Chas Champagne catches redfish after a big cold front using the Glow Matrix Shad from Matrix Shad.[…]
Bass Fishing
LDWF biologists stock surplus Florida largemouth bass in Spring Bayou
LDWF stocked 126 pre-spawn pure Florida Largemouth Bass from its Booker Fowler Fish Hatchery into the Spring Bayou complex.[…]
Big Bass
Trophy bass is Valentine’s treat for Reynolds
Doug Reynolds of Florien was fishing on Feb. 14 in front of his home on Toledo Bend when he landed a 13.67-pound bass.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend gives up four 10-pound plus bass in two weeks
Toledo Bend has started giving up lunker bass this month. Four of them wound up being double-digit beasts.[…]
Fishing
Hooked Off-line Minder
Added to any fishing rod, this tool is great for cutting line and for storing hooks, lures and the tag end of fishing line.[…]
Hunting
Bamboozled by a Bobcat: Harris shares life stories in new book
Glynn Harris’ new book, ‘Bamboozled by a Bobcat: A Louisiana Boy’s Dirt Road Recollections’ is a story of Glynn’s life growing up.[…]
Columns
Lure Review: Live Roam’R
The Live Roam’R from Bobby Garland Crappie Baits can be rigged a number of ways to entice crappie to eat in late winter and spring.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LWFC modifies pogie buffer
Commercial menhaden fisheries will now have to adhere to a half-mile buffer on the Louisiana coast for the 2024 season.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: St. Marks, Florida
If you like small coastal towns and accessible natural environments, you should take a look at what St. Marks, Florida, has to offer.[…]
Big Bass
Sabine River surprise
Terry Brack caught a 15-pound largemouth bass while fishing a LiveTarget Erratic Shiner on the Sabine River.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Smoked redfish dip
Jared Serigné took his wife Tia fishing down in St. Bernard Parish. Then he headed home and made a smoked redfish dip that she loves.[…]
Field Reports
Exploring Hopedale and finding what the fish want
Marsh Man Masson headed to Hopedale to a bayou that looked good to him on a map, and discovered it had far more depth than he expected.[…]
Field Notes
State’s premier fishing areas along the river are chock full of history
The marshes along the lower Mississippi River are full of fish. One could even argue that this area has the best fishing in Louisiana.[…]
News Breaker
Two people rescued from capsized vessel in Lake Palourde in St. Martin Parish
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents responded to a capsized vessel in St. Martin Parish on Feb. 10.[…]
Hunting Reports
Grayson Edwards got his first deer
Nine-year-old Grayson Edwards took his first deer this year on Dec. 10, 2023 while hunting with his uncle in LaSalle Parish. The 8-point buck weighed 220 pounds. After waiting about 45 minutes they made there[…]