Crappie/Bream
Young crappie pro says time on the water can’t be beat
Hayden Jeffries and his dad, Dan Jeffries, are one of the hottest crappie teams in the country. They are catching crappie and cashing checks.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie/Bream
Arcadia angler catches Louisiana state record bluegill
When Tim Trahan of Arcadia caught a 2.24-pound bluegill on May 30, 2022 he momentarily thought he was hooked into a sheepshead in Houma where he was born and raised.[…]
Features
Louisiana State Park Series: Lake Bistineau and Lake Claiborne
Lake Bistineau State Park and Lake Claiborne State Park both have lakes that are chocked full of bass, bream, crappie and catfish.[…]
Freshwater Fishing
The best of ICAST: Freshwater
A look at the PacBak P88-MK Combo and a handful of other new freshwater products shown at the 2022 ICAST show in Orlando, Florida.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie coach
Bayou D’Arbonne is one of Todd Garvin’s favorite places to fish in August. The main bayou, especially right below the spillway, is a hotspot.[…]
Columns
Cajun Fish Chowder
This Cajun Fish Chowder recipe is one that once you make it, it becomes a regular part of your kitchen menu rotation.[…]
Features
Six ways to cook fish
A look at some of the most tasty ways to cook a fish and some tasty side dish combinations to go with each.[…]
Catfish
Reader Report: Gummy worms for catfish?
Six-year-old Tee Cooper was fishing with his grandparents, Jerry and Ilene Guinn, when they started catching fish with gummy worms.[…]
Crappie/Bream
The Outlaw Net
The Outlaw Net is a crappie angler’s dream thanks to its length and adjustability.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Commission adopts notice of intent to modify crappie regulations on Bayou D’Arbonne Lake
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a notice of intent to modify current crappie regulations on Bayou D’Arbonne Lake.[…]
Columns
La. Hwy 593 to Bussey Brake: The road to a whole lot of my life
The second anniversary of the re-opening of Bussey Brake Reservoir near Bastrop is this month. Not many old lakes get to live again.[…]
Features
Old school freshwater favorites
Nothing conjures up the attention of old and young alike than a glimpse inside a tackle box of old wooden bass lures.[…]
Features
Louisiana State Park Series: Jimmie Davis and Chicot
Summer is here and you can partake in the fishing and camping at two facilities, Jimmie Davis State Park and Chicot State Park.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Wait was worth it for Bayou Black bream, sac-a-lait and catfish
Bill McCarty, a bona fide specialist at catching panfish and catfish in the Bayou Black area, knows June is the right time to fish there.[…]
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.[…]