Inshore Fishing
Reggio rodeo
According to Capt. Darren Schaff (504-400-2466), trout and redfish action out of Reggio has been excellent.[…]
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Inshore Fishing
Catch big specks under birds this weekend in Lake Pontchartrain
The combination of a mild winter so far and advancing freshwater pouring in from the Bonnet Carre Spillway have created a speckled trout angler’s dream in Lake Pontchartrain — at least for now.[…]
Deer Hunting
7 tips for late-season bucks
It’s the last full month of the 2015-16 hunting season and you’re tired. You’ve spent untold hours sitting stands since the season opened back in October, and now you’re finding it difficult to keep your passion.[…]
Events & Announcements
Two Louisiana whooping cranes found dead in Texas
A pair of Louisiana whooping cranes that had been released from the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area and living in Southeast Texas were found dead in Jefferson County on Monday.[…]
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Lottery waterfowl hunts cancelled on Sherburne WMA South Farm Unit
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have cancelled all lottery waterfowl hunts on the South Farm Unit of Sherburne Wildlife Management Area because of extensive flooding.[…]
Deer of the Year
Monroe hunter downs monster 8-point in Caldwell Parish
Monroe’s Blake Jones considers himself fortunate to get to hunt on a particular farm in Caldwell Parish — his brother’s father-in-law owns a farm near Columbia with mostly bottomland and CRP that is butted up to the Lafourche Canal.[…]
Deer of the Year
‘Freaky buck’ goes down in Natchitoches Parish
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson and his father were riding in their Ranger checking on cattle early last month on family property bordering Bayou Pierre in Natchitoches Parish when they jumped up a very odd-looking buck that neither one of them had ever seen before.[…]
Fishing
Agents arrest Bayou Sauvage boater for DUI, drug possession
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries arrested a Metairie man on Monday for allegedly driving under the influence on Bayou Sauvage in Orleans Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Pharmacy School student fills prescription with big symmetrical 8-point
Lauren Hall, a senior in pharmacy school at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, is set to graduate this May. […]
Deer of the Year
Tallulah youngster downs 162-inch buck on Tensas River NWR
Jacob Martin has taken a few deer in his 12 years, but nothing that compares with the big 9-point buck he downed in Madison Parish on Dec. 30 during a Youth Hunt on the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Cofounder of Ride the Bull kayak tournament loses battle with cancer
Capt. Kristen Wray, a pioneer in kayak fishing on Grand Isle and cofounder of the world’s largest kayak-fishing tournament, died early Wednesday morning after a long bout with cancer.[…]
Hunting
Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish, LDWF says
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited an Arkansas man on Jan. 7 for allegedly obtaining a hunting license by fraud in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Hunting
Arkansas man cited for hunting license fraud in Claiborne Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited an Arkansas man on Jan. 7 for allegedly obtaining a hunting license by fraud in Claiborne Parish.[…]
Deer of the Year
Beekman youth kills 183-inch Russell Sage WMA buck
Noah Mason turned 14 on Dec. 15, but he received his best gift four days later when he dropped a 180-class Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area 15-point while hunting with his father.[…]
Field Notes
Top 3 late-season duck hunting tactics
All of the prep work earlier this fall will culminate in the next few weeks as another duck hunting season heads into the history books.[…]
Deer of the Year
Sterlington hunter blasts 160-class Ouachita Parish 12-pointer
Four deer seasons ago — on January 2, 2012 to be exact — Melissa Winkler was alone in her box stand in Ouachita Parish when a big buck stepped out. […]