Bass Class
Denham Springs High School anglers are at the top of their game
Denham Springs High School’s Blake Verberne and Caleb Roblin have established themselves as heavyweights in high school fishing in Louisiana.[…]
Newsletters
Columns
LSU’s Scott Woodward finds his way home to eat, fish and sleep in “good waters”
Fishing and hunting help keep life balanced for LSU’s Athletics Director Scott Woodward. He’s overjoyed to be back home in Louisiana.[…]
Field Reports
Rising tide key to hot speckled trout bite!
Todd Masson and Chris Macaluso went looking for clean water, submerged aquatic vegetation, mullet and a rising tide for speckled trout.[…]
Inshore Fishing
CCA leads effort to take pogie battle back to legislature
CCA Louisiana is undertaking a government relations campaign targeting the menhaden fishery in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Events & Announcements
Volunteers, boats needed for LDWF’s Atchafalaya Basin Litter ‘Round-Up on the Water’ event
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host the Atchafalaya Basin Litter Round-Up on the Water on Friday, April 22.[…]
Field Notes
Grow your own baits
Growing your own bait is easy and really doesn’t require much effort. Save yourself time and money on your next fishing trip.[…]
Columns
The other live bait
One way for inshore kayak fishermen to up their odds in April is to fish with the other live bait — cocahoe minnows.[…]
Bass Fishing
Figure out the spawn pattern at Caney land the bass of a lifetime
Jacob Wheeler, the reigning MLF Angler of the Year, said a jerkbait will still work this month at Caney Lake.[…]
Columns
Aunt Lucy’s pond – Where my adventures in the great outdoors all began
Kelly, Louisiana, is where Kinny Haddox’s grandparents used to live and where learned his first lessons of the outdoors.[…]
Columns
Species Spotlight: Sailfish
Sailfish are members of the billfish family and fisheries biologists believe they are the fastest swimming fish in the world.[…]
Big Bass
Vincent enjoys landing Toledo Bend lunker bass a second time
Cody Vincent of Lake Charles hooked this huge 10-pound bass for the second time on April 6 at Toledo Bend.[…]
Field Reports
Big speckled trout on topwater baits!
John McQueen invited Marsh Man Masson to join him in targeting trophy speckled trout with hard-plastic lures.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hula Popper 2.0
The Hula Popper 2.0 offers updated features on a classic topwater bass lure.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana private recreational red snapper season to open May 27
The 2022 private recreational red snapper season will begin on May 27 in both state and federal waters with a daily bag limit of 3 fish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Score big at Lake D’Arbonne
Jared Lintner says there is a lot of brush around boat docks and out in front of them that hold bass at Lake D’Arbonne.[…]
News Breaker
Boating Education Lagniappe Day slated for April 23
The LDWF will be hosting the 11th annual “Boating Education Lagniappe Day” on April 23 at eight different locations across the state.[…]