Fishing
LDWF legislative roundup
LDWF brought 14 bills in front of the legislature and 12 were passed or awaiting signatures, this past session.[…]
Newsletters
Fishing Hotspots
Pointe Aux Chenes is popular June destination
Pointe Aux Chenes provides kayakers and shore bound anglers with some fantastic opportunities to catch fish.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Cross Lake crappie haul
Pick up a dock shooting rig, and try out a new technique to catch crappie this summer on Cross Lake in Caddo Parish.[…]
News Breaker
New red drum regulations go into effect June 20
New red drum size and daily creel limits go into effect and will be enforced beginning June 20, 2024. Here are the new regulations.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Time to move out for Dularge trout
According to Capt. Lloyd Landry, owner of Outcast Fishing Charters, the trout will migrate out of the marsh this month looking to spawn.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Grand time at Grand Isle
Capt. Mark Scardino of Hard Times Charters in Grand Isle, said the trout fishing action started up early this year.[…]
Bass Fishing
Odds are in your favor at Toledo Bend
John Dean is banking on bass staying in the grass with the shad and bream this summer instead of leaving for offshore waters.[…]
Field Reports
Crush panfish with this crazy bait
There can’t possibly be a more fun way to target panfish — like bluegill, crappie, goggleye and redear — than this.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Tiger Shoals trout
Gerrit “T-Blu” Landry of Gotta Have Faith Charters has many options to take advantage of the speckled trout bite below Vermilion Bay.[…]
Columns
Safety measures for summer fishing
More of us trek to our favorite fishing spots in the late spring and summer than any other time of the year. Here are some safety tips.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lure/live bait combo is deadly
This artificial lure/live bait technique is deadly on numerous species of freshwater and saltwater fish.[…]
Fishing
Louisiana’s annual Free Fishing Weekend to be held June 8-9
Louisiana’s Free Fishing Weekend allows residents and visitors to fish Louisiana waters without an otherwise required fishing license.[…]
Field Notes
Out of State Destinations: “Old Florida’s” Apalachicola offers diverse saltwater fishing
The Apalachicola River pours into Apalachicola Bay and creates a rich marshy delta. It holds tripletail, flounder and redfish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Reader Report: Stranger steps in to help high school angler in need
Travis Becnel got some help from Dino and Kristy Hunstock to fish the Louisiana High School Bass Fishing tournament on May 5.[…]
Field Reports
Specks in the marsh
Marsh Man Masson fished a pattern that is always good this time of year, and it delivered absolutely incessant speckled trout action.[…]
Big Bass
Louisiana man wins Big Bass Splash at Toledo Bend by one ounce
Ryan Hanson of Bernice won the Sealy Outdoors Big Bass Splash on Toledo Bend with his 10.64-pound lunker bass.[…]