Coastal Projects
Restorative power of Mississippi River could rejuvenate swamps
Diversions are designed to mimic the natural land-building ability of the river prior to levees and jetties blocking water and sediment.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Big Bass
Toledo Bend adds two more lunkers to list
Jewel Hunt caught a 10.69-pound bass on March 21 at Toledo Bend, and five days later, Jimmie Box boated a 12.16-pound brute.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bossier City girls are taking it to the high school bassin’ world
Alexis Virgilitto and Tayor Bacot of the Parkway High School won the Bass Federation High School State Championship at Caddo Lake.[…]
News Breaker
Recreational greater amberjack season to reopen May 1, 2022
The LDWF would like to remind anglers that the recreational greater amberjack season will reopen in Louisiana and federal waters on May 1.[…]
Big Bass
Three more double-digit lunkers qualify for Toledo Bend honors
Three more double-digit largemouths caught by Ronnie Bland, Wayne Maxie and Daniel Clark qualified for the Toledo Bend Lunker Program.[…]
Big Bass
Pennies, wishes and a really big Caney Lake bass
Caney hawg is wish come true for Kliebert There are lots of ways to catch giant bass in the spring. Ross Kliebert and Zane Zeringue of the Lafourche Parish Bassmasters may have come up with[…]
Big Bass
Huge lunker from Cross Lake has Rudisill flying high
Nathaniel “Rudy” Rudisill caught a trophy 12-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass out of Cross Lake on March 6, 2022.[…]
Big Bass
Toledo Bend triplets highlight four days of bass fishing
Three Toledo Bend anglers, Cole Moore, Cody Vincent and Charles Gullotta, caught double-digit largemouth bass from March 12-15. […]
Big Bass
Firefighter’s Lake Martin fishing trip yields 11.1-pound largemouth
Lafayette City firefighter Brandon Kidder was fishing on March 7 at Lake Martin when he hooked a bass weighing 11.1 pounds.[…]
Newsletters
Louisiana Sportsman Show & Festival set for Father’s Day weekend
The 42nd annual Louisiana Sportsman Show & Festival will be held at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.[…]
Big Bass
DeQuincy angler scores Toledo Bend double-digit bass
Caleb Hollingsworth of DeQuincy was bass fishing at Toledo Bend when he boated a 10.93-pound lunker on March 4.[…]
Big Bass
Angler snares 10-plus pounder at Toledo Bend
Mitchell Martin of Washington was fishing at Toledo Bend on March 3 when he caught a 10.58-pound bass on a watermelon red Senko.[…]
Fishing
Out-of-control gas prices cut charter captains, guides deep
Gasoline prices are skyrocketing and while it hits everybody, every day, sportsmen are really feeling the pinch when it comes to fishing.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Another Bussey Brake slab crappie
Adams gets second chance, puts 3.57 crappie in the livewell Crappie fisherman Steve Adams got the monkey off his back. Or, to be more specific, he got the record crappie in his livewell. Adams had[…]
Big Bass
Baker angler hauls in Toledo Bend lunker bass
Paul Norwood of Baker was fishing at Toledo Bend on March 2 when he caught an 11.65-pound largemouth bass. with a Bandit 200 crankbait.[…]
Big Bass
Caney Lake yields monster bass during tournament
Dusty Nomey caught a monster 13.21-pound largemouth bass on a Strike King chatterbait from Caney Lake on Feb. 27.[…]