Catfish
Denham Springs woman lands blue catfish that’s all-white
Katie Purvis Johns was fishing along the Bonnet Carré Spillway with her husband and daughter when she caught a 19-pound leucistic catfish.[…]
Outdoor Updates
Hunting Reports
Young hunter killed opening day bird for third-straight season
Hayden Johnson, 7, killed a turkey for the third-straight season on opening morning of the youth hunt weekend in Jackson Parish.[…]
Big Bass
Oakdale angler untangles lunker
David Perales of Oakdale hooked this big 10.14-pound Toledo Bend bass from a tangled buck bush on April 9.[…]
Fishing
CCA Star kicks off May 29
The 27th annual CCA Louisiana STAR will begin on Saturday, May 29. The tournament will span the summer, ending on Labor Day, Sept. 6.[…]
News Breaker
Homeward bound: One pelican’s journey from catastrophe
A victim of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010, a brown pelican returned to Louisiana last month to Queen Bess Island in Barataria.[…]
Newsletters
Spring trout fishing is strong on Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne, owner of Matrix Shad, caught a 6-pound, 25-inch speckled trout on Tuesday, April 6, in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
Big Bass
Pineville angler lands two double-digit bass on back-to-back casts at Caney
On March 28, Dustin Chelette from Pineville caught two, double-digit, largemouth bass on back-to-back casts at Caney Lake.[…]
Big Bass
Many angler scores Toledo Bend lunker in tournament
Herby Dauphinet of Many was fishing the Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Bass Tournament when he caught a 10.79-pound bass.[…]
Big Bass
Texas man snakes big bass out of Toledo Bend
Elmer Ernst of Orange, Texas, caught a great bass on March 26, 2021 in the Indian Creek area of Toledo Bend Reservoir.[…]
Big Bass
Add three more whoppers to the Toledo Bend lunker list!
Three more 10-pound-plus largemouths were caught at Toledo Bend last weekend and entered into the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program.[…]
Big Bass
Bass clubbers double up on double-digit bass on Caney
On March 20, Caney Lake Bass Club members Mark Hodge and Brice Jones mined Caney Lake for bass that tipped the scales in excess of 10 pounds.[…]
Big Bass
Jennings angler boats big Toledo Bend bass, breaks rod next day
Jeffrey Tall of Jennings landed a 10.81-pound Toledo Bend bass on March 18 and entered it in the Toledo Bend Lunker Bass Program.[…]
Big Bass
ULM duo captures B.A.S.S. state title
ULM’s Jacob Andrews and Connor Nimrod came in first place in the B.A.S.S. Nation Louisiana College Championship on Caney Lake.[…]
Big Bass
Pineville man boats Toledo Bend lunker
Gaven Shelton of Pineville caught a huge Toledo Bend bass on March 13 during a Bass Busterz Bass Club tournament with partner Casey Clark.[…]
Big Bass
Big fish anchors a big-bass day
Bart Blakelock caught a 10.61-pound Toledo Bend bass that hit a small crankbait on a trip with Joe Norris on March 12.[…]
Big Bass
Stewart “bugs” record Bussey bass into biting
Tyler Stewart caught the new Bussey Brake Reservoir record largemouth bass, a 12.74 giant, with a Googan Bandito Bug on March 16.[…]