Bass Fishing
Urban kayak oasis
With no motorboat traffic, Bayou St. John is a great, safe place for new and experienced kayak anglers alike.[…]
Southeast LA
Freshwater Fishing
Reconnecting Bayou Lafourche is goal of massive restoration effort
This Bayou Lafourche restoration project helps improve the connection of the Mississippi River and the Lafourche basin.[…]
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.[…]
Features
Speckled trout puzzle
Southeast Louisiana is always impacted in March by increased river water flows. So here’s how to put have speckled trout success.[…]
Features
Anglers stunned over fishing habitat destroyed by Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida’s 150 mile per hour-plus winds scoured and decimated Louisiana’s coastal marshes in ways not seen since Hurricane Katrina.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Cold means hot fishing in Chalmette
As the weather chills in these coldest months of the year, the speckled trout action out of Chalmette usually heats up.[…]
Crappie/Bream
Lake Boeuf crappie move to deep banks in December
Bass pro Tyler Rivet of Raceland turns his attention to catching big sac-a-lait in December in Lake Boeuf.[…]
Bass Fishing
Bass in the marsh? Why not?
Bass are showing up, getting established and growing larger in areas where you would have found only redfish and trout a decade ago.[…]
Features
Time to make a redfish hop to it
Soft-plastic frogs, a staple among freshwater bass fishermen, can put a hurting on redfish, too. Here are some places to fish them, and how.[…]
Newsletters
LDWF efforts to save birds impacted by oil spill at Belle Chasse refinery continue
The LDWF continues efforts to rescue oiled birds at the site of an oil spill near Alliance Refinery at Belle Chasse.[…]
Features
Slidell guide sets trap for September specks
Adam Shields has a strategy to intercept a speckled trout’s transition this month by using travel routes and baitfish habits against them.[…]
Bass Fishing
Don’t overlook the Pearl River Navigational Canal for summer bass
Chad Hartzog explains how anglers should fish Lock One of the Pearl River Navigational Canal for August bass.[…]
Bass Fishing
Topwater bass fishing heats up on Northshore in July
Look for areas loaded with bait and make long casts to find bass at Northshore’s Bayou Bonfouca this month.[…]
Newsletters
Dulac PE teacher battles big red bully to begin summer break
Janie Voisin, a 51-year-old phys ed teacher from Dulac, cast her line into Bayou Colyell on June 11 and hooked a big bull redfish.[…]
Features
The 2021 big-speck phenomena
Why are south Louisiana waters ‘suddenly’ filled with above-average sized speckled trout this spring? Is dirty water to be applauded?[…]
Features
Fish by day, cook by night
Fish by day, cook by night: how an Eden Isles couple incorporates the mindset of subsistence fishing to get meaning and purpose to life.[…]