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Going into the last two tournaments of 2024, Caleb Sumrall was at a crossroads in the seventh year of his career on the Bassmaster Elite Series.

LAFAYETTE – Young Bennet Billeaud of Lafayette, who reeled a blue marlin to the boat for the first time earlier this summer while sitting in a fighting chair, caught his second blue marlin a little more than month later the old-fashioned way, with standup tackle.

CYPREMORT POINT – After winning the Cypremort Point Invitational Fishing Association’s Redfish Division in 2023, Kyle LeBlanc has staked his claim to winning first place this year in the Speckled

Two long-time fishing buddies once made a storied, extra-long boat ride that paid off handsomely with a Hawg Fight Classic win in 2018.

This chunky bass tried to inhale a War Eagle Pro Football Jig, which finally hit the market after ICAST 2023.

Fog was so thick, like pea soup, Dr. Darryl Elias couldn’t see across the marshy pond in front of his duck blind near Intracoastal City.

Acadiana’s rabbit hunters who enjoy hunting public lands have the No. 1 rabbit hunting Wildlife Management Area here in their backyard, the Atchafalaya Basin.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists have been monitoring fish kills across most of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast since Hurricane Francine came in in south central Louisiana.

LOREAUVILLE – A Loreauville outdoorsman and avid hunter may never experience another squirrel hunting trip like he did one day last season.

Creme Lure Co.’s Mike Clark catches big crappie on the Creme Crappie Shad. (Photo courtesy Mike Clark)