IFA Redfish
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
It’s clear, redfish are on the agenda for August.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Saturday that the state recreational red snapper season will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Seven young writers and photographers from across the state were honored Saturday night during the annual awards banquet, the highlight of the annual Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association’s conference held this year in Gonzales.
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Acadiana sportsmen have a new regional Wildlife and Fisheries office location.
Like most charterboat skippers, Frank Dreher knew he was under the gun.
Saturday, August 04, 2018
Another inshore shrimp season for 2018 will open in August after the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted two opening dates for the state’s “inside” waters during its meeting Thursday in New Orleans.
The state’s latest red snapper report from the week ending July 22 is Louisiana anglers added 23,928 pounds during that Friday-through-Sunday season.
Saturday, August 04, 2018
PARIS, Tenn. — Keying on the coolest water they could find made winners of Grayson Morris and Tucker Smith during the Bassmaster High School Series National Championship at Kentucky Lake.
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
THURSDAY
You know hunting season is getting close when the area’s top deer-hunting group sends notices of its upcoming seminar.
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Faux Pas
With red snapper having an open weekend-only season, and amberjack and gray triggerfish seasons finally open, recreational fishermen have a nearly full slate of species available for the taking.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A bill in Congress, Senate Bill 3223, could, if passed, send $19 million annually to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to help “conserve more than 700 nongame fish and wildlife species and their habitats,” according to the LDWF an…
What a re-VOLT-ing development state Wildlife and Fisheries’ Enforcement Division agents found on the Ouachita River early last week.
Thursday, July 26, 2018
GRAND ISLE — Guy Cenac stole the show at Thursday’s opening day of the 90th Annual International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
LSC Bass
Think you need to spend upwards of $40,000 on a modern, high-powered, fully electronically outfitted bass boat to win a bass tournament?
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the keeper of their state’s fish records, announced this week a new Florida bluefin tuna record.
THURSDAY
Weekly tidal ranges for Shell Beach at Lake Borgne, South Pass of the Mississippi River, Grand Isle at Caminada Pass and Caillou Boca south of Cocodrie:
Saturday, July 21, 2018
If you want to fish a saltwater rodeo, one with loads of competitive fishermen, then this is the week to do it.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The application deadlines for lottery teal and dove hunts along with lottery deer hunts for youths, veterans and the physically disables are approaching. The teal hunt is set for the special September season and will be held on the White Lake Wetl…
Fourchon Oilman’s
Wayne Charpentier is in the oil business.
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Inland Fisheries Section biologists and managers have scheduled a drawdown for Henderson Lake beginning in August.
Sportsmen’s groups and boating/fishing associations across the country celebrated last week’s U.S. House passage of H.R. 200, a bill entitled “Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017” or by the more popular “Modern Fish Act.”
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Golden Meadow Tarpon Rodeo
If there’s one lesson to be learned from Ronald Kimble’s hunting trip in November, it’s a hunter’s need to identify the target before pulling a trigger.
While much of the country’s fishing community, including a heavy Louisiana contingent, are gathered in Orlando, Florida, for the annual ICAST Show — our nation’s biggest fishing-trade event — most of Louisiana is gearing up for what could be a big…
Weekly tidal ranges for Shell Beach at Lake Borgne, South Pass of the Mississippi River, Grand Isle at Caminada Pass and Caillou Boca south of Cocodrie:
Saturday, July 07, 2018
It was only a matter of time before the first notable fishing reports came from the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and the area near “The Wall,” the massive storm-surge prevention project in upper St. Bernard Parish.
In addition to the changes made to the private recreational red snapper season during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday — a weekends-only snapper plan beginning Friday — the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted to split funds for wa…
Wednesday, July 04, 2018
Bassmaster Elite
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
Hard to believe hunting seasons are less than two months away, and the signal these seasons are nearing come with Department of Wildlife and Fisheries lottery hunts with approaching application deadlines.
After catches fell short of projections, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted Friday-through-Sunday red snapper seasons for private recreational anglers beginning with the July 13 weekend.
Saturday, June 30, 2018
While the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission decided in Tuesday’s special meeting,to put what only now can be called a temporary halt to the private recreational red snapper season — it will end at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 8 — the issue to…