Jr. SW Bassmasters
Looks like we’re going to get a full dose of government this week, some good but mostly bad.
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Friday’s fishing adventure into the Verret Basin was an eye opener.
Make hay while the sun shines.
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After a couple of weeks of full-blown speckled trout action — OK, not every day, but most days — there’s usually a hiccup in catches when the spring inshore shrimp season begins because there are more boats on the water.
May is Safe Boating Month, and while you’re getting your boat ready for the spring, summer and fall fishing run — is there really a fishing season in Louisiana? — there’s some getting ready to do outdoors-wise.
Storm Randall was a nurse, 40 years at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge.
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For younger south Louisiana fishers, mentioning Bob Scearce mans you’re likely to have to ask us old gray-headed folks about the man who wrote about fishing for 50 years in The Advocate and his 15-minute Friday night TV program.
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All Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed until further notice. For recreational, commercial, boating and all other licensing needs, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
Game violations are nothing new in Louisiana’s outdoors, but there’s enough evidence amidst this pandemic to believe some folks think state wildlife enforcement agents are not on the job.
Shut in does not mean shut out, and while a number of you who believe you have come through the worst of this epidemic, Gov. John Edwards is right — stay home, practice the guidelines and stay safe.
Maybe it’s because Jeff Bruhl is smart, or maybe it’s because he works in the world of medicine — most assuredly both — that has made Bruhl cautious about where and what he does in these days of coronovirus.
All state Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed until further notice. For recreational, commercial, boating and all other licensing needs, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
notebook for thursday april 2
So, we’re all in this together — and apart.
All Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed until further notice. For recreational, commercial, boating and all other licensing needs, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
All Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed until further notice. For recreational, commercial, boating and all other licensing needs, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
Jr. Southwest Bassmasters
By now, if you don’t know and understand how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, then somebody has not been paying attention.
All Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed “until further notice.” For recreational, commercial, boating and all other licensing needs, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
All Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries offices are closed “until further notice.” For recreational, commercial, boating licensing needs and to find out how to get your turkey tags for the spring season, go to the LDWF website: wlf.louisiana.gov.
Come Monday we should know a whole lot more about how well recovery plans are working to restore False River as one of our state’s premier freshwater fishing lakes.
Note: Because of the coronavirus situation, some events listed might be canceled or postponed.
GONZALES — State and local authorities stepped in late Friday and ordered the 41st annual Louisiana Sportsman Show be closed at Lamar Dixon Expo Center.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Three ounces, just three measly ounces, kept New Iberia’s Caleb Sumrall from making it to Sunday’s final round in the 50th Bassmaster Classic.
The Louisiana Sportsman’s Show is a gathering of outdoors folks like no other in our state, and it begins its four-day run Thursday on the sprawling grounds of the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
After paying close attention to the dozens of guys weighing five-fish limits in Saturday’s Anglers Against Autism bass tournament, it’s difficult to render any verdict on where to go and what to do when you get there in either the Atchafalaya or V…
Anglers Against Autism
Monday is, and has been for generations of south Louisiana freshwater fishermen, a benchmark day.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Louisiana's Caleb Sumrall and Darold Gleason have a long way to go to make the top 25 and survive Saturday's cut to the top 25 after Friday's first round of the 50th Bassmaster Classic.
A day before some national touring pro bass fishermen stands in front of a roaring crowd holding the Bassmaster Classic trophy — and thinking how the $300,000 first-place money will help his family and further his career — two among some 24 high s…
Bass fishing takes center stage this week with the 50th Bassmaster Classic.
La. BASS College
Ever notice, in our hustle-and-bustle world, how difficult it is to get knowledgeable folks to gather in one place at one time?
Thursday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting will concentrate on hearing final public comment and making any amendments to the proposed 2020-2021 hunting seasons and wildlife management area regulations.
Just when fishermen thought they might have figured all this rainy, somewhat mild winter thing figured out, they come to the stark realization — again — that they haven't, and likely might never be able to.
Junior Southwest Bassmasters
Gray triggerfish go back on the “catch” list Sunday and will run through 12:01 a.m. CDT May 2. The announcement came earlier this week from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Effective March 23, charterboat operations with federal reef-fish permits will have an additional 344,000 pounds added to this year’s annual catch target.
While we’re waiting for the rainwater to reach its appointed destinations, and for Monday’s rain to bring another cold front — good news there’s much-needed sunshine for Mardi Gras and the rest of the week — it’s time to set your calendar for a bu…