Sunday, Sept. 26, is the annual Clean Out Your Freezer Day. The Hunters for the Hungry collection sites include:
By now anyone who wanted to know knows about the new red snapper season.
Louisiana’s recreational offshore anglers will be allowed to catch red snapper under new guidelines issued Wednesday by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The appeal never gets old, and the motto “Hunters who care, share,” has been with us for more than 25 years.
MANY— Top 20 results from 152-team Louisiana High School BASS Nation-West Division bass tournament held from Cypress Bend on Toledo Bend with anglers, their high school/team, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass limit), total weight in po…
HUNTING SEASONS
Except for power and water restoration for some, recovery for thousands more across southeast Louisiana appears to be weeks, months, maybe a year after Hurricane Ida left a vast, destructive swath across as many as 18 parishes.
Amidst the magnitude of this unfolding tragedy, there is a laughable moment.
A low Mississippi River and Atchafalaya Basin and Gulf of Mexico waters warm, almost hot, and the approaching hurricane is building in to the dangerous Category 3 maybe Cat 4 level.
Ascension Area Anglers bass tournament
Among the many nuisances of this pandemic is what can only be called “calendar creep.”
Checked out the Mississippi River lately?
The call came late in the afternoon, and the unmistakable voice on the other end was the always-excited Venice charterboat skipper Peace Marvel.
If there is one overwhelming reason hundreds of thousands of Louisianans like to fish is because they like to eat their catches.
GRAND ISLE — Saturday’s final leaderboard from the three-day 93-annual International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo with anglers, their hometowns (boat name and boat captain listed in tag & release divisions) and weight of their catches in pounds and…
Coming off a six weeks of rain, and coming into what appears to be the beginning of the “dog days,” it’s time to change your fishing strategy if you plan to catch fish the rest of the summer.
Jr. SW Bassmasters
There’s no busier fishing destination in the Deep South these days than the roads, marinas and waters from The Fourchon south on La. 1 to Grand Isle.
Knowing all the skips we had during 2020’s heightening awareness of the pandemic, it’s OK if rodeos, bass tournaments and all other manners of outdoors contests and adventures carried over its “annual” label for their events.
Here’s hoping you’ve got more to do today, on this special holiday, than to read rather than enjoy the great outdoor adventures our Louisiana has to offer.
If ever you meet Thad Bellow you’ll remember his smile.
Jr. SW Bassmasters
Knowing most of the adults are leading the way, it’s always a welcomed time when Junior Southwest Bassmasters sends in the report from its latest on-the-water get-together.
Happy Father’s Day.
PLAQUEMINE — Top seven teams in the two-day Westwide Bassmasters tournament held from Jack Miller’s Landing with anglers, number of bass weighed in parentheses (5-bass daily limit) and total catch weight in pounds:
What! We’ve been six days without rain!
Fish, frenzy, frolicking, fun, sweat, sob stories, weather (fair and foul), beer (and other icy concoctions), water, waves and friends all add up to rodeo time in south Louisiana.
Judging from the mountain-high stacks of sheetrock in the home repair stores these days, this Memorial Day isn’t a glorious time, especially if you're among the hundreds of homeowners needing to use that material to fix flood damage.
Jr. SW Bassmasters
Did we fail to honor Mother Nature enough on Mother’s Day?