The guys fishing the “Boomie” Chustz Memorial bass circuit gave Capital City area fishermen an insight into how False River might be shaping up for the March 17 Pointe Coupee Kiwanis bass tournament.
It was one of those days, a rare, midwinter break from rain, wind, chill and stormy sea that comes along so seldom that any fishermen — no matter their angling penchant — knows something good awaits the rising of that day’s sun.
The calendar gets pretty sneaky this time of year, and with hunting seasons on the wane, south Louisiana outdoorsmen begin working on their boats and shaking the dust and cleaning cobwebs off tackle boxes.
When Bart Yakupzack wanted to elicit public comment on a hot-topic waterfowl issue, he got what he wanted.
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For Robbie Latuso, the Bassmaster Elite season started with a bang.
If there was such a thing as a moaning contest, it would be difficult to judge the south Louisiana winner.
Because the federal government shutdown hindered votes on key issues, notably state management for the recreational red snapper sector, the major move from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s January meeting was setting percentages for…
Speckled trout have been tough to come by this winter across the Louisiana coast, but you wouldn’t know that by the slime in John Kendrick’s ice chest.
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A Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ advisory issued Tuesday warned residents from the Acadiana area east through the Florida Parishes concerning an increase in reports of raccoons found with distemper.
Louisiana’s recreational offshore fishermen could get even more days on the water to pursue red snapper after the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved new alternative.
The White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area is a vast marshland south of Gueydan in Vermilion Parish. It is one of the gems in the state’s Sportsman’s Paradise crown.
So now that our students are back in the full swing at school — a sometimes not so welcomed reawakening from the holidays — they have the chance to embrace an enriching opportunity.
If you could hear the cries of waterfowl hunters amidst the now week-long din of disappointment uttered by Saints' fans, then you might have heard a low moan — sometimes even a loud and long string of words unsuitable for tender ears — long before…
Frosty air that only hours earlier had been breathed by Arkansas residents rustled the tips of spartina along the shore of the Pontchartrain Basin and bounced off a camouflaged coat worn by Chad Harvey.
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council opens its first 2019 meeting Monday in Orange Beach, Alabama, but its 17 members might not be able to take final votes on two key items.
If you’ve ever fished for rainbow trout in the snow and cold, then you’ll have a chance to do it this week.
When the red snapper season begins this summer in the Gulf of Mexico, some fish will carry $250 and even $500 worth of tags, as part of a study to estimate just how many of the popular sport and table fish live in the Gulf. The fish can be release…
Richard Bruhl was listening for a certain bark, and he definitely heard it.
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Have you joined the river watchers?
America’s Wetland Foundation is heading a team needing volunteers to plant cypress trees, and hopefully reforest, newly reclaimed lands in the Pointe-Aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area near Montegut in Terrebonne Parish.
Where are the trout?
When Mike Gerald resurrected his Airline Highway business up and running after the devastating 2016 flood, he deep-down believed things his business would change.
With most big-game and waterfowl seasons nearing their final days, springtime hunts are around the corner and it’s time for turkey hunters to consider sending in applications for lottery hunts on nine state wildlife management areas.
For a few moments waterfowl seasons held the floor during Tuesday’s lengthy, six-hour Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting.
Along with the celebration of the new year, houseboat owners across the state also have a mandate to register their on-the-water home away from home.
With thousands of hunters still afield for any or all of the state’s resident game, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission accepted, then amended parts of the proposed 2019-2020 hunting seasons for game and migratory birds during Tuesday’…
The proposed 2019-2020 Louisiana hunting seasons from Tuesday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting. Proposed seasons issued by State Wildlife Division staff then amended by LWFC. Public comments will be accepted through 9 p.m. Mar…
If you’re wondering where speckled trout will be in the “lull” after-the-holidays week, then look at the weather.
The Modern Fish Act is on the books after President Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve signature became the last step in a near five-year struggle by sportfishing, conservation and boating interests to improve the methods the federal fisheries staff us…
The top 10 in each whitetail deer by category maintained by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries under Boone & Crockett (gun), Pope & Young (archery) and Longhunter Society (muzzleloader) scoring methods, and also published b…
Unless you took that trophy whitetail buck early in the current season — and took it in the state — you’ll have to wait for an “official” score to find out where you stand among the trophy deer records kept by the state’s Wildlife Division biologi…
Duck, Duck, Goose is a children’s game, one some Louisiana waterfowls aren’t getting a chance to play.
Boat owners across Louisiana had a lump of coal awaiting them Christmas Day.
In addition to the Modern Fish Act, and two other major conservation and land access wins across the country this year, folks who’ve grown up fishing False River and battled for more than 20 years to restore False River can claim an equally heady …