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.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
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
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
Wednesday, July 04, 2018
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…
For most of the past four weeks, speckled trout catches along the Central Coast were labeled “dismal.”
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
The seven-day-a-week private recreational red snapper season produced a catch much greater than 2017’s special 39-day extended red snapper season. That forced the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to call a special meeting Tuesday in Bat…
Now that Louisiana is engulfed in the first extended summer heat wave, fishermen need to know the fish respond to the 90-plus degree days, too.
Chustz Memorial Classic
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Facing the possibility of exceeding the annual quota, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted to close the private recreational red snapper season at 11:59 p.m. July 8.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
The light from Don Sobba’s boathouse illuminated dad’s weathered face from 90 years in the outdoors. He was blind in his right eye, a victim of glaucoma. Wire-rimmed glasses helped with his remaining limited vision. A broad-brimmed straw hat cover…
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
It’s hard to know where to start on this third week in June, but with more activity in salty water, let’s start there.
Junior Southwest Bassmasters
Thousands of Louisiana fishermen let July 1 sneak up on them every year. It’s the day after current fishing licenses expire. You need a new one to be legal come July 1.
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Here’s a note for all the dads on Father’s Day. Don’t do these things and teach your children to not do them. Wildlife and Fisheries’ Enforcement Division reports have three men in deep trouble.
It’s difficult to predict when the trout action will be getting back to normal along the Central Coast. It’s been nearly four weeks now that catches have dropped in coastal waters from Four Bayous west to the Timbaliers.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
So how many things have you thought about giving that special older man in your life when it comes to Sunday, Father’s Day?
If you know or heard anything about Grand Isle and the speckled trout living around Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, then you know the names of Bootsie Toups and Terry St. Cyr, and how dedicated these two men are to their pastime.
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, June 09, 2018
Private recreational fishermen caught 83,277 pounds of red snapper on the first three days of the season — May 25-27 — which amounted to 13 percent of the state’s self-imposed annual quota of near 750,000.
With Swollfest’s giant fundraising fishing celebration running to a final weigh-in Saturday on Grand Isle, June’s final 20 days feature enough fishing competition to take anglers through to the Fourth of July.
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
Catholic High Alumni Rodeo
Coastal fishermen are wondering just how eventful this weekend’s Free Fishing Days across the state will be.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
Hey, young guys and gals, want a chance to get into fishing?
Saturday, June 02, 2018
While nearly 500 were competing for prizes Saturday on the final day of the 10th Catholic High Alumni Rodeo, an army of volunteers were loading trailers in Baton Rouge and other south Louisiana locations to trek to Grand Isle for this week’s 21st-…
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Subtropical event?
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Leading up to this Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced last week a plan to open or expand hunting and fishing to near 250,000 acres on 30 national wildlife refuges.