Entry to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area will be restricted during the next several months while the bridge providing primary access will be closing to allow a new bridge to be constructed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 24).[…]
BASS announced Thursday that the 2010 Junior Bassmaster World Championship will be held Oct. 29 on Cross Lake, and Louisiana will be represented by Paulina’s Matt Nobile.[…]
Many enjoy archery and bow hunting because of the increased challenge and heightened sense of accomplishment through taking game with a bow. What makes archery such a challenge?[…]
Louisiana’s southeasternmost wildlife management area became the ugly, oily poster child for manmade catastrophes after April 20, the day of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.[…]
Fishery managers on Thursday (Sept. 21) approved an extension to the red snapper fishing season to begin on Oct. 1, with fishing allowed only on Fridays through Sundays until Nov. 22, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday (Sept. 21) reopened 8,084 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing, although that opening is at the southern portion of the waters closed in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year.[…]
When Captain Scott Poche pointed to his left while reeling in a big redfish, I knew things were just fine in Lafitte. The pack of redfish moving in to see what all the fuss was about didn’t stand a chance in the crystal-clear water.[…]
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]
Several fish kills along the Louisiana have been reported in the past week or so, and a state fisheries biologist said the culprit was low dissolved oxygen levels.[…]
Teal are not large ducks and don’t require heavy loads that bigger ducks do to knock them down. However, in today’s world of trying to find the perfect load with plenty of pattern density, packing enough mojo to get the job done is difficult.[…]
The long off season finally ended as the 2010 teal season kicked off Saturday morning. Hunters were greeted with temperatures anything but “fall-like,” and the mosquitoes swarmed about in the largely windless, sticky morning air; par for the course here in Louisiana.[…]
LouisianaSportsman.com regular Holy Mackerel (who goes by the every-day alias of John Gremillion when not on the site) experienced a great weekend trip out of Venice, targeting several different species.[…]
If you’re a bowhunter, you’ve no doubt pulled your bow out of the closet a couple weeks before the season to shoot a few times just to see if you’re still sighted in. You may feel like you’re ready, but are you?[…]
Ethanol is a fact of life, but many don’t understand the issues surrounding the gasoline blend. LouisianaSportsman.com has collected as much information as possible so that our users can make informed decisions.[…]
Following rampant, doubtful speculation during the summer months, Louisiana hunters are set to get a taste of teal this weekend, and the reports look promising despite the sweltering temperatures.[…]
Game wardens have an unenviable job, working long hours in remote areas and interacting with a public that is, by its very nature, often armed. So what is the life of a game warden like?[…]