Another portion of the waters outside Cocodrie re-open to fishing tomorrow (June 12) morning a half hour before sunrise, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
A portion of Breton and Chandeleur sounds and associated state offshore waters reopened just after 8:30 this evening (June 9), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Even more waters out of Port Sulphur and Empire have been closed to all fishing as a result of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, leaving only a small portion of the area’s marsh west of the Mississippi River remaining open, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported this afternoon (June 8).[…]
More Cocodrie marshes and Vermilion Parish offshore waters reopened for fishing this evening (June 7) by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The Central Louisiana Branch of the Quality Deer Management Association hosted its annual scoring event in Marksville last week, and once again proved why Avoyelles Parish is probably the top-producing big-buck parish in the state.[…]
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. – Chad Brauer earned the Bassmaster Central Open title on the Red River on Saturday (June 5) by capping off the three-day tournament with the week’s heaviest catch – 21 pounds, 3 ounces. That pushed his total weight to 56 pounds, 14 ounces to best his nearest competitor by more than 16 pounds.[…]
Waters along the west side of the Mississippi River south of Empire close to fishing today at sunset after oil from the BP spill was confirmed in the area, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Public officials say concerns about anglers eating seafood are driving fishing closures following the BP oil spill, but not one of the thousands of fish, shellfish, water or sediment samples collected across coastal Louisiana has revealed any contamination, LouisianaSportsman.com has learned.[…]
Yesterday, following a visit to the state’s dredging operations at East Grand Terre, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that the state is executing an emergency contract to immediately begin mobilizing dredges and start work on the six sand-boom segments approved by the White House.[…]
If you’re looking for a spot to fish this coming weekend, you need to be aware of what’s happening in Lake Borgne. Capt. John Falterman with Therapy Charters says the rigs in Borgne are on fire, and they’ve been giving up huge numbers of speckled trout with some big trout to boot.[…]
The new 50 quart YETI Tundra from YETI Coolers has a deeper, cube-shaped design which takes up less valuable deck space and makes for an ideal casting platform, seat and food and drink cooler.[…]
A small portion of state offshore waters in Vermilion Parish closed effective just before 8 p.m. today (June 2), and waters in northeastern St. Bernard Parish reopens for fishing tomorrow (June 3) at sunrise, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
Tend the food plots, manage the timber, check the pH and get rid of the weeds. We’ve all heard and know it.[…]
David George DeMersseman was 54 years old, an insurance executive and on a road trip. He was sitting in a Waffle House on a major thoroughfare next to an entrance/exit off Interstate 12 in my town, having an early breakfast or a late dinner — the newspapers didn’t specify.[…]
I remember looking through some old photographs that my mother had when I found one of my mother and dad sitting in one of dad’s race boats. The third person in the boat was me.[…]
Doc Fontaine’s brother-in-law of the month was visiting South Louisiana from Oregon for a wedding. He also wanted to squeeze in some of the fabulous fishing Doc had been preaching about since they’d met a year earlier.[…]