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Fighting formula
Like a coach chalk-talking in the locker room, Reid McKinstry used his Venice yellowfin experience to outline a simple, yet profoundly effective method for defeating these brutal fish.[…]
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Offshore Fishing
Keep your eye on the sky
Along with baits, terminal tackle, and landing net, add “weather watching” to your summer rigs check list. Amid the rod-bending revelry of summer rig fishing, take precautions to keep everyone safe and comfortable.[…]
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Update: LDWF says red snapper season could potentially last through Labor Day
If you’ve got a red snapper trip coming up off the Louisiana coast, you’re good to go — at least for now.[…]
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Texas angler’s giant hammerhead shatters Gulf record
An angler in the Texas City Jaycees Tackle Time Fishing Tournament reeled in a giant hammerhead shark this weekend.[…]
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Will Louisiana’s red snapper season make it all the way to Labor Day?
If you’re planning a red snapper trip this summer, you’re probably better off scheduling it sooner rather than later. […]
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Potential No. 2 swordfish — at 294.5 pounds — caught Friday out of South Pass
Seven of Louisiana’s Top 10 swordfish have been caught on Capt. Peace Marvel’s boat — but none have ever gotten up-close and personal with him like an aggressive 294-pounder did Friday afternoon out of South Pass.[…]
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Tuna Tamers
When Brian Evans left Cajun Fishing Adventures in Buras around 6:30 a.m., he knew he’d spend about 10 hours in the Gulf of Mexico. He probably didn’t expect to spend 15 percent of that time fighting a single yellowfin tuna — one that went 110 pounds.[…]
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Summer rig bounty
The sky is the limit when fishing around nearshore rigs during the summer. Cooler water plus lots of structure equals fish magnets for Louisiana anglers.[…]
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LDWF: About 700,000 pounds of red snapper remain for 2017 recreational harvest
Before this month’s extended federal season ever cranked up, Louisiana anglers had already harvested about one-third of the state’s self-imposed 2017 recreational quota of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
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Guest editorial exposes conflicts of interest on Gulf Council
In a tremendous display of arrogance, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council member David Walker of Alabama went on a rant at the June meeting of the Gulf Council in which he proclaimed that millionaire shareholders like himself are the only ones who contribute anything to the red snapper fishery.[…]
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Attempted sale of red snapper in Dulac leads to drug arrest, citations, LDWF says
A tip led enforcement agents to a seafood dock in Dulac on Sunday, where one person was cited for alleged commercial fishing violations and another was booked into the Terrebonne Parish jail on drug charges, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Gulf states agree to 39-day red snapper summer season
For the first time in a long time, there’s some rare good news on the red snapper front in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]
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LWF Commission approves 27-day red snapper season extension
Pending approval and acceptance by the four other Gulf state’s fisheries directors and the U.S. Department of Commerce, recreational anglers in Louisiana will get an extended 27-day weekends-only recreational red snapper season in federal waters this summer starting Saturday, June 17 and going through Labor Day.[…]
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LWF Commission schedules Monday meeting to decide on possible red snapper summer season
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission will hold a special meeting Monday afternoon at 1:30 to get public input and discuss the state’s potential participation in an extended recreational red snapper season this summer.[…]
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LDWF pulls controversial red snapper pilot program
Exactly two weeks after touting a pilot study praised by the governor that would have awarded 150 randomly selected anglers the opportunity to catch 25,000 pounds of Gulf red snapper — and just days after that same plan was torched by the Louisiana legislature in a resolution calling for the study to be scrapped — the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced it was deferring the controversial program until August.[…]
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27-day weekend-only recreational red snapper season in the works
Forget that tired old tie and pair of socks: Get your dad a nice red snapper rig this Father’s Day — because it looks like he might be able to use it all summer long this year in federal waters.[…]