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Video: Hooked-up 7-foot hammerhead attacked by giant tiger shark
Question: When does a 7-foot fish on your line turn into live bait?[…]
Offshore Fishing
Field Notes
Top 3 tips to mop up on mangroves
Every summer, Tommy Vidrine tears himself away from catching hammer speckled trout at Grand Isle and heads offshore in pursuit of mangrove snapper.[…]
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Recreational amberjack season in Gulf will not reopen in 2016
If you were planning on making an amberjack trip in the Gulf of Mexico when the season reopened on Aug. 1, make other plans.[…]
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NOAA hosting public meetings on potential expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be holding two public meetings in Louisiana to get feedback on their proposal to expand the boundaries of Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary located off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Go south, young man, for better trout fishing
The Vermilion Bay speckled trout fishery is known for two things. First, it produces a lot of big specks. Second, it’s a highly seasonal fishery.[…]
Offshore Fishing
The bone-a-fide fishing style
Shane Zeringue, Casey McLaurin and Lane LeMaire fish with very few artificial lures, although they admitted speckled trout where they fish can be caught with fakes.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Rating Duce rods
At the end of the day, Cade Eskridge asked the men to give him feedback on the Duce rods they had tested.[…]
News Breaker
Louisiana is only Gulf state not supporting regional red snapper management bill
Louisiana currently stands alone as the only Gulf state indicating it would be unable to afford to oversee red snapper management if oversight authority of the fishery is ultimately stripped away from the federal government.[…]
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Red snapper management would cost Louisiana $10 million-plus in first year, LDWF says
If red snapper management is ultimately turned over to the individual Gulf states through Garret Graves’ bill currently moving through Congress, the program would come with a $10,039,000 price tag for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in its first year, according to the state’s head fisheries biologist.[…]
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South Pass sandbar rips transom, two Yamaha outboards off 25-foot Grady-White
An overnight offshore trip came to an abrupt halt for four anglers heading out of Venice Saturday morning when their 25-foot Grady-White hit a sandbar in South Pass and ripped the transom and two Yamaha outboards completely off the boat.[…]
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LA Creel not enough to cover full snapper management, biologist says
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Charlie Melancon’s opposition to a congressional bill to hand over red snapper management to the Gulf states hinged on the bill’s lack of federal funding and what he estimated could be a $10 million annual price tag.[…]
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Hebert claims dismissal from LWF Commission payback for red snapper resolution
Former Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission member Julie Hebert attributed her dismissal from the governing board earlier this year to her April resolution supporting Congressman Garret Graves’ bill giving control of red snapper management to the Gulf states, a New Orleans-based website reported.[…]
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Double up — Why you should fish nearshore Gulf waters instead of Vermilion Bay
Fishing for speckled trout over here isn’t for sissies.
The five anglers left Shane Zeringue’s camp at Cypremort Point at 5 a.m., and it was going to be at least a 45-minute run in his 32-foot Offshore Yellowfin.[…]
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Pulling the trigger — How to catch triggerfish out of Grand Isle
“But nobody actually fishes for TAAAW-PON during the Grand Isle TAAAW-PON Rodeo!” Artie roared. […]
Columns
Yellow is a good color offshore
The grouper family has a lot of fish trimmed in yellow, and all of them are good to eat.[…]
News Breaker
Funding objections to regional red snapper management ‘political crap,’ congressman says
The Baton Rouge author of a congressional bill that would transfer management of red snapper to the five Gulf of Mexico states fired back this week at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries secretary, who last week issued a statement saying a lack of federal funding could prevent the state from participating in any regional management program.[…]