Joey Palmisano was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer about five years ago. Not long after that, he sat down with his son Billy Joe to find out any plans the younger Palmisano had for the future.[…]
Many red snapper trips are made on offshore boats. Capt. Eric Dumas figured out a way to make it happen for himself in his 24-foot Ranger bay boat.[…]
Ron Aulds’ favorite way to fish Caney Lake might be working big worms in the deep brush piles, but he knows that’s not the only way to catch big bass.[…]
Saltwater fishing has its ups and downs, but when snapper top your target list you’ll have a ton of fun with a bait based on the notion of up-and-down.[…]
Snapper are notoriously wary, but if anything can override their caution, it’s their appetite.[…]
“And they call this recreation?,” I thought to myself as the Snapper Time, a 21-foot Cape Horn, swung into a wide arc and slowed to pull up to a big yellow-legged steel oil and gas platform. Recreational means fun by most definitions.[…]
Saltwater fishing has its ups and downs, but when snapper top your target list you’ll have a ton of fun with a bait based on the notion of up-and-down.[…]
Snapper fishermen could have more than twice the number of days to hit offshore rigs in 2013, if a proposal announced by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission today (May 3) ultimately is implemented.[…]
Cobia, also locally called lemonfish or ling, are a prized Gulf of Mexico fish. They are cool fish and their mild meat is prized in Louisiana.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service will tomorrow (April 12) publish in the federal register new rules for the 2012 red snapper season, according to Jeff Angers, president of the Center for Coastal Conservation.[…]
My transformation to a recreational angler is complete.[…]
One of the most fascinating aspects of the information I learned from offshore fishing guide Josh Howard was just how quickly predator fish can grow.[…]
Tuna are notoriously line shy, and Josh Howard says that’s why he uses fluorocarbon leader all year long, but this time of year especially.[…]
If it’s not a bird and it’s not a plane and it’s over the ocean, its bound to be a flying fish, one of the most interesting fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Actually, there are more than one species of flying fish in the Gulf: 12 of them, in fact.[…]
The whoops, roars and racket on Doc’s balcony for the post-Endymion party rattled the very tray as I carried the bowl of fresh-caught sheepshead ceviche to the serving table from the kitchen.[…]
Anglers have an opportunity to comment on how greater amberjack will be managed in the Gulf of Mexico during a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday (Jan. 11) in New Orleans.
The meeting, hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, will begin at 6 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza New Orleans Airport at 2829 Williams Blvd. in Kenner.[…]