It’s official now — the hammer 18.63-pound mangrove snapper Tim Champagne landed this summer out of Cocodrie is now the International Game Fish Association’s new world record holder for the category.[…]
Authorities with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating a boating collision Thursday morning on the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that left one person dead.[…]
It was one of those idyllic October mornings in the Louisiana marsh. The air was brisk following the passage of a cool front the day before.[…]
Dear Capt. Paul:
I learned how to plot a path with waypoints on Google Earth. The problem is I am unsure which format to use so it will work with my GPS.
I have a month-old Garmin 547xs. Does anyone know which format I am supposed to use? If needed I can list the options that GPS Babel gives me.
The Truck Man[…]
I just returned from a trip with Capt. Mike Wittich in Delacroix Island, where we put a three-man limit of specks in the boat before noon. […]
The body of a 44-year-old Cameron man who was ejected from his boat Friday afternoon was recovered Monday morning, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
The Bonnabel Boat Launch on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain will close starting next week for about four months for ramp improvements, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
You can add one more item to the list of things you’re thankful for at next month’s Thanksgiving dinner: officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced a recreational fall red snapper season is tentatively set to kick off in state waters on Friday, Nov. 20 and go through the end of 2015.[…]
Known for a superior line of cooler packs that keep food and drinks either cold or frozen, Arctic Ice now offers the Chillin’ Cradle — a cooler accessory designed to maximize surface area contact with bottles or cans.[…]
Expanding the reach of the bait Randy Howell used to win the 2014 Bassmaster Classic, the Howeller Deep Plus dives 25 to 30 feet and stays in the strike zone.[…]
The world’s largest fish hook manufacturer has announced a new line of jigheads that includes bass fishing must-haves such as stand-up shaky heads, wacky style, shad darter, and customizable football and bullet heads.[…]
It looked like a sea monster when it first came up.
The wide, slate-gray body did a rolling churn when it surfaced in the turbid Mississippi River water.[…]
Expanding the current trend of hinged or swinging designs, the Sugar Buzz combines the back-end motion of a free-moving skirt and trailer with the gurgle of a buzz blade.[…]
The knobbed porgy, an offshore species in the Gulf of Mexico, is named for the bony bumps located just in front of its eyes.[…]
“Most people have never seen a 5-pound speckled trout. They call a 2 ½-pound fish 5 pounds. I know that because they do it on my boat all the time. A 5-pound trout is huge!”[…]
Whether you’re a serious angler or a weekend warrior, the right gear can greatly impact your success.[…]