Federal authorities today (Nov. 15) reopened 8,403 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico previously closed because of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, bringing the amount of Gulf waters open for recreational and commercial fishing to 99.6 percent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.[…]
The 2011 Bassmaster Classic field of 51 anglers was finalized Saturday (Nov. 6) when South Carolina’s Ryan McMurtury won the Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship to score the final Classic berth. Joining him will be a single Louisiana angler: Gonzales’ Greg Hackney.[…]
Reports that the Venice marshes are filled with bass were confirmed yesterday during a trip south of the little oil port by the author and Louisiana Sportsman magazine editor Todd Masson.[…]
ESPN Inc. announced today (Nov. 2) that it has finalized the sale of BASS LLC to a group of investors including Don Logan, TV personality Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland.[…]
Sometimes when working on your engine, it can be very tempting to jump to conclusions without properly and completely diagnosing the problem.[…]
Besides the fact a red-hot soft plastic is the go-to artificial lure whenever he goes fishing — putting speckled trout and redfish in the boat when it counts — there’s another good reason the Hackberry Hustler is a runaway favorite for veteran guide Kirk Stansel and his brothers Bobby and Guy.[…]
Ville Platte’s Lake Chicot sits on the border of the delta and the hill land. One side of the lake has a bluff bank, and the other side is as flat as the bottom of a cast-iron skillet.[…]
Last month we touched upon the infamous vosi, which is an acronym for “Vertically Oriented Strike Indicator.” Several emails resulted on this topic.[…]
The quest for trophies in modern hunting and fishing is unquenchable. More and more deer hunters put up high fences to segregate the animals under their control from surrounding populations and then buy trophy bucks to upgrade the “quality” of their herd. If you can’t get a trophy any other way — well, you just grow your own.[…]
Maybe it was the $5-a-gallon gas we saw back at the beginning of the current economic slump or maybe it’s just part of the growing green movement, but the number of boat makers offering models with electric primary power instead of gas engines is amping up.[…]
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche was in 14th place going into the final day of the BASS Federation Nation Championship on the Red River. Unfortunately, he also was in sixth place in the divisional competition – putting him as a long shot for a 2011 Bassmaster Classic invitation.[…]
SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche moved up several notches on the final day of the BASS Federation Nation Championship today (Oct. 29) on the Red River, but it was too little too late to earn a ticket to the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.[…]
November is always prime time for Delacroix Island trout and redfish, and after many years of fishing the marshes of Southeast Louisiana, that fact is permanently etched into my brain.[…]
Exasperation hung heavily over the heads of the North Louisiana Media Bass team members as they wrapped up the weigh-in at their final tournament at the Ouachita River this past summer.[…]
Four months ago, I was wondering if the waters around Lafitte would ever be the same. As the oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster crept through the passes down to the east of Grand Isle, it looked like one of the most fertile estuaries in the world had finally met its match.[…]
Four out-of-state anglers looking for some outdoor entertainment between shifts working with the BP oil-spill effort found more than they bargained for Tuesday night (Oct. 26) when they hauled in 31 catfish weighing just shy of 800 pounds.[…]