Three duck hunters from Garyville were rescued Sunday afternoon in the Mississippi River after their boats started taking on water, according to a news release from the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.[…]
Opening weekend was a mixed bag for Louisiana’s Coastal Zone duck hunters, with reports of success varying widely by location across the state, according to guides and Internet reports.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday voted to allocate all funding from 10 percent of LDWF hunting license sales to Ducks Unlimited for the development and preservation of migratory waterfowl breeding grounds for the next three years.[…]
The conditions changed on the second day of the 2015 B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on the Ouachita River, but the first-day leader did everything the same and managed to stay on top of the field. Louisiana’s Jamie Laiche added 13 pounds, 14 ounces, ending Day 2 with 30 pounds, 4 ounces and a 1 1/2-pound lead.[…]
Duck hunters flocking to their blinds tomorrow for the Coastal Zone season opener this weekend could find fewer birds settling in their sets, with the state’s aerial survey showing a 61-percent drop in the number of birds in the area compared to last November.[…]
Despite never fishing the Ouachita River before he started pre-fishing this fall, Jamie Laiche of Gonzales took the lead after Day 1 of the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship being contest this week on the Ouachita River.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday modified the state’s duck hunting zones, moving the bulk of many rice-growing parishes in the south central part of the state from the Coastal Zone and placing them into the East Zone to take advantage of later starting dates.[…]
I missed the first clue when I made a dark-thirty drive to Shell Beach to meet Captain Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur and Robert Campo for an early-morning trout excursion. […]
Despite relatively balmy weather so far this fall in Louisiana, hunting guides gave generally positive duck reports on Wednesday in advance of this weekend’s Coastal Zone opener.[…]
Nice speckled trout have already moved up into Bayou Lafourche, and can be caught under birds with a shrimp imitation under a popping cork, according to a local angler.[…]
The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana is increasing the size of an existing artificial reef in western Vermilion Bay.[…]
Search and rescue teams recovered the body of a missing boater Tuesday morning about 2 miles south of the Butte La Rose landing, according to a news release.[…]
The B.A.S.S. Nation Championship returns to Monroe and the Ouachita River this week, one year after a Connecticut angler took the title with 32 pounds and 15 ounces.[…]
A problem with one of his feeders last week turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Josh Miller, who took down the buck of a lifetime on his 4,300-acre lease near Sugartown on the Beauregard – Allen Parish line.[…]
Brady Treme believes in three core principles for deer hunting: the wind has to be right, scent control is vital and good luck is key.[…]
The future of some Louisiana coastal communities would be in doubt under proposals produced as part of an environmental design competition under consideration by the state. […]