Bass Fishing
Hackney falls 8 ounces short, places third at Dardanelle
Greg Hackney’s 15-pound, 3-ounce sack on Sunday wasn’t quite enough for victory at the Bassmaster Elite Series stop at Lake Dardanelle.[…]
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Bass Fishing
‘Hack-Attack’ continues on Dardanelle
Greg Hackney holds a slim 13-ounce lead over Rick Clunn heading into Day 4 of the Bassmaster Elite at Lake Dardanelle.[…]
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HB 1082 sails through Senate Natural Resources Committee, heads to full senate for final vote
A bill that would raise saltwater license fees by 136 percent breezed through the Louisiana Senate’s Natural Resources Committee on Thursday and now heads to the full Senate for final consideration, according to the bill’s author.[…]
Bass Fishing
Hackney leads after Day 2 of Bassmaster Elite at Lake Dardanelle
Bassmaster Elite pro Greg Hackney is in first place at the Elite Series stop at Lake Dardanelle after an impressive fog-shortened day of fishing in Russellville, Ark.[…]
Bass Fishing
Lake Arthur angler catches 10.48-pounder at Toledo Bend
After a pretty uneventful morning fishing at Indian Creek and Mills Creek at Toledo Bend Thursday, Lake Arthur’s Dustin Thibodeaux and Shayne Teal decided to change things up and headed to the Toro area after lunch to test their luck.[…]
Deer Hunting
Native plants make good summer food plots
The Southeastern United States has long been the envy of the rest of the country for our warm temperatures and sunshine. Winter temperatures may drop even into single digits occasionally in some areas of the South, but typically only for a very short time before it is back near 70.[…]
Events & Announcements
Joyce WMA Swamp Walk scheduled to be rebuilt
The Joyce Wildlife Management Area Swamp Walk that was damaged during Hurricane Isaac will soon be replaced, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Stan Brock’s Black & Gold Classic scheduled for Saturday at Grand Isle
If you think you can catch a bigger mangrove snapper than Morten Andersen or a heavier drum than Dalton Hilliard, you’ll get your chance Saturday during Stan Brock’s Black & Gold Classic at Grand Isle.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Springtime speckled trout action not yet up to Big Lake standards
Strong winds that just don’t seem to let up and few, if any, shrimp in the system.[…]
Events & Announcements
Louisiana’s Safe Boating Week set for May 17-23
With summer boating season fast approaching, the state is once again participating in Safe Boating Week starting Saturday, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reminding all boaters to be safe and responsible while on the water.[…]
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Adopted nutria returns home to the high life in Chackbay
Most folks would probably be a bit unnerved if they knew a large rodent had made a nest and was sleeping on the floor directly under their bed – but Chackbay’s Iva Evans says she sleeps like a baby every night.[…]
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Officials react to fed’s decision to shorten red snapper season
Unthinkable and insane. Crazy. Buffoonery and chaos. Those were just a few of the choice words officials used to describe yesterday’s announcement by NOAA Fisheries that the already-too-short recreational red snapper season in the Gulf had been cut by two more days.[…]
Coastal Projects
The Gulf’s sinking stepping stone
A few hours after the sun goes down, if you’re sitting on the dock stretching out into Bayou Lafourche outside of Lisa Cefalu’s camp in Leeville, you’ll see a giant orange light of what looks like a refinery turning on for the night shift begin to glow.[…]
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Nine-day season prompts Landrieu to urge bipartisan action on Red Snapper Conservation Act
Today’s announcement of only a nine-day federal red snapper season starting June 1 underscores the need to transfer authority in determining season length to Gulf coast states, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said in a news release.[…]
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NOAA Fisheries clips federal recreational red snapper season to nine days
The already-short red snapper season apparently just got a couple of days shorter.[…]
Fishing
Mother’s Day canoe trip in Atchafalaya Basin near Ramah ends in bee attack
When John Biscoe took his wife and two young sons jug-lining Sunday morning near the Ramah boat launch, he was planning on a relaxing Mother’s Day outing with the family.[…]