NOAA Fisheries is proposing a potential 21-day supplemental recreational red snapper fishing season beginning on Oct. 1 and is seeking public input on the proposed rule that would increase the commercial and recreation quotas in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a news release.[…]
Troy Amy never dreamed that a Thursday morning scouting trip for a weekend tournament would end with the speck of a lifetime.[…]
By his own estimation, Tommy “Carl” Vidrine has caught more than 100 5-pound speckled trout since May at Grand Isle.[…]
Fishing prospects are looking up at Cypremort Point as the Atchafalaya River level continues to drop, allowing for higher salinity levels and prettier water than earlier this summer.[…]
The first loads of sand have arrived for the Caminada Headland beach restoration that will help fortify parts of Lafourche against storm surge, parish officials said Monday.[…]
The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association chose the state-record 251-pound yellowfin tuna caught last October as the 2012 Fish of the Year in the Rod and Reel Division.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission recently approved a Notice of Intent to establish recreational and commercial regulations for the harvest of tripletail, according to a press release.[…]
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission recently approved the repeal of a ban on all hunting in a portion of Orleans Parish that was originally enacted in 1991 during the establishment of the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.[…]
On the evening of July 25, Tommy Bolton and Brian Gore were settling in to fish some choice locations in the Housen Bay area of Toledo Bend.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will conduct an aerial herbicide application on Spring Bayou in Avoyelles Parish on Thursday to control aquatic vegetation.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents cited two Metairie residents for alleged crabbing violations on Lake Pontchartrain on Aug. 2, according to a press release.[…]
It took Eric Williamson a while to find some good clean water in the southern end of the Atchafalaya Basin Sunday morning, but his perseverance paid off.[…]
Speckled trout and reds have been solid producers out of Venice and Buras recently, and with light southerly winds anticipated this week, the fishing forecast remains favorable.[…]
With recreational landings increasing and the possibility that the population is declining, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries has announced a bag limit of ten vermilion snapper within the 20-fish aggregate reef fish bag limit, according to a press release from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.[…]
In an effort to capture the most comprehensive data possible, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission added gray snapper, wahoo, cobia and dolphin to the free required offshore landing permit, according to a press release.[…]
Hunter Marcel is the sportsman’s version of the old U.S. Army recruitment ad from the early 1980s: The 23-year-old Houma native does more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day. […]