James Ledet was sitting on the front of the center console of a pristine 32-foot Yellowfin cruising at 45 mph. The next thing he knew he was in a hospital wondering what happened and why he was there, only to be told that he was pummeled in the jaw by a fish flying through the air at 50 mph.[…]
The Louisiana Hunting Heritage Program (LHHP) is now accepting participants for the 2012-13 hunting season.[…]
The 2012 spring inshore shrimp season closed at 6 a.m. on July 14 in state waters, with the exception that open waters of Breton and Chandeleur sounds as described by the double-rig line, the the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.[…]
The Louisiana Sportsman Show and Ascension Parish officials inked a deal recently that guaranteed the largest and oldest outdoors show in the state will be held at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center for at least the next three years.[…]
The recreational fishing season for red snapper in Louisiana waters will close on Monday, July 16 at 11:59 p.m.[…]
Louisiana Sportsman TV is taking a vacation until 2013, when the show will return with an enhanced lineup.[…]
The spring inshore shrimp season closes at 6 p.m Thursday (July 12) from the eastern shore of the Calcasieu Ship Channel to to the Texas state line, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
Fans of professional bass fishing are used to hearing “VanDam” at the top of Bassmaster Elite Series results, so the winner of this weekend’s stop at Lake Michigan probably wasn’t a big surprise at a casual glance.[…]
Aaron Martens stroked 20 pounds of smallmouth bass today (June 28) to take the first-day lead in the Bassmaster Elite Series stop on Lake Michigan.[…]
George Jeane Jr. took a medical leave from his duties as a touring FLW pro this year to recover from surgery, but on his first tournament back in the saddle he proved he can still catch the big ones when he landed a 13-pounder during a late-May tournament.[…]
Luling’s Julie Hebert beat out 21 anglers from across the country to claim the top prize in the e International Women’s Fishing Association’s Venice Slam Tournament held in mid-June.[…]
Capt. Steve Shook wasn’t even wanting to fish June 7. He honestly didn’t want to pick up the bent-over rod sitting securely in one of his rod holders.[…]
Five people were arrested for allegedly drinking while operating boats over the weekend, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
The quickly eroding marsh in between Leeville and Fourchon has warranted a toll-funded mega-bridge replacing the old, sinking Louisiana Highway 1. This past weekend was the first that Department of Transportation and Development finally implemented its automated toll payment Machines (ATPM) at the on-ramp to the new La. 1.[…]
Todd Faircloth clinched his third Bassmaster Elite Series yesterday (June 24) during the Top 12 finale on Wisconsin’s Mississippi River.[…]
Texas pro Todd Faircloth remained in the lead of the Wisconsin Bassmaster Elite Series event after three days, but he was a mere 7 ounces ahead of Alabama’s Aaron Martens with one day of fishing remaining.[…]