Houma anglers Jonathan Martin and Justin Breaux weigned in 11.69 pounds during the Cabela’s Speckled Trout USA Tournament Trail stop in Cocodrie on Saturday (Oct. 2) to pocket the $3,000 first-place prize money.[…]
The dust and the feathers have settled following the 2010 Louisiana teal season, and it’s clear the numbers were down and hunters in many parts of the state had to work a little harder than they are accustomed to in order to fill limits.[…]
Instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 42 (Northlake) will conduct three “About Boating Safely” courses in October that satisfy the new law requiring anyone born after Jan. 1, 1984 to complete a boating-safety class before operating a boat.[…]
Entry to Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area will be restricted during the next several months while the bridge providing primary access will be closing to allow a new bridge to be constructed, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 24).[…]
BASS announced Thursday that the 2010 Junior Bassmaster World Championship will be held Oct. 29 on Cross Lake, and Louisiana will be represented by Paulina’s Matt Nobile.[…]
Fishery managers on Thursday (Sept. 21) approved an extension to the red snapper fishing season to begin on Oct. 1, with fishing allowed only on Fridays through Sundays until Nov. 22, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday (Sept. 21) reopened 8,084 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing, although that opening is at the southern portion of the waters closed in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year.[…]
Biologists last week counted less than half of the blue-winged teal found in the state last September, according to the season’s initial aerial waterfowl survey.[…]
Several fish kills along the Louisiana have been reported in the past week or so, and a state fisheries biologist said the culprit was low dissolved oxygen levels.[…]
The Annual Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend Holiday occurs each year on the first consecutive Friday through Sunday of September.[…]
Biologists investigating a fish kill in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet determined the fish died because of low oxygen levels, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge will be closed until 10 a.m. each morning from Sept. 1-7 to accommodate the annual alligator harvest, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today (Aug. 24).[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will hold youth waterfowl hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) near Gueydan on Nov. 6 and 7.[…]
As many as 15,000 dead fish have been found at the mouth of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, according to news reports.[…]
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in Florida last week and recommended the recreational red snapper season reopen beginning at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1, although fishing would be allowed only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.[…]
Duck hunters will again have a 60-day season and be able to kill six birds each day if tentative season dates set today (Aug. 5) by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is ultimately approved.[…]