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White Lake WCA teal season lottery hunts
The LDWF is accepting applications for the 2019 lottery teal hunts on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish.[…]
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Red snapper catch statistics through June 9
The latest catch statistics recorded by LA Creel is 200,890 pounds, or 25 percent of Louisiana’s allocation. This estimate covers the period through June 9.[…]
Dove
Dove lottery hunts at Elbow Slough WMA
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is accepting applications for the 2019 Elbow Slough WMA lottery dove hunts until July 26.[…]
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Two men cited for illegal possession of fish
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited two men for alleged saltwater fishing violations in Lafourche Parish.[…]
Bass Fishing
Iatt Lake stocked with Florida largemouth bass
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries recently stocked Iatt Lake in Grant Parish with 551,000 Florida largemouth bass fry.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Louisiana lakes featured in MLF World Championship
The new Major League Fishing Pro Bass Tour held its 2019 General Tire World Championship and the six-week series that reveals the winner begins June 22.[…]
Fishing
Governor requests federal disaster declaration for flooded fisheries
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that he has requested a federal fisheries disaster declaration for Louisiana from the U.S. Department of Commerce.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
New CCA Star leader for Southeast division
Jason Boh of New Orleans caught the new CCA Star leader for the Southeast division today (June 11) on Tommy Vidrine’s boat.[…]
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How to estimate the weight of a redfish
By measuring the girth at the fattest part of the fish and the length of the fish, you can use this formula to estimate the live weight of a red drum.[…]
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Coyote kills family’s cat after entering Alabama home
A coyote got into an Alabama home through a doggy door on June 3 and killed the family’s cat before the homeowner shot and killed the canine.[…]
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Red snapper catch statistics through May 26
The latest catch statistics recorded by LA Creel, LDWF’s near real-time data collection program, is 62,179 pounds, or 8 percent of Louisiana’s allocation.[…]
Geese
Greater white-fronted goose’s journey provides invaluable information
A female greater white-fronted goose tagged in southwest Louisiana by LDWF biologists in November helped reveal the incredible journey the birds make.[…]
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Sherburne WMA set to close due to Morganza Spillway opening
The LDWF will close Sherburne WMA on June 1 at midnight due to the opening of the Morganza Spillway, which is scheduled to be opened June 2.[…]
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Seven cited for violations during red snapper opening weekend
LDWF cited seven individuals for alleged fishing violations during the opening weekend of red snapper season in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.[…]
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Be mindful of displaced animals during Morganza Spillway opening
With the Morganza Spillway to be opened June 2, LDWF urges the public to be especially cognizant of wildlife forced into populated areas by flood water.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
River flooding causes changes in McDonald Big Bass tourney
Prolonged flooding in Louisiana has the June 8-9 Ronald McDonald Annual Big Bass Classic on the Ouachita River making some major last minute changes.[…]