Sidebars
The Delta Duck Seat Lounger
Entrepreneurship is alive and well on Atchafalaya Delta WMA, where two young men, Nick Gaurisco and Josh Gros, put to use their custom-designed adjustable duck seat.[…]
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Deer Hunting
Hits and misses from the opening week of bow season
October 1 found me up in a ladder stand in the mosquito-infested darkness before daylight at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA. […]
Deer of the Year
Cecilia hunter takes monster Sherburne buck
Nick Thibodeaux had missed a great deer last season while hunting on Sherburne Wildlife Management Area. He wanted to get into that area for another try, but he wasn’t sure it was worth the effort after the major flooding earlier this year.
So Thibodeaux scouted the area a week ahead of the Oct. 1 opener, and he was happy with what he found.[…]
Contents
Doin’ the DU
Doin’ the DU (pronounced “dew”) may sound like a 1960s dance fad, like doin’ the twist, or the watusi, or the hully gully.[…]
Deer Hunting
Opening day jitters
It’s GO time!
Since my last blog, I have made a few more scouting trips down to the Atchaflaya Delta WMA, including one where I found my game camera broken by a black bear.[…]
News Breaker
Two Iota men cited for squirrel-hunting violations
Two Iota men were cited Sept. 1 for allegedly squirrel hunting in western Acadia Parish a month before the season opens, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Sept. 8). Squirrel season doesn’t open until Oct. 1.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Finding reds in the Delta
The Atchafalaya deltas are new marsh; two of the few places in Louisiana where new marsh is being built rather than los[…]
Deer Hunting
Delta scouting continues, deer and hog sign remain consistent
I got a good, early start to my third scouting trip at the Atchaflaya Delta WMA. Again the first thing I noticed was hog sign everywhere.[…]
Events & Announcements
New Iberia man pleads guilty for killing Louisiana black bear
A 39-year-old New Iberia man has pleaded guilty in federal court to killing a black bear during the 2008-09 hunting season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Aug. 17).[…]
Freshwater Fishing
Atchafalaya Basin bream fishing hot as the weather
I guided the boat toward the location canal deep in the southern reaches of the Atchafalaya Basin, memories of one of the most-exciting goggleye trips in my life running through mind.[…]
Deer Hunting
Welcome to the jungle!
All my buddies were working today and I was off. I didn’t have any other plans, so I decided to make a solo scout down at the Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
Deer Hunting
Scouting trip No. 1: Atchafalaya Delta WMA
My buddy Jimmy Kyle and I headed down to the Delta in early August for our first scouting trip in anticipation of the 2011-12 deer-hunting season. We got to our destination about 7:30 a.m., and my first observation was a pleasant one: No mosquitos![…]
Bass Fishing
Atchafalaya Basin bass-fishing survey shows support for 10-fish limit, 14-inch minimum
A plurality of anglers surveyed about current bass regulations for the Atchafalaya Basin, Henderson Lake, and the Lake Verret, Grassy Lake and Lake Palourde system said they supported the 14-inch minimum size limit, according to a study just released by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Hunting
Sherburne WMA reopening Aug. 1
Sherburne Wildlife Management Area will reopen Monday (Aug. 1), after being closed in May due to flooding associated with the opening of the Morganza Spillway, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.[…]
News Breaker
Morgan City man cited for red snapper violations
A Morgan City man was allegedly caught Saturday (July 16) in Terrebonne Parish with 26 red snapper over his limit, some of which were too small, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Offshore Fishing
The Scelfo Rig for Spanish mackerel
“They’re fun to catch, but it starts getting expensive if you don’t have the right rig to use,” says Marty Scelfo.[…]