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LDWF says Henderson Lake fish kill caused by thunderstorm

July 8, 2011 Andy Crawford

A fish kill that was reported on the LouisianaSportsman.com forum yesterday (July 7) is believed to have been caused by a heavy thunderstorm the previous day, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.

“The instant addition of cold rainwater into channels like the one between McGee’s Landing and Whiskey River landing and The Boulevard caused the water to turn over,” LDWF’s Mike Walker said. “This brought low oxygen to the surface, and the resulting net oxygen level was not enough to sustain fish life.”[…]

Deer Hunting

Basin, Morganza floodway goes back to doe days

July 7, 2011 Andy Crawford

Hunters chasing deer within a portion of Area 6 will be going retro this season, with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopting a declaration of emergency today (July 7) that institutes doe days in the Morganza floodway and inside the Atchafayala Basin guide levees for the first time since being abolished in 2006.[…]

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Mack Attack

June 27, 2011 John Flores

A drip of sweat somehow traveled along the Neanderthalic eyebrow-hidden bumps of my forehead and passed down the lens of my cheater eyeglasses.[…]

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Burn Hack!

June 24, 2011 Chris Ginn

Kids need action to stay interested.

Put them in a baseball position where they don’t get many balls hit to them, and they’ll start chasing grasshoppers.[…]

Offshore Fishing

Snapper season off to an incredible start

June 9, 2011 Chris Ginn

Snapper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico has been as good or better than many anglers can ever remember in the week that it’s been open. Crews are landing 10-man limits of snapper in as little as 25 minutes.

Capt. Joey Palmisano and his son Billy Joe with Cocodrie Fishing Charters have been getting it done like this every day since the opening of snapper season, and he believes the bite will stay this good the entire season.

“Snapper season opened on June 1s, and it’s really just been incredible,” Palmisano told me as we idled away from Trade Winds Marina in Cocodrie earlier this week. “We’ve been fishing every day, and we’re fishing the snapper on the top.[…]

News Breaker

Rig worker lands possible state-record mangrove

June 7, 2011 Todd Masson

Offshore oilfield worker Marty Trahan thought he had caught the fish of his life last summer when he landed a 31-pound red snapper, but Trahan cranked up a fish Monday (June 6)that may propel him into Louisiana’s fishing immortality.

While between shifts on a platform in South Marsh Island 128, Trahan and some other workers decided to kill time dropping baits to the myriad fish in the aquarium-clear water beneath them.

“We were on one side catching red snapper, and I told the guys, ‘I’m going to go catch some mangroves,'” Trahan said.[…]

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Lake Verret a May bream hotspot

May 2, 2011 Humberto Fontova

The gals gasped and giggled as Doc and Trisha’s Mediterranean cruise pictures flashed on the screen. And on his new mega-screen TV at his Bourbon Street bungalow, they were indeed impressive — especially the one of Trisha “wade-fishing” in Rome’s Trevi fountain.[…]