Big Lake for years was off limits to wholesale oyster harvest, with tongs being the only legal means of taking the succulent muscles from the lake. And that meant there were abundant reefs around which trophy trout lounged.[…]
Rising gas prices have many Louisiana sportsmen looking for alternative ways of getting after their favorite game fish. For Lafayette Kayak Fishing Club member Greg Sonnier, that means grabbing his Hobie kayak out of the garage and tying it to the top of his SUV for a spontaneous trip to Calcasieu Lake.[…]
If you’re heading bass fishing, well don’t forget to bring the spotlights. I have loads of success on these trips in canals alongside Lake DesAllemands, Lake Boeuf, Ruddock, and the Intracoastal Waterway near Bayou Black.[…]
Shaw Grigsby clinched his ninth B.A.S.S. win and his first Bassmaster Elite Series win this weekend during the 2011 season operner on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes. And he did it with style, posting a three-day total of 75 pounds, 4 ounces.[…]
The swamps of St. Mary Parish aren’t exactly thought of as big-buck terrain, but you’ll never be able to convince Kevin Breaux of that.[…]
Florida’s Shaw Grigsby extended his lead Saturday (March 12) in the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series season opener by putting together an 18-pound, 12-ounce bag of bass from the Harris Chain of Lakes.[…]
The bag required to hold Shaw Grigsby’s Friday (March 11) catch at the Bassmaster Elite Series Sunshine Showdown was so heavy that he had to have help toting it from the docks to the official check-in station.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents found the body of a missing man in the Vermilion River in Lafayette at 10:15 a.m. on March 10.[…]
Second-year pro angler Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part was barely more than 7 pounds out of the lead going into the second day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series opener being held on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes.
Crochet weighed in 13 pound, 5 ounces yesterday (March 10).[…]
One of the worst kept secrets in Southeast Louisiana is that the bridges across Lake Pontchartrain have turned on early this year.[…]
Kyle Lawrence, who goes by the screen name of Flat Guy, won the February edition of the LouisianaSportsman.com Big Bass Contest, and will receive a $15 gift coupon to the online Sportsman Outdoor store.[…]
Many of the parasites that threaten outdoorsmen can be avoided by wearing heavy rubber gloves and long clothing while cleaning and transporting your game. Goggles or glasses are also recommended to those who want to take more precautions.[…]
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are surveying saltwater anglers across the Gulf of Mexico to update and improve estimates of the overall economic contributions of saltwater recreational fishing to the Gulf and U.S. economy.[…]
The public now has access to a new air gun shooting range at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Waddill Outdoor Education Center in Baton Rouge.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising all visitors to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that Price Lake Road, a primary access point for public outdoor recreation on the western end of the refuge, will be closed until March 12 due to work needed on the road bed.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host six public meetings around the state to present proposed 2011-13 hunting season dates, Wildlife Management Areas general rules and regulation changes, changes in the Deer Management Assistance Program and waterfowl season options.[…]