Hunting
Second Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday set for Sept. 4-6
The upcoming Labor Day Weekend has an added bonus this year: Louisiana’s Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday is slated for Sept. 4-6, 2015.[…]
Month: August 2015
Inshore Fishing
Six arrested for oyster violations in St. Bernard Parish
Enforcement agents arrested six men from two different vessels Friday for alleged oyster violations in St. Bernard Parish, according to a news release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout bite still going strong out of Cocodrie
Despite warmer-than-usual temperatures in August, the speckled trout bite out of Cocodrie is still going strong, according to a fishing guide.[…]
Columns
The big cook cooks big
Rick Barrios shares his recipes for Big Rick’s Smothered Frog Legs with Pecan Oil and Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp.[…]
News Breaker
Restricted access to Rockefeller SWR for nuisance gator harvest
The annual nuisance alligator harvest will restrict public access to the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 2.[…]
General
VIDEO: 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, coastal restoration work still to be done
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina barreled into the Louisiana coast. The monster storm cut through the marshes of Southeast Louisiana, tearing out huge swathes of the already ailing wetlands and pushing water up the long-pilleried Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to flood New Orleans and Chalemette.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF schedules September public meetings for waterfowl hunters
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled six meetings across the state next month to provide information and accept public comments on waterfowl hunting topics including zones and splits, changes in how season dates will be set and more. […]
News Breaker
East Ascension DU banquet set for Sept. 10
The East Ascension Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its 2015 banquet beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Trademart building at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center. […]
Deer Hunting
Public Rambling: Scouting underway on Atchafalaya Delta WMA for upcoming seasons
I have made two scouting trips down to the Atchafalaya Delta so far this summer, both being early-morning ventures because of the intense heat and humidity in August. […]
News Breaker
Potential No. 3-ranked Warsaw grouper landed out of Fourchon
It wasn’t quite Ahab pursuing Moby Dick, but Capt. Paul Guidroz was a man on a mission last weekend, intent on catching up with a giant Warsaw grouper that had escaped him only days earlier out of Fourchon.[…]
Big Bass
Potential New Orleans City Park record largemouth caught and released Monday
Most anglers with two good hands never catch a largemouth bass approaching anything close to 10 pounds, but Mike Laviolette accomplished the feat single-handedly Monday morning at a lagoon in New Orleans City Park. […]
Events & Announcements
Five cited for violating scenic river regulations on the Comite
Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited five men on Saturday for riding all-terrain vehicles in the Comite River.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Speckled trout back at Breton Island
The unusually high level of the Mississippi River was the bane of many a trout fisherman in Southeast Louisiana this summer, including anglers who found Breton Island awash in a sea of freshwater pumped in by persistent westerly winds.[…]
Fishing
What is Meosar?
Delving into the COSPAS-SARSAT system can quickly have you drowning in alphabet soup.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Grand Isle’s Hurricane Hole Marina to host 2015 Tuna Challenge
The all-new Hurricane Hole Marina on Grand Isle is hosting a winner-take-all Tuna Challenge in September featuring up to a $50,000 first prize.[…]
Apex Predator
Apex Predator: Potential solutions to hunter non-compliance in reporting deer kills
A recent article on LouisianaSportsman.com stated only 20 to 30 percent of the deer harvested in the state last season had the tags validated, and detailed an extremely low compliance rate that should startle any ethical hunter. […]