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Cover: September 2015-Hunting
September is an awesome time to get to the nearshore rigs for incredible mangrove action.[…]
Year: 2015
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Cover: September 2015-Fishing
September is an awesome time to get to the nearshore rigs for incredible mangrove action.[…]
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2015-16 WMA Forecast
The outdoorsmen who know so much about deer, squirrels, rabbits and other wildlife and the environment in which they live are enthusiastic about the upcoming hunting seasons on wildlife management areas in Louisiana.[…]
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Bang-up Barataria — How to stay on specks during the September doldrums
Do you remember how we used to try to fix things by hitting them? We’d smack the side of the old TV to straighten out the picture or hit the radio when it wouldn’t pick up a signal.[…]
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The second shift —Sleep late and still kill your limit of teal
Kenny gaped — then he looked around the room frowning, his eyes like cue balls. Suddenly he smiled, reached into the cooler, and grabbed another brewskie.[…]
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The offshore gang — Learn how to catch tuna, dolphin and more from these young anglers
They’re baaack!
Five years ago Louisiana Sportsman ran a feature story about a gang of school kids who caught scads of fish from Metairie drainage canals right in the heart of the New Orleans metropolitan area.[…]
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Dad gum mangroves!
This Lafitte guide relaxes by heading out of Grand Isle to catch mangrove snapper, one of the most-persnickety fish in the Gulf.[…]
News Breaker
LDWF offers opening day dove hunts Sept. 5
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is providing opening day dove hunting opportunities this Saturday on leased private land in three parishes.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Bass tournament benefitting wounded game warden scheduled for Lake D’Arbonne
A fishing tournament benefitting the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agent who was shot in the back during a traffic stop in May is scheduled to take place later this month on Lake D’Arbonne.[…]
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.[…]
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.[…]
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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. […]