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April 22, 2026
/ 2016/August

Month: August 2016

Deer Hunting

Public hearings set for proposed cervid carcass importation ban

August 11, 2016 From News Reports

If you hunt outside of Louisiana and return regularly with dead deer, you should plan on attending one of six public meetings scheduled later this month to discuss a proposal currently being considered by the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission that would ban the importation of cervid carcasses.[…]

Inshore Fishing

LDWF: Vehicles now permanently prohibited on Elmer’s Island beaches

August 11, 2016 Patrick Bonin

Anglers arriving by vehicle to fish on Elmer’s Island better get some comfortable walking shoes.[…]

News Breaker

Video: Big yellowfin pulls angler overboard when harpoon fails

August 11, 2016 Patrick Bonin

Everyone knows that accidents can happen anytime you head out on a fishing trip.
But when you’re 120 miles offshore fishing at night your margin for error dramatically decreases.[…]

News Breaker

Duck numbers hold steady, USFWS says

August 11, 2016 From Ducks Unlimited

Early summer surveys on the Canadian and U.S. breeding grounds revealed overall duck numbers are similar to last year and holding steady, according to a report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.[…]

Bass Fishing

Livingston Parish angler lands freaky bass in Amite River

August 10, 2016 Patrick Bonin

On a bass-fishing trip Sunday afternoon on the lower Amite River near Bayou Barbary, Curtis Little took “ripping a lip” to a whole new level.[…]

Events & Announcements

Criminal probe into LDWF post-oil spill spending underway, according to news reports

August 10, 2016 From News Reports

Misuse of BP grant money and government-issued credit cards at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries are at the heart of an ongoing criminal investigation into a potential misappropriation of public funds during the tenure of Secretary Robert Barham — and arrests could be in the offing, according to online reports.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Four cited for shrimping violations in Plaquemines Parish

August 9, 2016 From News Reports

Enforcement agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited multiple boats in Plaquemines Parish last weekend for alleged shrimping violations.[…]

Columns

There’s an app for that

August 9, 2016 Catch Cormier

Tesla might have predicted the portable phone some 70 years before it’s time. But the brilliant physicist could never have imagined the extent to which it has evolved.[…]

Inshore Fishing

‘Smiley-faced’ redfish caught near Sable Island

August 9, 2016 Patrick Bonin

It doesn’t take much these days to have a very pessimistic view of life.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Fall shrimp season opening dates announced

August 8, 2016 From News Reports

The 2016 fall shrimp season from the Atchafalaya River Ship Channel buoy line eastward to the Mississippi/Louisiana state line will kick off at 6 p.m. next Monday, Aug. 15, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]

News Breaker

Pending junior female world record tarpon caught out of Grand Isle

August 8, 2016 Patrick Bonin

Capt. Lance ‘Coon’ Schouest has seen plenty of grown men struggle while hooked up in a battle with a big tarpon. […]

Ask Captain Paul

DATUM settings in your GPS can be critical

August 8, 2016 Captain Paul Titus

I frequently get questions why a reader can’t find a stated position or a position a friend provides or why their GPS position information is not the same as their friends when both units are at the same position.[…]

Inshore Fishing

August tactics to catch Big Lake speckled trout

August 5, 2016 Patrick Bonin

When August rolls around, Capt. Nick Poe pretty much has three locations on his mind to target speckled trout out of Big Lake: the beach, the Cameron jetties and the rigs near Johnson Bayou.[…]

Inshore Fishing

Keys to Delacroix’s late-summer trout

August 5, 2016 Joel Masson

Stand outside for one minute in the middle of a sunny August day and you’ll immediately go back into your cool A/C, curse the summer heat and swear you’ll never utter a negative word about winter ever again.[…]

News Breaker

Top 10 grouper caught Wednesday ineligible for state record books

August 5, 2016 Patrick Bonin

Just five days after a 287-pound Warsaw grouper that could be the state’s new No. 6-ranked fish hit the scales at Sand Dollar Marina, another fisherman 45 miles southwest of Grand Isle reeled in a 277-pounder that also likely would have cracked into Louisiana’s Top 10.[…]

News Breaker

LDWF secretary refers to Congressman Garret Graves as ‘Pinocchio’

August 4, 2016 Patrick Bonin

Congressman Garret Graves made a surprise appearance at Thursday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, intending to set the record straight on specifics regarding his legislation that would transfer management of red snapper from the federal government to the five Gulf states.[…]

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