Columns
The tale of the tape for the 2015-16 deer season
Most hunters would rate the 2015-16 deer season as one to forget. Warm temperatures and an abundant mast crop made for poor deer activity and hunter success.[…]
Year: 2016
Inshore Fishing
Grand Isle birds + beaches = boatloads of fish
Capt. Keith “Herk” Bergeron said May is probably the best month of the year to fish for trout in the Grand Isle area. […]
Hog Hunting
Proposal would allow permit holders to take outlaw quadrupeds at night during regular hunting season
A proposal adopted by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission last week would make it possible for landowners to take outlaw quadrupeds at night on private property during the regular hunting season — but only if they obtain a free permit first.[…]
Fishing
LDWF schedules drawdown for Iatt Lake starting May 16
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will initiate a drawdown on Iatt Lake in Grant Parish starting on May 16 for vegetation control.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Trout invasion is on at Lafitte, charter guide says
Lafitte anglers have to make long runs most of the year to reach hot trout action, but this month everything is happening near the little port south of New Orleans.[…]
Big Bass
Father and son team up for 42.97 pound Toledo Bend five-fish stringer
When you’re totally and completely obsessed with catching your first double-digit bass, apparently — in some weird, twisted way — hooking up with a big 9-pounder can somehow be seen as a crushing disappointment.[…]
News Breaker
Mahimahi on the menu for May
Offshore action should be nothing short of spectacular this month out of Venice, according to a fishing guide.[…]
Columns
Green, green grass of Houma
No greater example of coastal erosion can be found than the Lake Laurier area north of Highway 1 between Fourchon and Grand Isle.[…]
Bass Fishing
End of spawn doesn’t mean action over on Caney Lake
Fishing for big bass during the spawn on Caney Lake is legendary, but just because that bite is over doesn’t mean it’s time to put up the bass rods.[…]
Fishing
Grand Isle commercial fisherman sentenced to 20 years in prison for sixth DWI
A 44-year-old commercial fisherman on Grand Isle was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday after his sixth conviction for DWI, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
News Breaker
Commission modifies recreational grouper season, minimum size limits
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission took action on a notice of intent and declaration of emergency on Thursday to modify the recreational grouper season, and increased the minimum size limits for black and gag grouper from 22 to 24 inches.[…]
Fishing Tournaments
Elite Series anglers expecting high, muddy water at Toledo Bend
Most of the 108 professional anglers on the Bassmaster Elite Series have had at least some experience on Toledo Bend — but probably not in the conditions they’ll face next week.[…]
Bass Fishing
Proposal would decrease bass minimum length limit on Lower Sabine River
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved a notice of intent to decrease the minimum length limit for black bass on the Lower Sabine River from 14 inches to 12 inches, according to a press release.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana’s spring inshore shrimp season to open May 23
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday announced the 2016 spring inshore shrimp season will begin at 6 a.m. on Monday, May 23 for all state inshore waters.[…]
Fishing
Fishing in the round: The Ultraskiff 360
Tommy Giles owns an insurance company in Shreveport, but that didn’t stop him earlier this year from becoming a boat dealer — of sorts.[…]
Inshore Fishing
MRGO rocks a perennial May trout hotspot
Capt. Jacques “Jakamo” Laboureur said the rocks at the end of the MRGO are always the first place the trout show up to kick off the summer trout season, and this is the month it happens.[…]