
Two decades in the books
The Borrow Canal near the parish line separating St. Charles and Jefferson wouldn’t rank in the top 10 of any conceivable list of desirable fishing destinations in the Bayou State.[…]
The Borrow Canal near the parish line separating St. Charles and Jefferson wouldn’t rank in the top 10 of any conceivable list of desirable fishing destinations in the Bayou State.[…]
The bad news: You have cancer.
The good news: It is confined to your left arm, and once surgeons remove the arm, you’ll be completely healthy and able to live an otherwise normal life.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced in December that it was implementing mid-year budget reductions of $2.2 million.[…]
Up until a couple of years ago, I did all of my exercising at a popular health club that was frustratingly crowded every day of the week.[…]
A decade from now, when coastal anglers are fishing over artificial reefs loaded with speckled trout and redfish, they may have Mike Voisin to thank.[…]
Coastal restoration sucks.
It really does.[…]
In 1997, Billie Bob Harrell Jr. figured he was set for life after winning $31 million in the Texas lottery. It was more money, surely, than he could spend in the rest of his living years.[…]
In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew unleashed hellfire and brimstone on the bass population of the Atchafalaya Basin. As anglers learned at the time, the storm whipped up half-decayed detritus from the floor of the Basin, suspended it in the water column and, ultimately, robbed the water of much of its life-sustaining oxygen.[…]
For most of my career as an outdoor writer, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been a dream to work with.[…]
On either side of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, in both Kenner and LaPlace, are massive digital signs that read “NO STOPPING ON BRIDGE NEXT 12 MILES.”[…]
Louisiana, like every state in the Union, is facing a budget shortfall. That tends to happen when our nation’s economy, which has always been and always will be cyclical, has a downturn.[…]
Boaters, you have a friend in Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.[…]
Conservation of renewable natural resources is a tricky thing.
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Louisiana Sportsman magazine has been working on a two-part series that will begin in the April issue on the safety of our state’s seafood.[…]
Like most anglers, I’m very confident in my abilities. I’ll probably never call Charlie Moore and challenge him to a duel deep in the marshes of Delacroix, but if I did, there’s no doubt in my mind I’d take his money.[…]
I have a good friend who is anything but an outlaw.[…]