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Video: Drone captures footage from Venice tuna trip
Over the last couple of years, aerial drones outfitted with high-tech cameras have given folks enjoying the outdoors a new way to document their adventures.[…]
Offshore Fishing
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Perfect solution for leftover blackfin tuna
An offshore trip is pricey, but when you get into a bunch of blackfin the payoff is a lot of great eating.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Dog snapper provide more meat for the table
Few of these other species turn up in catches while mangrove snapper fishing. But one does, and it’s not all that unusual — the dog snapper.[…]
Offshore Fishing
How to snell a circle hook
Capt. Kenny Heikamp snells all his hooks rather than tying them on with knots. Here’s 5 steps to show you how to snell a hook.[…]
Offshore Fishing
Live bait is the ticket for mangrove fishing
Capt. Kenny Heikamp, like many other fishermen, believes mangrove snappers are wary fish and learn quickly how to avoid danger.[…]
Offshore Fishing
The making of the master
Kenny Heikamp is built like a 5-foot, 7-inch coiled steel spring. He moves about his 32-foot Twin Vee catamaran with latent, ready to unleash energy. His chin has a determined set to it and his dark eyes burn intensely, like hot embers. I would hate to be a fish, knowing that he was after me. […]
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Mangrove massacre — Expert tips for mangrove snapper fishing
Mangrove snapper are known for being hook shy, but this guide has the fish all figured out. So load up the boat, head to the rigs and follow his advice.[…]
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Lockport man cited for allegedly possessing 34 red snapper before season opened
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Lockport man on March 19 for alleged recreational fishing violations involving red snapper, according to a press release.[…]
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Three Louisiana men cited for commercial shark-fishing violations
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three Louisiana men this weekend for alleged commercial shark-fishing violations off the coast of Grand Isle.[…]
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Targeting red snapper out of Grand Isle and Venice
With the opening of Louisiana’s recreational red snapper season just hours away, anglers heading out of Grand Isle and Venice have several options to locate rigs that should be swarming with fish.[…]
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Louisiana’s 2015 recreational red snapper season opens Friday
Red snapper season will open in Louisiana state waters this Friday, March 20, at 12:01 a.m. and will remain open seven days per week until further notice, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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Gulf states agree on snapper management framework that could remove federal oversight of fishery
For the first time ever, all five Gulf states have banded together to create a management framework that, if ultimately approved by Congress, would finally remove the red snapper fishery from the control of the federal government.[…]
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Public invited on GOM red snapper conference call Thursday from 11-1
If you want the latest on the red snapper saga as it relates to the potential coming season in the Gulf of Mexico, the commercial/recreational split and Amendment 40, you can get the latest information in a conference call slated for Thursday, Feb. 5 from 11 to 1.[…]
Columns
This guy has teeth
The great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, is a common fish in the blue waters offshore of Louisiana. Yet one never sees a fishing story about anyone fishing for them off of our coast. […]
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Tuna fishing on The Lump inconsistent, but looking up
Tuna fishing requires a very logical approach for the process to be consistently effective, especially during the winter. […]
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Belle Chasse man busted for alleged red snapper violations in Plaquemines Parish
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a Belle Chasse man for alleged red snapper violations in Plaquemines Parish on Jan. 17.[…]