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AJ season to close commercially and recreationally on Aug. 25
NOAA Fisheries announced today both the commercial and recreational harvest of greater amberjack will close at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25.[…]
Offshore Fishing
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The Pickets are to be!
It looks like the actual well heads and Christmas tree and platforms in the area known as the Pickets will be removed. […]
Columns
Watch out, sucker!
The family of fish called remoras or sharksuckers latch onto another fish with a sucker disc located on top of their heads and get free rides.[…]
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Jacks are wild — Top tips for amberjack fishing
If you’re looking for fancy, graceful or aesthetically pleasing, amberjacks will disappoint you. If, on the other hand, an arm-stretching, back-straining lesson in brutality sounds fun, you’ll really enjoy hanging out with the fish marine biologists call Seriola dumerili.[…]
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West Delta Mack Attack — How to fish for Spanish mackerel at Louisiana’s nearshore rigs
“Not the trailer bearings again!” Artie groaned as we rumbled onto the shoulder amidst a cloud of smoke.[…]
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Video: Freediver provides free meal
When you’re holding your breath and holding on to a bloody fish you just shot with your spear gun several feet down, I guess discretion is the better part of valor.[…]
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Fog Cutter tags and releases three blue marlin, including a 700-pounder to win division at Faux Pas Lodge Rodeo
Capt. Chris Hall enjoyed an epic two days of bill fishing near Shell’s Ursa platform last Thursday and Friday, tagging and releasing three blue marlin weighing about 300, 500 and 700 pounds each.[…]
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Reef Fish Amendment 40 pits private fishermen against charter captains in dividing red snapper recreational quota
The looming battle between private fishermen and for-hire charter and head boat captains to help determine how the red snapper recreational quota will be divided isn’t a great scenario for either side, according to a Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council member.[…]
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Public comment period on potential increased limits for anglers lodging at Port Eads ends Aug. 1
The public has a few more days to comment on a notice of intent that would allow anglers lodging at the newly constructed Port Eads Marina Facility to have up to a three-day possession limit of cleaned saltwater finfish with them on the water.[…]
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Mississippi angler catches Caribbean-based fish near Venice
Stephan ‘Bay Boat’ Herbison wasn’t in a casino earlier this month when he got to play a little ‘blackjack.’[…]
Cobia
Solid year for cobia out of Grand Isle
The cobia bite has been pretty consistent lately and Capt. Daryl Carpenter, with Reel Screamers Guide Service, gives his tips.[…]
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Mississippi man dies from vibrio infection
An Ocean Springs, Miss. man who spent a lot of his life in the Gulf of Mexico was killed by bacteria that attacked his body after spending a day in those very same waters.[…]
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Potential new No. 5 Warsaw grouper caught at Fourchon Oilman’s Tournament
Simon Guidry was underweight, overmatched and outmanned when he picked a fight with a 305-pound Warsaw grouper Friday afternoon, but the Cutoff angler still managed to come out on top.[…]
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Slidell teen wins Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo
As years go, 2014 has been a keeper for young Corin Knight of Slidell, and it’s the kind that can make a daddy very proud.[…]
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LWFC passes NOI to remove seldom-harvested reef fish from state regulation
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday passed a notice of intent modifying reef fish regulations that would remove several seldom-harvested species from state management.[…]
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Vitter pens op-ed piece supporting Option 5 of red snapper allocation Amedment 28
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) wrote an op-ed piece that appeared in the Houma Courier encouraging public comment on the state of the current red snapper fishery allocations in the Gulf of Mexico.[…]