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Pending state record mangrove snapper caught near South Timbalier in STAR Tournament
The very first day of the CCA STAR Tournament started with a bang for Todd Black.[…]
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Pending state record mangrove snapper caught in STAR tournament
LouisianaSportsman.com has learned that a pending state record mangrove snapper has been caught and weighed-in during the Coastal Conservation Association’s STAR Tournament.[…]
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ULL student lands 101.3-pound cobia 70 miles southwest of Cypremort Point
Neil Smith originally thought he might have caught another jack crevalle last week as he and friends fished behind a shrimp boat about 70 miles southwest of Cypremort Point in the Vermillion Blocks.[…]
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UPDATE: Offshore boat stuck on South Pass jetty in flames
The rock jetty at the mouth of South Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River has claimed another victim, according to a Baton Rouge angler who texted a photo to Louisiana Sportsman. And the latest news is that the boat is burning.[…]
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Port Eads Marina Facility hosts grand opening
Almost nine years after being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the newly rebuilt Port Eads Marina Facility near the mouth of the Mississippi River at South Pass hosted a grand opening celebration over the Memorial Day weekend.[…]
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Two Kenner men arrested for allegedly running illegal offshore guide service out of Venice
Enforcement agents arrested two Kenner men for allegedly running illegal offshore guide services in Venice, according to a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries release.[…]
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Offshore STARs —How to win the tournament’s offshore categories
A staple in the summertime plans of many Louisiana saltwater anglers has been CCA Louisiana’s Statewide Tournament and Anglers Rodeo, a summer-long, multi-weigh station event stretching from the Texas state line all the way to Mississippi.[…]
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A box of chocolates
The deeply tanned, athletically-built 65-year-old man was standing in the shade beneath Bridgeside Marina on Grand Isle. He was responding to a question about offshore charter guiding. […]
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HB 1082 sails through Senate Natural Resources Committee, heads to full senate for final vote
A bill that would raise saltwater license fees by 136 percent breezed through the Louisiana Senate’s Natural Resources Committee on Thursday and now heads to the full Senate for final consideration, according to the bill’s author.[…]
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Officials react to fed’s decision to shorten red snapper season
Unthinkable and insane. Crazy. Buffoonery and chaos. Those were just a few of the choice words officials used to describe yesterday’s announcement by NOAA Fisheries that the already-too-short recreational red snapper season in the Gulf had been cut by two more days.[…]
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Nine-day season prompts Landrieu to urge bipartisan action on Red Snapper Conservation Act
Today’s announcement of only a nine-day federal red snapper season starting June 1 underscores the need to transfer authority in determining season length to Gulf coast states, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said in a news release.[…]
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NOAA Fisheries clips federal recreational red snapper season to nine days
The already-short red snapper season apparently just got a couple of days shorter.[…]
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Louisiana tarpon fisherman Papa Joe Schouest dies at age 86
Joseph ‘Papa Joe’ Schouest Sr., one of the founding fathers of Louisiana tarpon fishing, died last week in Houma of complications from pneumonia.[…]
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Are goliath grouper fish or footballs
Last month, we discussed the biology of the goliath grouper, a fish still often called by its old name of jewfish. The fish is intriguing, if for no other reason than for its size.[…]
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LDWF to close recreational season for gray triggerfish in Louisiana waters
Recreational fishing for gray triggerfish will close in Louisiana waters May 1 at 12:01 a.m. and remain closed until January 1, 2015, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
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HB 1082 passes full House vote, moves to Senate Natural Resources Committee for consideration
A bill that would raise saltwater fees by 136-percent for Louisiana residents overwhelmingly passed the full Louisiana House of Representatives today and is now headed for the Senate Natural Resources Committee, according to the bill’s author.[…]