Federal authorities opened 5,628 square miles of water in the Gulf of Mexico today (Oct. 1) to all fishing to coincide with the opening of the special red snapper season that began today, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
Fishery managers on Thursday (Sept. 21) approved an extension to the red snapper fishing season to begin on Oct. 1, with fishing allowed only on Fridays through Sundays until Nov. 22, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday (Sept. 21) reopened 8,084 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing, although that opening is at the southern portion of the waters closed in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year.[…]
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in Florida last week and recommended the recreational red snapper season reopen beginning at 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1, although fishing would be allowed only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.[…]
To say that Lake Borgne and Rodney Dangerfield have a lot in common might be a little too strong. At least everybody knew who Rodney Dangerfield was even if they didn’t respect him.[…]
Providing both a high-speed retrieve and cranking power, Shimano introduces a major upgrade to its classic star-drag saltwater reels with new Trinidad 10A, 12A, 14A, 16NA narrow spool, 16A, 20A and 30A.[…]
It is hard to believe that the recreational season for Gulf of Mexico red snapper has shrunk to less than two months this year.[…]
The oil spill is keeping things touch-and-go, but there are plenty of alternatives for anglers who want to put fish in the boat.[…]
NOAA has extended the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to match the Louisiana state waters closure west of the current boundaries, and to incorporate an area reportedly with oil in the southwest.[…]
Recreational and commercial fishing in state offshore waters from the Marsh Island’s South Point west to Freshwater Bayou ends at sunset today (May 18) because oil has been found on the beach of Marsh Island, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced.[…]
State offshore water stretching from the Empire Canal west to the western side Belle Pass has reopened for recreational and commercial fishing effective immediately, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today (May 12).[…]
Federal officials closed some federal waters yesterday (May 11) in the Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi River in response to BP oil spill, and promised quicker decision-making and reopening of waters as oil movement allows.[…]
You don’t see many houseboats with hot tubs.
“Leave it to Doc Fontaine to break new ground,” Pelayo said as he, Chris and I clamped up the stairs to the houseboat deck. And it’s not like his two-story Venice houseboat wasn’t ritzy enough without it.[…]
The strongly built man leaned against the heavily bowed rod. Rivers of sweat poured from under his sun visor and ran down his face. His green fishing shirt was soaked. His muscles burned with pain.[…]
The red snapper fishery off the Louisiana coast was once a dream world that lured a new captain named Tommy Pellegrin into making a living pulling the succulent fish from around the many rigs and wrecks littering the Gulf.[…]
Gonzales’ Greg Hackney went into today’s (March 14) final day of the season’s first Bassmaster Elite Series stop in the lead, but was unable to boat a full five-fish limit on the California Delta and tumbled to third.[…]