Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials on Friday (May 20) set the recreational season and limits for red snapper and announced a two-month closure for recreationally caught greater amberjacks.[…]
After a season of offshore fishing lost in the Gulf of Mexico due to the catastrophic oil spill last year, the Southern Kingfish Association is returning with a full schedule of events from Fourchon to Orange Beach, Ala.[…]
LDWF officials have said they would not oppose the move by Gov. Bobby Jindal to nearly empty the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries fund dedicated to building artificial reefs.[…]
Every school has its legends.
In the hallowed halls of Metairie’s Ridgewood Prep, deep in the dusty corners of painted hallways, amidst the clanging of slammed locker doors, the faint echo of one name still resonates.[…]
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing the setting the recreational gag grouper season to run Sept. 16 through Nov. 15, according to the agency’s newsletter. Public comment on the proposal is being accepted through May 6.
The proposal, announced April 21 in the Federal Register and apparently coming at the behest of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, also includes a temporary rule to reset the commercial gag grouper quota and continue the suspension of the use of red grouper multi-use individual quota commercial allocation.[…]
Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service has been monitoring what appears to be the formation of a relatively large Loop Current eddy in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.[…]
Tuna fishing is picking up off the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to LouisianaSportsman.com regular Josh Howard of Deep South Charters.[…]
It was still dark as guide Kevin Beach’s big 33-foot catamaran zipped down Tiger Pass near Venice. Anthony Puglia had pulled his head down into his jacket like a turtle retracting its head into its shell.[…]
Three men were cited Thursday (March 17) for allegedly possessing more than twice the legal number of sharks, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported.[…]
The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are surveying saltwater anglers across the Gulf of Mexico to update and improve estimates of the overall economic contributions of saltwater recreational fishing to the Gulf and U.S. economy.[…]
A group of Sportsman anglers and their friends will be flying to Costa Rica on April 3 for three days of offshore fishing – and there are still a few spots left on this trip of a lifetime.[…]
Recreational anglers can take take home their greater amberjack catches in state and federal waters off the Louisiana coast throughout the remainder 2010 and into the 2011 season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported today (Dec. 8).[…]
Capt. Jack Payne can see his own version of a winter wonderland from his front porch. The owner of Sweetwater Guide Service and Marina, Payne poured his pay-to-launch ramp right at the intersection of Bayous Terre Aux Boeufs and Gentilly.[…]
This weekend is the last chance for recreational anglers to enjoy a special red snapper season, which opened in state and federal waters on Oct. 1, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in a news release.[…]
Federal authorities today (Nov. 15) reopened 8,403 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico previously closed because of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, bringing the amount of Gulf waters open for recreational and commercial fishing to 99.6 percent, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.[…]
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.[…]