The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a training academy for enforcement agents starting in December to fill field office vacancies throughout the state in 2014, according to a press release.[…]
Lance “Coon” Schouest’s elusive quest to land a new state record tarpon will have to wait.[…]
Water conditions remain solid and the speckled trout bite is improving in Vermilion Bay as the season’s first real cool front is expected to push through this weekend.[…]
The Kisatchie National Forest is open for hunting and fishing despite the government shutdown that has closed other federal lands to all access, a U.S. Forest Service official told Louisiana Sportsman this afternoon.[…]
The closing weekend of teal season was pretty much like the opening weekend of teal season: some mixed reports of good hunting, but a nagging feeling that fewer birds than normal made it into the state.[…]
All Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries properties, including state wildlife management areas and state wildlife refuges, will remain open during the current federal government shutdown, according to a press release.[…]
Hunting and fishing — along with any other activities — are prohibited on all national wildlife refuges as part of the government shutdown that began today, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official confirmed.[…]
Speckled trout have arrived in the inner bays and coastal marshes near Delacroix, according to a fishing guide.[…]
The dove season dates for the second split of the 2013-14 dove season at Elbow Slough Wildlife Management Area are listed incorrectly in the printed version of the current Louisiana Hunting Regulations booklet.[…]
A 28-year-old Chalmette man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a hunting incident in St. Bernard Parish on Jan. 4, 2013.[…]
Here are the first place essays from each division. For a complete list of all winners and their essays, click here.[…]
Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited a 30-year-old Labadieville man for alleged Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations related to a Sept. 2 incident at an Elmwood parking lot.[…]
With another school year underway, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is seeking additional students for the Archery in Louisiana Schools (ALAS) program.[…]
With the recent announcement by NOAA Fisheries confirming a 14-day fall red snapper season starting Oct. 1 in federal Gulf of Mexico waters, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced state waters will open during the same time period.[…]
The Rice Field Road bridge over Bayou Wauksha on Thistlethwaite Wildlife Management Area is being replaced by the Williams Gas Company and won’t be completed until July of 2014, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]
Two Orange, Texas men were arrested last week and cited for crab theft and other fishing violations in connection with an incident on Bayou Black in Cameron Parish, according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.[…]