Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents found the body of a missing man in the Vermilion River in Lafayette at 10:15 a.m. on March 10.[…]
Second-year pro angler Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part was barely more than 7 pounds out of the lead going into the second day of the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series opener being held on Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes.
Crochet weighed in 13 pound, 5 ounces yesterday (March 10).[…]
Kyle Lawrence, who goes by the screen name of Flat Guy, won the February edition of the LouisianaSportsman.com Big Bass Contest, and will receive a $15 gift coupon to the online Sportsman Outdoor store.[…]
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.[…]
The public now has access to a new air gun shooting range at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Waddill Outdoor Education Center in Baton Rouge.[…]
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising all visitors to Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge that Price Lake Road, a primary access point for public outdoor recreation on the western end of the refuge, will be closed until March 12 due to work needed on the road bed.[…]
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host six public meetings around the state to present proposed 2011-13 hunting season dates, Wildlife Management Areas general rules and regulation changes, changes in the Deer Management Assistance Program and waterfowl season options.[…]
The rich do indeed get richer.
If you’ve killed a trophy buck anytime in the last two years, you’re probably still floating on a cloud with a big No. 9 painted on the side.[…]
Mason Blount and Jeffrey Anderson have been declared the Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail Cam contests’ grand prize winners by LouisianaSportsman.com users, and will take home the big prizes and bragging rights.
Users chose from monthly winners in each contest to determine these grand-prize winners.
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When the scales settled Saturday (Feb. 26) during the first daily weigh-in of the 2011 Celebrity Pro Bass Challenge, only two-tenths of a pound separated first and second place. And Patterson’s Gary Blanco headed into the final day with a scant lead.
The weigh-in was held outside of Academy Sports and Outdoors on Siegen Lane in Baton Rouge.
Twenty-four hours later, following the second day’s weigh-in, Blanco’s name remained at the top of the leader board. With that honor, the event’s $10,000 first-place prize money went into his pocket – and Blanco had set a record for the event.[…]
Mark Tucker must have felt some sense of redemption.
After plying his fishing skills on the Elite Series for the past 10 years, he opted out of an 11th season at the 11th hour, choosing instead to give the Opens a try.[…]
Despite less-than-ideal conditions, Mark Tucker of St. Louis topped his Day 1 catch that increased his lead and put him in position to win on Lewisville Lake.[…]
Mark Tucker’s decade on the Bassmaster Elite Series served him well Thursday, and the veteran angler discovered a way to put together 16 pounds, 10 ounces during the first 2011 stop of the Central Bassmaster Open on Texas’ Lake Lewisville.[…]
Monthly voting in the Nikon Deer of the Year and the Trail Cam contests are finally over, and now it’s up to you to help decide which users receive the grand prizes in each of the online photo contests.[…]
The Louisiana Saltwater Series will soon return to the Gulf Coast for the tournament’s second year. Hosted by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), the series is dedicated to catch-and-release saltwater angling through a series of agency-sponsored fishing tournaments.[…]
LouisianaSportsman.com users Frank Morrow and Jeffrey Anderson won the final monthly Nikon Deer of the Year and Trail Cam contests, earning them Official Sportsman Gear prize packages and berths in the grand prize voting session that begins tomorrow (Feb. 21).[…]